Q4 Airbnb (ABNB) earnings 2025

Shares of Airbnb were up about 2% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations for revenue and offered rosy guidance for the current period. Here’s how the company did based on analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 56 cents vs. 66 cents expected Revenue: $2.78 billion vs. $2.72 billion…

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Can hyperscalers justify their huge AI capex?

This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The core Earnings season has seen endless spending commitments from tech companies as they scramble to build out data center capacity amid the AI boom. Hyperscalers, including the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, announced capital…

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AI startups want to crack open recipe book in Big Food’s test kitchens

In the world of big food, artificial intelligence is nothing new. McCormick, which owns brands including Frank’s RedHot, Cholula and Old Bay, has been using AI in flavor development for nearly a decade, with the company saying its development timelines have been cut by 20% to 25%, on average, by identifying promising flavor combinations and narrowing down which ideas are…

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Remember that Ring Super Bowl commercial, the one about finding the lost dog? Turns out it didn’t quite have the effect the Amazon-owned doorbell company was hoping for. Stock futures are down this morning, following a negative session for all…

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