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A U.S. spacecraft could land on the Moon for the first time in 50 years. The lander is part of a NASA program dedicated to jumpstarting the so-called lunar economy — here’s how to watch it (if all goes according to plan at 6:24 pm ET).
The Dow closed above 39,000 for the first time. And Amazon hasn’t even officially joined the club yet! The Nasdaq also approached its highest level ever as the indexes rode a Nvidia wave, and in Japan, the Nikkei broke a 34-year-old record.
United is the first U.S. airline to resume flights to Israel during its war with Hamas. The airline said the first flights between Newark and Tel Aviv will start on March 2 and 4.
Google paused its AI image generator from making up people. The Gemini feature forgot really important facts about history, like the race of Nazi soldiers.
Nvidia is ‘printing money at this point’
That’s what analysts from investment firm Bernstein said this week after the hot stock of the hottest chip maker got even hotter.
Wall Street has some high hopes that Nvidia’s stock will soar past its new high of $775 because of its booming AI chip business and self-driving car deals. And when we say soar past, we mean a price of $1,000 and beyond.
Take a look at the full quotes from Wall Street’s biggest analysts (the chart’s just a preview).
One big number: $60 million
How much Google is reportedly ready to give Reddit per year to use its content to train AI models
It’d be a sweet deal for Reddit, which is preparing for its IPO, but what would it mean for commenters? Here’s what we know.
Snack companies chalked up 2023 to one word
Fewer Kit Kat bars, cans of soda, and cups of yogurt left shelves last year, and giants in the packaged food game had a collective dirty word for why: inflation.
Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Kraft Heinz all blamed inflation for slumping sales last year, saying that demand for their products was simply down as people looked to save money.
But there was another common denominator in the mix: price hikes. We compared their finances.
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