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Snap (SNAP) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms, TikTok parent ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet’s YouTube have agreed to pay roughly $27 million to settle claims brought by a Kentucky school district alleging their platforms contributed to a student mental health crisis, Reuters reported on Friday.

By Diana Novak Jones May 29 (Reuters) - A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis,

A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday. Meta agreed to pay ‌the most at $9 million in the bellwether case for school districts, according to documents that reveal financial terms for the first time as ‌terms of the deals had not been disclosed in court. The operator of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks ​before a planned June trial, following settlements by co-defendants Snap Inc, YouTube parent Alphabet and TikTok parent ByteDance.

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms’ major push into subscription services across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, a move that could generate billions of dollars in recurring revenue.

SpaceX filed its S-1 ahead of a historic June IPO. Here’s what investors should know about Starlink, valuation risks, and Elon Musk’s governance.

The companies reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district to avoid a coming trial over accusations that they intentionally designed their platforms to addict young people.

Intuit reported better-than-expected financial results for its crucial tax season Wednesday, while also announcing a round of layoffs. Intuit said it’s reducing its full-time workforce by 17%. According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks tech layoffs, 111,173 tech employees have lost their jobs in 2026.

Snap’s first quarter results met Wall Street’s revenue expectations and showed notable progress in narrowing operating losses. Management attributed the quarter’s performance to continued growth in Snapchat’s global user base and a strong acceleration in subscription revenue, particularly from the Snapchat+ and Memories Storage offerings. CEO Evan Spiegel pointed to improved engagement, with Spotlight and augmented reality features driving increased daily activity. CFO Derek Andersen emphasized

Alphabet's YouTube and Snap have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation seeking to force ‌social media platforms to cover the costs school districts incur to combat a youth ‌mental health crisis they say the companies fueled. The settlements were detailed in court filings on Friday in federal court in Oakland, ​California, and resolve claims by a Kentucky school district that is still due to take Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms and TikTok to trial on June 15. Terms of the settlements with Breathitt County School District in rural Eastern Kentucky were not disclosed.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed on Wednesday, after a rough day for technology stocks and the Nasdaq. The combination of the prospect of a longer struggle with Iran, and higher inflation, which soared to 3.8% annually, the highest since May 2023, while the core number, which is less food and energy, rose to ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Advanced Micro Devices, Akamai Technologies, HEICO, Johnson & Johnson, MasTec, MercadoLibre, Sandisk, Snap

Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley identified five thematic trends across the gig economy following simultaneous earnings from DoorDash Inc (NASDAQ:DASH), Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) and Instacart (NASDAQ:CART), while raising its Snap price target 8% to $7.

Investing.com -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to "rubber-stamp" a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Friday ruling reported by Reuters.

Last fall, we described a crucible moment for Snap and the imperative to grow our community and engagement, reaccelerate revenue growth improved gross margins and establish a clearer path to net income profitability. Q1 marked a return to growth in daily active users reaching $483 million, while monthly active users grew to 956 million. Revenue increased 12% year-over-year to $1.53 billion, including a 3% year-over-year increase in advertising revenue to $1.24 billion and an 87% year-over-year increase in other revenue to $285 million.

Snap stock was tumbling after earnings. The cancellation of a deal with AI start-up Perplexity is likely to fuel an activist campaign.

Snap (SNAP) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +7.64% and +0.55%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

↘️ Arm Holdings (ARM): The British semiconductor design company said it was seeing rampant demand for its new computer chips. Shares were volatile afterhours, recently falling more than 7%, after rising 14% during regular trading hours.

Investing.com - Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) reported first quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, but shares fell 3% as the company’s second quarter revenue guidance came in roughly in line with Wall Street estimates.

Snap and Perplexity scrapped a deal to integrate the startup’s AI-powered answer engine directly into the social-media platform, ending a relationship that had boosted investors’ hopes for improved profitability at Snap.

Snap said on Wednesday its first-quarter revenue rose 12% on the back of resilient advertising spending and ‌that its number of daily active users returned to growth, ‌driven by markets outside of North America and Europe. The Snapchat parent, squeezed between dominant ​platforms such as TikTok and Meta's Instagram in a crowded social media market, has been turning to subscriptions to boost its revenue, which comes predominantly from advertising sales. Snap and artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity "amicably" ended their $400 ‌million deal in the first ⁠quarter, it said on Wednesday, around six months after announcing it.

Here's how two senior executives said AI will affect their businesses in the years ahead: AI changes “how we work,” says Brian Armstrong, CEO at Coinbase Global. The company on Tuesday announced it was cutting 14% of its workforce.

Job openings barely budged in March as the hiring rate reached its highest level in nearly two years, Labor Department data released Tuesday showed. But layoffs also crept higher.

Reddit shares jumped over 12% on Friday after an upbeat quarterly revenue forecast underscored growing returns from the social media company's ‌AI-driven advertising tools. If current gains hold, Reddit is on track to add about $3.4 ‌billion in market value. The company's AI-optimized ad platform enables advertisers to place targeted ads directly within relevant discussion ​threads across its interest-based communities called subreddits.