Daniel Howley

    Technology Editor

    Daniel Howley is the tech editor at Yahoo Finance. He began covering the tech industry since 2011 as a writer for Laptop Magazine where he reviewed laptops and smartphones. He now reports on the business of Big Tech ranging from product announcements and earnings to deeply reported trend pieces and interviews.

  • Nvidia CEO explains why Tesla's use of AI is 'revolutionary'

    Nvidia's (NVDA) first quarter results beat analyst expectations, with revenue rising 262% to $26.0 billion. The company also announced a 10-for-1 stock split and that it is raising its dividend. In a Yahoo Finance exclusive interview, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang spoke about the results and how the demand for his company's products is "just so strong." He also weighed in on how companies like Meta (META) and Tesla (TSLA) are pushing AI technology forward.  Jensen says Meta's Llama large language models are "really, really important" given how they are "activating large language models and generative AI work all over the world." On Tesla, Jensen describes how the company's latest Full Self-Driving technology is "an end-to-end generative model," saying it "learns from watching videos, surround video, and it learns about how to drive... using generative AI [to] predict the path... how to understand and how to steer the car. And so the technology is really revolutionary."  Watch the video to hear why Huang says "that learning from video directly is the most effective way to train" AI systems for autonomous vehicles.  Be sure to check out the full interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich. For more Yahoo Finance coverage of Nvidia: Nvidia stock pops 4% after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is the 'man of the year': Investor Why this analyst says Nvidia is not a stock to buy How Nvidia earnings are impacting the chip market Beyond the Ticker: Nvidia

  • AI is making Microsoft vs. Apple interesting again

    Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs have reignited the spirit of competition in the sleepy PC market thanks to a renewed performance competition and, of course, a heavy dose of fresh AI functionality.

  • 'Demand is just so strong': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Yahoo Finance supply can't keep up

    Nvidia's quarterly results blew away estimates again on Wednesday, and as the company moves to its next-generation chips its CEO sees supply, not demand, serving as its biggest challenge.

  • Nvidia CEO: Customers are buying now, not waiting for next chip

    Nvidia reported first quarter results that topped Wall Street expectations on both the top and bottom lines. The tech giant also announced a 10-for-1 stock split and is raising its dividend. For Q1 of fiscal 2025, Nvidia (NVDA) reported revenue rose 262% to $26.0 billion, with its Data Center being the biggest contributor. Revenue for that unit soared 427% year-over-year to $22.6 billion. There have been concerns that with the company's new Blackwell platform coming later this year, customers may be holding off on purchasing Nvidia's Hopper products. In an exclusive interview, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that's not the case. "Hopper demand grew throughout this quarter after we announced Blackwell, and so that kind of tells you how much demand there is out there. People want to deploy these data centers right now. They want to put our GPUs to work right now and start making money and start saving money. And so that demand is just so strong," Huang says. One point Huang made is just how big inference is. Nvidia describes AI inference as "the process of using a trained model to make predictions on never-seen-before data." Huang tells Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman and Dan Howley Nvidia is in a "great position" regarding inference because of how complicated the problem is. Inference is going to be "a giant market opportunity for us," Huang adds. Watch the video above to hear how Huang says automakers like Tesla (TSLA) are using his company's products to power the future of autonomous vehicles. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich. For more Yahoo Finance coverage of Nvidia: Nvidia stock pops 4% after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is the 'man of the year': Investor Why this analyst says Nvidia is not a stock to buy How Nvidia earnings are impacting the chip market Beyond the Ticker: Nvidia

  • Nvidia stock pops 9%, tops $1,000 after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike

    Nvidia reported its fiscal first quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines while raising its dividend and announcing a 10-for-1 stock split.

  • Microsoft unveils GPT-4o for Azure, new AI apps in fight against Google, Amazon

    Microsoft debuted a litany of new AI offerings as part of its Build developer conference as its fight with Google and Amazon continues to heat up.

