Nvidia and Meta Platforms are still safe buys in this frothy market.Over the past seven years, the market capitalizations of several top tech companies soared past the $1 trillion mark. Those gains were largely driven by the secular expansion of the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), digital advertising, and chipmaking markets.Two of those high-flying trillion-dollar stocks were Nvidia (NVDA +0.99%) and Meta Platforms (META +1.49%). Investors might be reluctant to invest in these two stocks after their ga ...

Key Takeaways Reddit is seeing rapid ad growth driven by rising users, higher ARPU, and expanded advertiser tools. RDDT ad revenue surged 74% year over year to $549M in third-quarter 2025. META's ad revenue rose 25.6% to $50.08B as AI boosted engagement across Facebook and Threads.Reddit (RDDT) and Meta Platforms (META) are leading social media platforms that monetize user engagement through digital advertising. While RDDT is an emerging social media platform, gaining traction with community-driven advertis ...

The Nasdaq index is full of great stocks.Nasdaq-listed stocks tend to be tech-focused and have risen to become the largest companies in the world. Eight of the 10 largest are listed on the Nasdaq, and it's a great place to look for stocks that are primed for outperformance. The new year is nearly here, and I have three Nasdaq stocks that look primed to soar: Alphabet (GOOG 1.45%) (GOOGL 1.56%), Meta Platforms (META +0.54%), and Nvidia (NVDA +0.01%). AlphabetAlphabet has caught fire in the second half of 202 ...

Key Takeaways Pinterest posts record 600M global MAUs in Q3, driven by strong engagement across multiple regions.AI-driven personalization and richer content boost sessions, impressions and saves on the platform.International expansion accelerates, with 500M users outside US and Canada showing rising global awareness.Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) is benefiting from solid user engagement in its platform. In the third quarter, the company reported 17% year-over-year growth in global monthly active users (MAUs) to 60 ...

The nominee for the head of South Korea’s media commission, Kim Jong-cheol, has reportedly expressed his intention to prioritize the implementation of social media restrictions for teenagers.Teen Social Media Limits Key Priority, Kim SaysKim, during a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, emphasized the necessity of imposing limitations on social media use by teenagers, citing it as a crucial step to safeguard the youth, reported Reuters. He stated that this initiative is a fundamental part of the commission’s ...

Wall Street's savviest billionaire money managers have selected their favorite AI stocks for the new year -- and some familiar names made the list.Over the last three years, no trend has captured the attention of Wall Street and the capital of investors quite like the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.Empowering software and systems with the tools to make split-second decisions and become more efficient at their assigned tasks over time represents a major leap forward for most industries around the wo ...

IT之家 12 月 15 日消息，据美联社当地时间 12 月 11 日报道，在澳大利亚正式实施全球首个 16 岁以下儿童社交媒体禁令后，丹麦正准备跟进，对 青少年接触社交平台设立更严门槛。 目前当地多数平台已设定 13 岁门槛，欧盟法律也要求科技企业加强保护，然而丹麦当局指出，现 实效果依然有限。官方数据显示，13 岁以下丹麦儿童中约 98% 至少拥有一个社交媒体账号，10 岁 以下儿童接近一半。 丹麦数字事务大臣卡罗琳・斯塔格表示，禁令仍需经过公众咨询和议会多轮审议。"多年来，社交 媒体平台在孩子的世界里几乎没有边界。夜晚进入实体娱乐场所时，会有人检查年龄，而数字世界 没有这样的把关机制，这正是必须补上的环节。" 在澳大利亚，新法律已对主要平台施加高额罚款压力。Facebook、Instagram、Kick、Reddit、 Snapchat、Threads、TikTok、X 和 YouTube 若未移除 16 岁以下儿童账号，最高将被处以 5000 万澳 大利亚元（IT之家注：现汇率约合 2.35 亿元人民币）罚款。 丹麦政府尚未公布具体执法方式。当地数字事务部已宣布推出"数字证明"应用，预计明年春季上 线 ...

Stone also claimed that these teams have “doubled their fraud and scam reduction goal and over the last 15 months, user reports of scam ads have declined by well over 50%.”Meta communications chief Andy Stone, however, pushed back on the investigation, posting on Threads, “Once again, Reuters is misconstruing and misrepresenting the facts.” He argued that CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “integrity strategy pivot”—which included instructing the China ads-enforcement team to reportedly “pause” its work—was to improve t ...

Meta Platforms' (META) stock dipped slightly this week following a report that the company is making a significant pivot in its artificial intelligence strategy. The report from Bloomberg says that Meta is developing a closed, monetizable AI model with the codename “Avocado” that could incorporate tech from Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group (BABA). More News from Barchart Such a plan would be a shift in Meta’s AI strategy, which has long favored open-source models such as Llama. Such decentra ...

Key Takeaways META expects 2025 capital spending of $70-$72B, with more growth projected in 2026. AI-powered tools are boosting ad engagement, with a $60B annual run rate for META's ad products. Earnings estimates for 2025 have declined 2.7% in 30 days, reflecting cost pressures and competition.Meta Platforms’ (META) shares closed at $644.23 on Dec. 12, down roughly 19.1% from the 52-week high of $796.25 it hit on Aug. 15. META shares have returned a meager 3.2% in the trailing 12-month period, underperform ...