Bitcoin’s SHA256 encryption algorithm is still safe despite Chinese researchers’ claims of cracking RSA encryption with existing quantum computers. A group of 24 Chinese researchers said they could fa...
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Coinbase, MicroStrategy and Other Crypto Stocks Fly. Why Gains Could Continue.
Shares in companies exposed to the cryptocurrency space tore higher on Monday. Many of these stocks are beaten down and widely bet against by traders, which means that gains could be accelerated throu...
Salesforce Customers Not Swayed by Slack, Analysts Say
When Salesforce Inc. bought the messaging application Slack for $27.7 billion almost two years ago, it said the marriage would “transform the way everyone works in the all-digital, work-from-anywhere ...
6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers
Following a down year for the stock market, there is no shortage of recession predictions for 2023, especially as the Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to raise interest rates to fight inf...
Chinese Researchers Claim They Cracked Encryption With Quantum Computers
While the world continues to reel from how far artificial intelligence has come with projects like ChatGPT, Chinese researchers recently claimed that they have been able to crack encryption using quan...
Cisco layoffs begin with hundreds of job cuts in California and more expected
Cisco Systems Inc. has begun previously announced layoffs, cutting nearly 700 jobs in Silicon Valley last month, according to filings with the state of California this week. Cisco executives announced...
CES 2023: AMD, Nvidia, auto applications get the hype, but analysts say this one chip maker ruled
As CES 2023 draws to a close, much of the attention in the chip world was lauded on companies like Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. but a lower profile chip maker appears better positioned...
CrowdStrike Stock Has Tumbled. A Director Scooped Up Shares.
CrowdStrike Holdings stock tumbled in 2022, and one director scooped up shares of the provider of security software in the last week of that year. CrowdStrike (ticker: CRWD) lost about half of its mar...
Quantum computers may soon breach blockchain cryptography: Report
According to a recent paper, Chinese researchers claimed to have discovered a novel method to break the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman 2048 bit (RSA-2048) signing algorithm present in blockchains and other sec...
Looking for clues about iPhone supply? Ask AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
How have iPhone sales have fared in the wake of production constraints on high-end models? Wall Street likely won’t get a clear answer until Apple Inc. reports earnings later this month, but some publ...
Dow ends down nearly 350 points after jobs data, hawkish Fed comments hammer stocks
U.S. stock indexes ended another choppy session in the red on Thursday as investors digested a fresh batch of labor-market data and hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve officials, while looking ahe...
Opinion: Here are the chip companies that should benefit the most from the government’s massive incentives
The pandemic created enormous challenges for semiconductor companies. Unprecedented demand drove up prices and backlogs for chips and equipment as supply chains faltered. At the same time, concerns gr...
Nvidia in Pact With Foxconn to Build Autonomous Cars
Getting a jump on the parade of announcements to come at this week’s CES tech trade show in Las Vegas, the graphics and AI chip company Nvidia gave an unofficial virtual keynote presentation Tuesday m...
Dow futures jump more than 300 points as traders start 2023 on a bullish note
U.S. stock futures rose as investors returned from the festive break in a generally bullish mood. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.84% advanced 41 points, or 1.1%, to 3...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Curbed Stock Sales When Shares Slipped
Nvidia stock tumbled in 2022, and as shares of the chip maker slid into the red early in the year, CEO Jensen Huang stopped selling. Nvidia stock (ticker: NVDA) lost half its market value in 2022. In ...
These Stocks Had a Terrible 2022. The New Year Should Be Better.
Videogame maker Take-Two Interactive Software is known for two things: Grand Theft Auto, and did I already say Grand Theft Auto? The stock was down 43% in 2022, making it the group’s worst performer. ...
Opinion: 11 predictions for money, technology, stocks and crypto for 2023
Here are some 2023 predictions for financial markets, the economy and stocks. I’ve spent the last year and a half being cautious in the wake of the Bubble-Blowing Bull Market that finally ended early ...
AMD Stock Should Benefit From Next-Generation Computer Chips
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...
Verizon, Intel and Dow stocks are the biggest ‘dogs’ of the Dow as 2022 ends
The stocks of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.36%, Intel Corp. INTC, +0.84% and Dow Inc. DOW, -0.52% are the biggest “dogs” of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.22% as 2022 comes to an end....
Look for a big cut to TSMC’s 2023 outlook as a bullish sign for chips, one analyst says ahead of earnings
The best thing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. can do in its earnings report Thursday is to cut its outlook for 2023 big, indicating a bottoming in the first half of the year, according to one ...