5 tips on how to shop online during the holidaysShopping expert Sara Skirboll gives gifting tips and tricks to help you through the holiday season.

While the 29-year-old millionaire got his start in real estate, he now earns most of his money making YouTube videos. It was an explainer on how to be a successful real estate agent that he shot “selfie-style” on his iPhone. Graham Stephan earns most of his money making YouTube videos CNBC Make ItToday, Stephan has close to 1.5 million subscribers across two channels. YouTube: $90,684/monthStephan’s main YouTube channel, Graham Stephan, has over 1 million subscribers and focuses on his experienc

Ferrero Brands, the maker of the popular hazelnut-and-chocolate flavored spread Nutella, is set to open its first pop-up hotel in 2020, but only for a few superfans. Hotella Nutella, which is set to open for the weekend in Sonoma, California on Jan. 10, 2020, will have hazelnut-themed decor from Nutella wallpaper, curtains, pillows and Nutella-shaped rugs to “larger-than-life” jars of Nutella spread.

But while retailers offer a lot of great deals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, especially with the shortened holiday shopping season, not everything is a good value. “There are a handful of categories that tend to have the best discounts during Black Friday,” Sara Skirboll, shopping and trends expert for RetailMeNot, tells CNBC Make It. And don’t worry, these types of goods are also great Cyber Monday deals as well, Skirboll says. Here’s a look at some of the best deals released so far in

The Trump White House “is chaos” and the president isn’t the right person to lead the United States, media mogul and Liberty Media Chairman John Malone said Thursday. I just don’t think he’s the right guy to do it,” Malone told CNBC’s David Faber from New York. “I just don’t think he’s the right guy to do it. Instead, Liberty’s Malone said he’d vote for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential election despite his own reservations as a pronounced libertarian. Malone said

Days after withdrawing its registration for an initial public offering, WeWork also warned employees that the company could be set to lay off nearly 2,000 people, about 16 percent of its workforce. WeWork is laying off 2,400 employees as it works to cut costs and right-size the business, the company confirmed to CNBC. The job reductions represent 19% of WeWork’s total workforce, which amounted to 12,500 employees as of June 30, according to an SEC filing. “This workforce reduction affects approx

House Democrats and the Trump administration did not come to an agreement on moving forward with President Donald Trump’s new North American trade deal during a meeting Thursday. Pelosi and Neal’s meeting with Trump’s trade representative follows talks with a key labor leader earlier this week. Following a Tuesday meeting with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Pelosi said “we can reach an agreement on USMCA when the Trade Representative makes the new NAFTA agreement enforceable for America’s wor

Google has a goldilocks solution to political ads, says New Yorker’s MarantzGoogle became the latest social media company to take a stance on political ads, announcing in a blog post it will ban microtargeting for its political ads, while saying it will police misleading or false claims and things like deep fakes. Andrew Marantz, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of the book “Antisocial,” joins “Squawk Box” to discuss.

Recode’s Kara Swisher breaks down social media companies’ approaches to ad policyGoogle became the latest company to take a stance on political ads, announcing in a blog post it will ban microtargeting for its political ads, while saying it will police misleading or false claims and things like deep fakes. Kara Swisher, executive editor and co-founder of Recode, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss.

Sir Richard Branson poses outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of Virgin Galactic (SPCE) trading in New York, U.S., October 28, 2019. Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Thursday:Credit Suisse initiated coverage of the space flight company and said it had an “attractive” business model. “Our bullish view reflects the near-term monopoly SPCE offers in an industry (commercial space tourism) where public investment opportunities are scarce. We view this as a classic tech-driven

Autonomous trucks would be an ‘amazing breakthrough’: Nasdaq10 Hours AgoRobert McCooey of Nasdaq and James Peng of Pony.ai discuss the applications of autonomous driving technology. Nasdaq’s McCooey says the “nirvana” is autonomous driving for long-haul trucks. They were speaking on a panel along with Edith Yeung of Proof of Capital.

Banks in China are starting to look at internet companies to see how they can collect more data on their customers, CG Lai, the chief executive of BNP Paribas China, told CNBC. Over the years, Chinese banks have failed to extract as much data from their customers as the internet firms have, Lai explained. “For many years, they have all the customers and these Chinese banks are mostly doing the inter-bank or the wholesale business,” Lai said at CNBC’s East Tech West conference in the Nansha distr

The Governor of New Jersey has signed an executive order to increase the state’s target for “offshore wind-generated electricity.” In a statement issued Thursday, the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Laura Smith Morton described the announcement from New Jersey as “a significant commitment to offshore wind-generated electricity and clean energy.” According to the International Energy Agency’s Offshore Wind Outlook 2019, global investment in the offshore wind sector in 2018 was roughly $

The U.K.’s Conservative Party on Thursday created a spoof website purporting to be the Labour Party’s manifesto and attacking its pledges. The official Conservative Party Twitter account tweeted out links to the spoof site multiple times on Thursday afternoon. The site identifies itself as “a website by the Conservative Party” beneath the headline “Labour’s 2019 Manifesto.” Twitter itself weighed in on Wednesday to condemn the action, warning of punitive measures if CCHQ, the Conservative press

One of those businesses, an unnamed company with 5,000 employees at the time, needed help with its IT processes. Rinke says he and two friends — Bastian Nominacher and Martin Klenk — noticed the company relied on a ticket logging system to process requests. Fast forward to 2019, and that university project has turned into a company with a $2.5 billion valuation. UiPath, a start-up with a valuation of $7 billion, is another player in the space and has previously formed a partnership with Celonis.

In some car parks in Shanghai, you have no choice but to pay with WeChat Pay or Alipay. On one panel this week, Tao Peng, Airbnb’s China president, explained how Airbnb China is different to Airbnb in the U.S. “We devote a lot of resources to localize,” said Tao, adding that Airbnb China is built by “Chinese engineers for Chinese people.” To make it easier for hosts and guests to make bookings, Airbnb China also integrates with Tencent’s WeChat Pay and Alibaba’s Alipay, the two most widely used

A fridge’s artificial intelligence (AI) digests the user’s words, running them through machine-learning software, which gets smarter every time you talk to it, said Dorando Doo, senior vice president at iFlytek, a Chinese AI firm. But current AI tech is used in more pedestrian ways, with the lion’s share in customer service, sales processes, and threat detection, according to research firm IDC. In China, 14% of firms have embraced AI tech, an IBM executive said this week. Even with some uncertai

A gas station that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration in Eslamshahr, near Tehran, pictured on November 17, 2019Iran’s internet blackout has entered its fifth day as the government continues to restrict citizens’ access to the web amid protests over fuel price hikes. According to internet mapping non-profit NetBlocks, Iran’s connection began to drop in the city of Mashhad on Friday evening local time. Oracle told CNBC via email that its Internet Intelligence service had noticed a

As a political leader who has accomplished a lot in her career, Abrams says there is one collection of books that has had the most impact on her professional journey. Shortly after losing the Georgia governor’s race to Republican Brian Kemp, Abrams started her voting rights group Fair Fight. At the Lesbians Who Tech & Allies summit earlier this year, Abrams spoke about the role she believes voter suppression played in her election outcome last year. “We need to talk about voter suppression the w