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Investors are eating up Cava (CAVA). On Tuesday, shares of the Mediterranean fast casual chain hit a new record of $59.91. Shares are up more than 40% year-to-date, jumping as much as 19% in the last five days after posting a beat on its top and bottom lines for its Q4 results. For comparison, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up more than 7% year to date, whereas fast casual powerhouse Chipotle (CMG) is up nearly 20%. For the fourth quarter, Cava’s revenue came in at $177.17 million, versus the $174.09… Source link

Hi everyone I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard). I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias — to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong. Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues. We’re already seeing a substantial improvement on a wide range of prompts. No Al is perfect, especially at this emerging stage of the industry’s… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that he begins his day reading technology-related news. For this, Pichai visits a specific website: ‘Techmeme.’ Google Sundar Pichai (File Photo/AP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Indian-origin leader of the Mountain View, California-based tech giant, mentioned this in an interview to Wired. What is Techmeme? Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Source link

Google said last week that YouTube Music and YouTube Premium have reached the 100 million subscriber milestone. Now the company CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that Google One – a subscription service that provides expanded cloud storage – has also crossed 100 million subscribers.“We just crossed 100M Google One subscribers! Looking forward to building on that momentum with our new AI Premium Plan (launched yesterday) offering AI features like Gemini Advanced, plus Gemini in Gmail,… Source link

Shares of Tesla (TSLA) are down over 25% since the start of 2024 amidst declining EV delivery growth. Analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets downgraded Tesla stock to Neutral from Outperform with a price target of $195, down from $245 due to mounting issues with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management CEO Ross Gerber — a Tesla investor himself — joins Yahoo Finance to discuss Tesla’s performance and how he feels about Musk’s position as CEO. “The cost of Elon’s… Source link

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google until 2011. John Lamparski/Getty Images Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reportedly been building a startup called White Stork. New details emerged after Forbes previously reported on the project’s existence earlier this month. Schmidt previously told Wired that AI has the potential to revolutionize US military equipment. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is building a military… Source link

Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th. CEO Sundar Pichai’s message is to brace for more cuts. “We have ambitious goals and will be investing in our big priorities this year,” Pichai told all Google employees on Wednesday in an internal memo that was shared with me. “The reality is that to create the capacity for this investment, we have to make tough choices.” So far, those “tough choices” have included layoffs and… Source link

PepsiCo (PEP) chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta isn’t a fan of the ultra-processed food label being increasingly slapped onto big food makers. “I don’t like the word ultra-processed and I don’t believe in it,” Laguarta told Yahoo Finance Live in an exclusive interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. “I think we are using kitchen logic to define our product.” Laguarta explained PepsiCo continues to look for ways to make its products better for consumers, in part… Source link

Dan Schulman took global payments powerhouse PayPal (PYPL) to new heights during his nine-year tenure. When he announced his retirement from the position, the PayPal board needed to find a replacement who could live up to Schulman’s legacy. After a months-long search, Alex Chriss was chosen as CEO and President, effective September 27, 2023. Schulman reflects on the choice of Chriss and the transition to his successor at PayPal. While still on the board of PayPal, he expressed the need for… Source link