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Apple WWDC 2023: AR/VR headset, Macs, and more expected

Apple will host its WWDC event on June 5, and we're expecting a slew of announcements including its AR/VR headset.

Lululemon earnings, Meta's new VR headset: Top stories

Among the top stories from Thursday: Lululemon's first quarter results topped analyst estimates, sending shares soaring after-hours. Meanwhile, Meta has unveiled its latest VR headset. The Quest 3 will be available this fall and will cost $499. Finally, some dating app users are doing something different to attract dates: posting their credit scores. The Yahoo Finance Live team debates whether or not it's a good idea.

Meta vs. Apple: Why VR still needs its 'hero' app

The VR market is accordingly getting more attention than it has in a while, but the question still lingers: What actually are we supposed to do with these headsets? Gaming, sure, but it's seemed to me that there isn't a must-have "hero" app for VR yet.

ADTRAN (ADTN) Solution to Aid Digitalization in Liberia

CSquared has selected ADTRAN's optical open optical transport technology to accelerate high-speed broadband deployment across Liberia.

In challenge to Meta, Apple expected to unveil mixed-reality headset

Apple Inc is widely expected to announce a new headset that will blend video of the outside world with the virtual one at its annual software developer conference next week. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta Platforms Inc's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, are jockeying to define how consumers will put to use a new generation of technology where real and digital worlds converge. Zuckerberg has laid out a vision of the "metaverse," a parallel digital universe where people will gather together to work and play, and has had products out for years.

Prediction: This AI Stock Could Be Worth $1 Trillion by 2027

A couple of years ago, Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) was a trillion-dollar company. Let's dig into why Meta has a good chance of clocking the compound annual growth rate of about 10.4% it needs in the next three years to become a trillion-dollar stock again. There are a few ways in which Meta Platforms is getting in on the act.

2 FAANG Stocks Billionaires Are Buying Hand Over Fist and 1 They're Avoiding Like the Plague

Among Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet (formerly Google), there are two outperformers billionaire investors are piling into and one industry leader they're selling.

Meta to test limiting some news access on Facebook, Instagram in Canada

The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that the minor percentage of Canadian users enrolled in testing will be notified if they attempt to share news content. The test comes in response to Canada's proposed "Online News Act". Introduced in April last year, the legislation would force platforms like Meta and Google parent Alphabet Inc to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content.

Judge dismisses Washington, DC, privacy lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta

A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, D.C., against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc was dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit alleged violation of the district's consumer protection law. The social media firm drew global scrutiny in 2018 after disclosing that a third-party personality quiz distributed on Facebook gathered profile information on 87 million users worldwide and sold the data to British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

Meta Tells Office Workers to Come In Three Days per Week This Fall

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. is asking employees assigned to an office to come in three times a week beginning in September, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a clampdown on remote work in the tech industry.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiHedg

Why Meta Platforms Stock Was Up Today

Shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) were moving higher today as investors responded favorably to the Facebook parent's launch of its new Quest 3 mixed reality (MR) headset, which comes just days ahead of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) expected reveal of its own MR headset. As a result, Meta stock was up 3.4% as of 2:08 p.m. ET on Thursday on the news. In an Instagram post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the highly anticipated device.

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  Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple's VR debut

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  Meta debuts Quest 3 headset for $499 days before Apple's expected headset launch

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Meta Quest 3: Mark Zuckerberg reveals new virtual reality headset ahead of Apple’s own major event

New version of headset is slimmer and faster, Meta says – just as Apple rumoured to launch its own competitor

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  Meta’s $499 Quest 3 headset arrives this fall

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  Meta debuts Quest 3 headset for $499 days before Apple's expected headset launch

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Meta debuts Quest 3 headset for $499 days before Apple's expected headset launch

Meta debuted its Quest 3 headset just days before Apple is expected to launch its own AR/VR headset.

Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple's VR debut

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed the company's next generation mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, as the company braces for Apple to potentially reshape a nascent market that Meta has dominated so far. Priced starting at $499, the device will be 40% thinner than the company's previous headset and feature color mixed reality, which combines augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) elements, Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post ahead of Meta's annual gaming conference. Meta also said it would lower the prices of its existing Quest 2 headsets, while adding performance upgrades to those devices aimed at delivering a smoother user experience.

