Waymo partners with Uber to bring robotaxi service to Atlanta and Austin. Uber Technologies Inc. Alphabet’s Waymo unit will begin test drives of its robotaxis in Denver and Seattle this week, with humans behind the wheel, the company said on Tuesday. “We will begin driving manually before validating our technology and operations for fully autonomous…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that although the market may be frothy, investors shouldn’t quit because there are enough positive stock stories to overwhelm the froth with rationality. Cramer used the dotcom bubble burst as an example. During that time in the late 1990s, he said froth involved the market’s continuous roar based on,…
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Masayoshi Son is making his biggest bet yet: that his brainchild SoftBank will be the center of a revolution driven by artificial intelligence….
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Stocks rose Wednesday, thanks to a jump in Apple, as investors analyzed the latest batch of corporate earnings. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.3%. The Dow…
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Uber reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and announced the authorization of a $20 billion stock buyback. Here’s how the company did versus analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per…
After years of testing, robotaxis are starting to become a normal part of transportation in certain parts of the U.S. and China, where a handful of companies are competing to become market leaders. In the U.S., Alphabet’s Waymo has pulled ahead of its rivals and says it has more than 1,500 robotaxis on the road…
Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, signs the guestbook on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg may be the most famous college-dropout-turned-tech-billionaire. Dylan Field is the latest, after his design startup Figma soared in its stock…
A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tim Goessman | Bloomberg | Getty Images In an earnings call this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased an expansion of his company’s fledgling robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area and other…
Idrees Abbas | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The earnings season is on, and investors are paying attention to how the leading companies are faring. However, tariffs and other challenges remain on the minds of investors. While top Wall Street analysts also watch the quarterly results closely, they generally have a broader focus…
Tesla — The EV-maker tumbled almost 8% after CEO Elon Musk said he would form a new political party called “America Party.” Musk has been feuding with President Donald Trump, who called the new party “ridiculous.” Uber Technologies — Shares of the ride-hailing company hit an all-time high of $97.12 and recently were up by…