  • Microsoft debuts new Copilot+ PCs using OpenAI's GPT-4o while taking shots at Apple

    The spring wave of AI product announcements continued Monday with Microsoft rolling out the latest version of Copilot with new AI features.

  • Apple’s iPad Pro is its most incredible product, but software holds it back

    Apple's iPad Pro is an amazing piece of technology, but it needs the software to keep up.

  • Meta history: Beyond the Ticker

    From its start as a college social network to its focus on virtual reality, Meta (META) has become one of the biggest tech companies in the world. In 2023, the company generated over $134 billion in revenue, and it has nearly 4 billion active users across its various properties. Let's take a closer look at the company's biggest moments with Beyond the Ticker. 2004 Meta began as Facebook, founded by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Eduardo Saverin. 2006 Originally a “college students only” social network, Facebook expanded its membership to the general public. 2012 In April 2012, Facebook acquired the photo and video-sharing social network service Instagram for $1 billion. A month after that, Facebook went public via IPO at $38 per share. The company was valued at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company. 2014 Facebook acquired the instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp for $19 billion. That same year, Facebook acquired Oculus, a leading virtual reality company, for $2 billion. 2021 Mark Zuckerberg fully rebranded Facebook as Meta, saying that while it would still remain a social networking firm, the new name would also emphasize the company’s new focus on the metaverse. 2023 Meta's Instagram team launched Threads, a new text-sharing app designed to rival Elon Musk's X platform. Later that year, the company released Meta Quest 3, the first mass-market mixed reality headset, as well as its Meta AI, a generative AI-powered digital assistant. 2024 In February 2024, Meta announced its first quarterly dividend, sending shares of the tech giant soaring. Meta reached a new all-time high stock price of $527.34 on April 5, 2024, and surpassed the coveted $1 trillion market cap. The company is now leaning deeper into AI, while continuing to push its metaverse. Meta’s ultimate goal is to blend the two concepts into one coherent platform that can propel its growth well into the future. From tech giants to retail titans, Beyond the Ticker is a historical series that takes a deep dive into some of Wall Street's trending companies and how they transformed into the financial icons they are today. Check out more of our Beyond the Ticker series, and be sure to tune in to Yahoo Finance. Editor's note: This video was produced by Zach Faulds.

  • Google is reinventing itself for the AI age

    Google took back the AI crown during its I/O developer conference, but its reign could be short-lived.

  • Google debuts a slew of generative AI features as fight with rivals OpenAI, Microsoft, and Apple heats up

    Google debuted a host of AI features for its Android and Workspace platforms during its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday.

  • Google Search gets biggest overhaul in years with new generative AI features

    Google is bringing some of the biggest changes to its search platform in years.

  • With Apple entering the fight, the AI chip wars have gone nuclear

    The AI PC chip wars are going nuclear as Apple officially joins the fight with its M4 processor.

  • Apple’s iPad event was an AI teaser for its future

    Apple's latest M4 chip is bringing more AI capabilities, providing a look into the company's upcoming WWDC conference.

  • Google debuts $499 Pixel 8a as it pushes generative AI to more consumers

    Google has debuted its $499 Pixel 8a smartphone with generative AI capabilities.

  • Apple debuts iPad Pro with M4 chip as company looks to turn around sales

    Apple on Tuesday debuted its latest lineup of iPads complete with new chips and improved displays.

  • Apple stock pops 6% after results top estimates, company reveals $110 billion buyback

    Apple stock popped after the iPhone maker reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and boosted its dividend and share repurchase plans.

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook boasts of future AI plans after earnings beat

    Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the company's upcoming generative AI plans during the iPhone maker's Q2 earnings call.

  • AI investments are showing signs of a payoff, but the price is steep

    Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft announced they are spending billions to build out their AI capabilities. It'll take time for it to pay off.

  • AMD beats on Q1 revenue and EPS, stock edges lower on light guidance

    Chip giant AMD reported its first quarter earnings on Tuesday beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines, but lighter-than-anticipated guidance for the next quarter sent the stock lower.