Roblox Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Don't jump to conclusions just because the metaverse isn't quite the priority it used to be for Facebook parent Meta.

Subscription Revenues Bolster New York Times' (NYT) Growth

The New York Times Company (NYT) expects second-quarter 2023 subscription revenues to increase about 6-8%.

Prediction: 2 Top AI Growth Stocks That Will Be Worth More Than $1 Trillion by 2030

Today, only five companies have market capitalizations above the $1 trillion market -- Apple, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Alphabet, and Amazon. If you're looking for worthwhile investment opportunities in mega-cap companies with promising AI opportunities, read on to see why Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) both have strong odds of crossing the $1 trillion-valuation threshold by 2030. Keith Noonan: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, also known as "TSMC," is a pure-play chip fabrication business.

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content

A Russian court on Thursday fined messenger service WhatsApp three million roubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was branded an "extremist" organisation by Moscow last year, but the messenger app - which is widely popular in Russia - has not previously faced penalties for failing to remove prohibited information. Other Meta services, Facebook and Instagram - now banned in Russia - have been fined over content, as have the likes of Twitter and Alphabet's Google.

Time to Buy These "Trillion Dollar" Stocks for More Upside

Along with Nvidia (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META) currently stands out among the rare list of stocks to have hit a trillion-dollar market cap on U.S. stock exchanges.

Meta shareholder takeaways: Cost-cutting, metaverse, user privacy

Meta executives outlined their future plans at the company's annual shareholder meeting. Leadership stressed their commitment to cost-cutting, the plans to further develop the metaverse, its share structure, and even the company's role in society. Yahoo Finance tech reporter Allie Garfinkle breaks down what this could all mean for the future of the stock.

Nvidia crosses $1 trillion cap: How long can it ride AI hype?

After Nvidia joined the $1 trillion market club on Tuesday, Yahoo Finance spoke with experts, analysts, and strategists, who weighed in on the outlook for the company amid recent AI trends. Yahoo Finance's Brad Smith spoke on the fanfare around Nvidia (NVDA) and AI. Smith said, "I'm going to break this down in three quick letters, it's A M C. At the top, you've got the applications that are going to sit on top of the M, the language-learning models, and at the bottom of it you've got the chips and the data centers." KeyBanc Capital Markets Equity Research Analyst John Vinh discussed Nvidia's advanced software. Vinh said, "They've got millions of AI developers that are focused on the Nvidia ecosystem and it's really this software ecosystem that's going to give them a sustainable advantage for quite some time." Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley explained what he thinks gives Nvidia an edge. Howley said, "People are really talking about how to get their chips at this moment. We're not talking about small firms either. We're talking about the likes of Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta (META) ... Nvidia really is riding this hype train, and they're the conductor." Annandale Capital Founder and Chairman George Seay discussed his thoughts on Nvidia and why investors should remain cautious on AI. Seay said, "Nvidia is going to be a big winner. And I think you've got to look at some of the others like Google and Amazon, some of the other beneficiaries of this movement, and basically spread your bets." Video highlights: 00:00:03 - Yahoo Finance's Brad Smith 00:00:28 - KeyBanc Capital Markets Equity Research Analyst John Vinh 00:00:53 - Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley 00:01:24 - Annandale Capital Founder and Chairman George Seay

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  Nvidia stock suffers biggest one-day decline in 4 months after its stellar rally to a $1 trillion valuation

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  High Hopes May Slow AI Ride: Are ETFs Better Bets Than Stocks?

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Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers. The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline in the local news sector. In a tweeted statement, Meta spokesman Andy Stone called the payment structure a "slush fund" and said the bill would primarily benefit "big, out-of-state media companies under the guise of aiding California publishers."

Is Meta Platforms (META) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

Based on the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), Meta Platforms (META) should be added to one's portfolio. Wall Street analysts' overly optimistic recommendations cast doubt on the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric. So, is the stock worth buying?

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  Wall Street Analysts Think Tecnoglass (TGLS) Is a Good Investment: Is It?

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  Is McDonald's (MCD) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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Nippon Airways launches NFT marketplace

All Nippon Airways has launched an NFT marketplace, making Japan's largest carrier the first airline group to venture into the sale of digital collectibles.

Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft Have All Done Major Share Buybacks This Year -- Should You Join Them?

Share repurchase programs are very popular with investors -- especially one of the world's best.