Wall Street soars; Starbucks ousts CEO

Wall Street soars; Starbucks ousts CEO

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 26, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student cellphone use

California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student cellphone use

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials taking up the issue Tuesday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending letters to school districts, urging them to restrict students’ use of smartphones on campus. South Carolina’s State Board of Education took up guidelines … Read more

Union Budget 2024: Mobile Phones to Gold, Silver – Check What Gets Cheaper, What Gets Costlier

Union Budget 2024: Mobile Phones to Gold, Silver – Check What Gets Cheaper, What Gets Costlier

Budget 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented her seventh Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 and proposed reduction in basic customs duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent and platinum to 6.4 per cent. She also proposed reduction of basic customs duty on mobile phones, mobile charger to 15 … Read more

Skye Blakely ‘shut down’ after the 2021 Olympic trials. A mental coach helped bring her back

Skye Blakely ‘shut down’ after the 2021 Olympic trials. A mental coach helped bring her back

FORT WORTH, Texas — Skye Blakely didn’t want to hear it. Just like most teenagers whenever their parents offer to help. Stephanie and Steven Blakely approached their youngest daughter twice in the aftermath of the 2021 Olympic trials — a meet that ended with the 16-year-old’s left elbow requiring surgery, ending any shot she had … Read more

Delete a background? Easy. Smooth out a face? Seamless. Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream

Delete a background? Easy. Smooth out a face? Seamless. Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream

NEW YORK — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.” But in a world where the spread of technology makes photo manipulation as easy as a tap on your phone, the idea that a visual image is an absolute truth … Read more

Why you should stop texting your kids at school

Why you should stop texting your kids at school

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: — “What did you get on your test?” — “Did you get the field trip form signed?” — “Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinner tonight?” Clement has a plea for … Read more

A party like no other? Asia’s richest man celebrates son’s prenuptials with a star-studded bash

A party like no other? Asia’s richest man celebrates son’s prenuptials with a star-studded bash

NEW DELHI — What happens when the son of Asia’s richest man is about to get married? His father throws a three-day prenuptial bash four months before the actual ceremony. Tycoons from around the world, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on the small western Indian city of Jamnagar on … Read more

Smart rings, robot dogs, bendable phones

Smart rings, robot dogs, bendable phones

Mobile World Congress 2024, the world’s biggest mobile trade show, had a lot of future-looking tech on display. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC The Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile show, is a place where device makers show off some of their latest innovations. And there was quite a lot on display in Barcelona, Spain, … Read more

AT&T customers getting a $5 billing credit after wireless outage

AT&T customers getting a  billing credit after wireless outage

By Michelle Kaske | Bloomberg AT&T customers will receive a billing credit after a widespread outage of its wireless network interrupted service for hundreds of thousands of subscribers, the company said Sunday. Customers will get a $5 credit on their wireless accounts, the average cost of a full day of service, according to the telecommunication … Read more

Motorola shows off concept smartphone that can wrap around your wrist

Motorola shows off concept smartphone that can wrap around your wrist

Motorola’s “adapative display concept” smartphone can wrap around a user’s wrist. The phone can generative a background to match what a user is wearing.  Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BARCELONA, Spain — Motorola thinks we may be wearing our phones on our wrist in future. The company, which is owned by Chinese tech giant Lenovo, showed … Read more