Shares of General Electric drop after announcing a $6.2 billion charge, but BlackBerry surges on news of a new software for connected cars. We also look at shares of Alphabet, on news Google is laying underwater cables to grow its cloud business.
Plus a preview of the Detroit Auto Show. We'll take a look at the hottest cars at the event and how new technologies, from connected vehicles and self-driving make their presence known.
And what to expect as Google, Facebook, and Twitter head to Capitol Hill. We break down what's in store with GBH's Daniel Ives and CFRA's Scott Kessler.
Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.
Merriam-Webster has fully revised its popular “Collegiate” dictionary with over 5,000 new words. They include “petrichor,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.” Also “cold brew,” “rizz,” “dad bod,” “hard pass,” “cancel culture” and more.
YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.
