CES About to Kick Off, and Everyone's Talking About the Golden Globes
Tech giants converge on Las Vegas for the 50th Consumer Electronics Show where the latest devices, gadgets, and toys will be on display. One of the major themes this year: Google trying to take away some of the share from Amazon in the digital assistant space.
Plus streaming services take home 5 awards at the Golden Globes, but who's the big winner? Amazon and Hulu took home 2 trophies each, and Netflix picked up one of its own, while Time Warner's HBO brought in 4 for its miniseries "Big Little Lies."
Intel also faces continued fallout from the chip vulnerabilities revealed last week, while SpaceX is getting ready to test fire its Falcon Heavy rocket. And David Letterman's new Netflix show will debut on Friday with former president Barack Obama as its first guest.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
It’s an annual tradition: the Fed’s banking ‘stress test.’ A year after the regional banking crisis, there are good reasons to make sure they’re prepped.
Summer is upon us, which means weddings, trips overseas, and trips to see Taylor Swift. Avoid a “Cruel Summer” with these budget-friendly tips and tricks.
While Nvidia's meteoric rise led it to briefly dethrone Microsoft as the world's biggest public company, there's a lot more going on in this market than A.I.
