YouTube TV, Google’s streaming TV service, went live in select markets today and we’re going to walk you through it. If you’re unfamiliar with the service, YouTube TV allows customers to sign up to stream content from select partners for $35 a month. It’s entering a crowded market already populated by Sony’s PS Vue, AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Dish’s Sling TV and, soon, a new service from Hulu. We’ve used every option out there, so let’s take a look at what YouTube TV offer and how it works.

Facebook is introducing a free version of Workplace, its social networking tool for workers to chat and collaborate. “We’re making Workplace work for more companies, so it’s a pretty big step for us,” Facebook product manager Simon Cross told CNBC. Workplace is similar to regular Facebook, but instead of connecting with friends and family, its users interact with co-workers. It will be called “Workplace Standard,” while the paid version will be called “Workplace Premium.” “Not every company want

Facebook is cracking down on users who share intimate photos of someone without their permission, aka “revenge porn.” When a user reports that an intimate photo has been published on the social network without their permission, a new tool prevents the reported image from being shared on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, according to a blog posted by Facebook Wednesday. The company’s photo-matching technology is then used to flag the image if it’s posted again. A study of U.S. victims of noncons

Treasury yields have been trending lower since mid-March. Private payrolls rose by 263,000 last month, well above a consensus estimate of 185,000. The February number was revised significantly lower, however, from the originally reported 298,000. Other data released Wednesday the Institute for Supply Management non-manufacturing index which came in at 55.2, below an expected read if 57. In oil markets, Brent crude traded at around $54.45 a barrel on Wednesday, up around 0.52 percent, while U.S.

A bill making its way through the U.S. Senate proposes to do what cybersecurity experts say is long overdue: Create a set of resources and guidelines small businesses can use to protect themselves from a steadily increasing number of cyberattacks. If passed, the Main Street Cybersecurity Act, introduced at the end of March, would update the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, which called for the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide a voluntary set of guidelines for big b

Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, shared his market views in an interview Wednesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” It’s going to unfold very slowly because the Fed is very reluctant to move. They’re reluctant to move in part because of the problems of income disparity in the economy,” Cooperman said. On the stock market: “I think the market is reasonably fully valued. Before founding the hedge fund Omega Advisors in 1991, Cooperman was chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Mana

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its ratings for Citigroup and Wells Fargo to outperform from market perform, saying the banks will benefit from increased shareholder capital return and Federal Reserve rate hikes. Both banks report first-quarter earnings next week. “We remain optimistic near term that bank fundamentals will continue improving — led mostly by higher rates. We expect regulatory changes to occur that will eventually benefit universal banks, but thus far we are only changing our expec

Jefferies reiterated its buy rating on Under Armour, citing better social media data trends, which point to rising consumer brand sentiment. Under Armour shares are down 34 percent this year through Tuesday, with most of the decline occurring after the company gave weaker-than-expected 2017 sales guidance on its Jan. 31 fourth-quarter earnings report. The shares are also down 55 percent in the previous 12 months. “Our data analysis indicates a bottom forming in the social sphere for UA. “Taken t

Goldman Sachs told investors to avoid Shake Shack shares, citing the risk of opening too many restaurants in the same geographic area. The firm reiterated its sell rating on the company. “We have previously highlighted … declining novelty and therefore excitement around unit opens as a risk to new store productivity, and … cannibalization as a growing risk to traffic trends at SHAK, as the company continues to add density in markets outside of N.Y.,” analyst Karen Holthouse wrote in a note to

One of the best performing trades since the election of Donald Trump is an exchange-traded fund that capitalizes on the further destruction of the depleted manufacturing workforce that helped elect him. Allowing accelerated depreciation on capital investments, as he’s proposed, would only serve further push business leaders toward robots.” Trump strong-arms companies to keep factories open at home so they agree and get the friendly “Made in America” press coverage, but meanwhile they aggressivel

In fact, the S&P 500 turned lower during Wednesday trading in part because House Speaker Paul Ryan said tax reform may take longer than the Obamacare replacement effort. But Jefferies told clients corporate tax reform has a large margin for error and there are companies that will still significantly benefit even if a smaller tax cut plan is implemented. “Many point to the postelection rally as evidence that market expectations are high for tax reform, but certain data challenges that view. We de

Amazon has become a major player in the search engine space, and could soon become a “more important search engine than Google,” NYU Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway told CNBC on Tuesday. As Amazon reinvents the very industry it disrupted, retail, it is also becoming a primary shopping search engine for consumers, with 55 percent of searches beginning on the site. Eventually, people will only shop at Amazon, he said. “The upgrade of Amazon stock today has nothing to do with sell

The stock market suggests that traders’ exuberant expectations after election night haven’t panned out — at least not since the administration actually took office. We are now a full 100 trading days since that night in November, pretty evenly split with 49 trading days through the inauguration and another 50 since then. When it comes to the major companies in the Dow 30, and the 11 broad-based sectors of the stock market, there’s been little consistency in how they performed in the two time per

Uber has considered at least two business models where it sells specific services to local governments, The Information reported Tuesday. One idea was to sell access to the vast amount of ride data it has collected to government officials to help them make infrastructure improvements, the technology news website reported. Another proposal was to transport workers in underdeveloped neighborhoods, supplementing poor transit systems in exchange for government money, the report said. Uber has since

Three weeks ago the yield on the 10-year Treasury was above 2.60 percent with the Federal Reserve about to raise rates and various economic surveys indicating confidence surging under President Donald Trump. As the bond market signals worry, stocks have largely held their ground, with the Nasdaq composite index hitting a new high as recently as Monday. Theoretically, let’s say the 10-year yield was to drop another 30 basis points (0.3 percent) to 2 percent in the next month. Using hedge fund ana

The first thing I noticed was how well I could hear quiet conversations and how balanced they were with other loud noises during movies and TV shows. I’ve tested plenty of speakers over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever been as impressed as I was the second I started playing music through the Sonos Playbase. The speaker was particularly impressive while I was watching Jason Aldean perform his song “Any Old Barstool” live during the Country Music Awards. It was clear my home audio system had

If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, changing a single setting on your iPhone or iPad should help you fall asleep faster. When Apple introduced its update of iOS last March, it included a new feature named “Night Shift.” That’s where Night Shift comes to the rescue. You can schedule it to automatically turn on at a specific time — I recommend an hour before you hit the sack. Here’s how to use Night Shift for a better night’s sleep.

Amazon’s advertising business is growing fast enough that it threatens the dominance of Google and Facebook, according to BMO Capital Markets. The company’s ad business is “gaining significant momentum” and will take market share from Google, Facebook, and others, BMO’s Daniel Salmon said in a note out Tuesday morning. The advertising segment of e-commerce giant Amazon’s business model has the potential to grow sales by 65 percent in 2017, reaching $3.5 billion, Salmon added. “While Google knows

The U.S. has resumed accepting applications for its H-1B work visas, but uncertainty over the program is leading some technology firms to consider shifting business overseas if they are unable to find top talent. The H-1B visa is for specialized workers attached to local employers who say they cannot find enough American employees with needed skills. A modest 85,000 temporary work visas are made available each year. According to the company, four current Vectra Networks staff members have H-1B v

In an age where more devices are connected to the Internet, and to each other, users need a lot more help from cybersecurity providers to tackle evolving digital threats, a senior executive at McAfee told CNBC on Wednesday. The security software company, founded by American computer programmer John McAfee, has been around for three decades but was acquired by Intel between 2010 and 2011. This week, it became a new, jointly-owned independent cybersecurity company, with alternative asset managemen