Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Netflix Vs. ByteDance: Streaming Giant Wants Elon Musk, Squid Game AI Videos To Stop, Warns TikTok Parent With Litigation

Streaming giant Netflix Inc(NASDAQ:NFLX) is threatening TikTok parent company ByteDance with litigation after several videos, made using Seedance 2.0 artificial intelligence tools, surfaced on social media and included copyrighted characte... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 days ago

Warner Bros Rejects Paramount's Latest Bid But Gives David Ellison's Firm A Week To Submit 'Best And Final' Offer— WBD, PSKY Stock Up Before The Bell

Warner Bros. Discovery(NASDAQ:WBD) on Tuesday rejected the latest hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance(NASDAQ:PSKY), giving the David Ellison-led company until February 23 to submit its "best and final offer." This offer can be ma... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 days ago

Dan Ives Says Apple's AI Alone Could Be Worth $1.5 Trillion — And Almost No One Is Pricing It In

Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) next trillion dollars of market value may not come from a new iPhone — it may come from Siri. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives believes Apple's AI monetization opportunity could add $75 to $100 per share to the stock over... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 days ago

Billionaire George Soros buys $137M in AI chips, trims Alphabet

Billionaire investor George Soros made major changes to his U.S. stock portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2025, boosting bets on AI chip and megacap tech companies. With the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down about 1.8% year to date, perhap... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 days ago

Unilever Taps Google's AI To Reinvent How We Shop Everyday Brands

Unilever PLC(NYSE:UL) disclosed on Tuesday that it embarked on a transformative five-year partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Cloud. The deal aims to revolutionize consumer goods through advanced AI and data technologies... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

Two Full-Time Jobs Are Becoming The New Normal For Nearly Half A Million Americans

The number of Americans holding two full-time jobs reached 476,000, marking the second-highest level on record. The figure trails only December 2025’s all-time peak of 488,000. The trend represents a dramatic shift in the U.S. labor mark... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

ValueAct Capital's Strategic Move: BlackRock Inc. Takes Center Stage with 10.59% Portfolio Share

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. ValueAct Capital (Trades, Portfolio)'s Fourth Quarter 2025 13F Filing: Key Insights and Strategic Moves Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with MRCY. Is CRM fairly valued? Test your... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Dan Loeb's Third Point takes new stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Alibaba in Q4 moves

Dan Loeb's Third Point took new stakes in Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CMG]), Alibaba (BABA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BABA]), and Spotify (SPOT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPOT]), while increasin... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Disney Lawsuit Against ByteDance Puts AI And IP Value In Focus

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St's investing ideas for FREE. Disney (NYSE:DIS) has escalated legal action against ByteDance over the alleged unauthorized use of its intellectual proper... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

10 Years Later: 5 Stocks to Feed the Bear

Ten years ago, in the teeth of a downturn, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner picked five stocks under the banner "5 Stocks to Feed the Bear." In this podcast, David and longtime Fool Rick Munarriz revisit that full basket. Which stocks... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Dow Movers: CAT, DIS

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Walt Disney (DIS) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.4%. Year to date, Walt Disney has lost about 6.0% of its value. And the worst per... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

BC-Most Active Stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — prices for the Nasdaq composite, NYSE and NYSE American listed most active stocks. Nasdaq most active stocks: Stock Name Volume High Low Last Change Olb Group Inc. 156,982,412 0.977 0.66 0.8821 +0.467 Gaxos.ai Inc. 73,210... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Subscription Prices Are Going Up Again

In this podcast, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss: Spotify and subscription price increases. Retail sales. Unity's 30% haircut. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts,... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Virtual Live Streaming Market - Global Forecast 2026-2032: Enterprise Adoption of Interactive Streaming to Drive Value Across Communication, Commerce, and Collaboration

Dublin, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Virtual Live Streaming Market - Global Forecast 2026-2032" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Virtual Live Streaming Market grew from USD 6.54 billion in 2025... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

NYT Avoids Netflix-Style Password Crackdowns, Leans On Premium Family Plans

The New York Times Co.(NYSE:NYT) is leveraging a “carrot” approach to monetization, using premium Family Plans to drive growth while avoiding the aggressive password-sharing crackdowns that recently triggered public backlash against Netfli... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

Lee Ainslie's Strategic Moves: Alphabet Inc. Takes Center Stage with 3.85% Portfolio Share

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Insightful Analysis of Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio)'s Fourth Quarter 2025 13F Filing Warning! GuruFocus has detected 5 Warning Signs with NVDA. Is NVDA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

ByteDance to prevent unauthorized IP use on AI video after Disney threat

STORY: Bytedance will take steps to stop the unauthorized use of intellectual property on its new AI video generator.The Chinese firm made the announcement Monday (February 16) following legal threats from U.S. studios, including Disney.Se... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

McDonald's Tests High Protein Menu As GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Users Surge

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is adapting its menu as a growing number of Americans on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, alter portion sizes, snacking habits, and beverage choices. McDonald's Tests High-Protein Opti... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

ByteDance to bolster AI video tool safeguards after Disney, Paramount legal threats

[ByteDance Singapore] ByteDance (BDNCE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BDNCE]) said it will strengthen safeguards for its AI video generator after Disney (DIS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS]) and Paramount Skydance (PSKY [https://s... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 8 days ago

One Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That Could Make You a Millionaire

Lots of people are concerned about an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble. We can debate all day whether there is or not; both sides of that argument have good points. But even if there is a bubble and if it does pop, that doesn't mean AI... Full story