Technology
Abnormal Security hires ex-ServiceNow exec as CFO as company starts prepping for IPO
Abnormal Security, a startup selling email security software to companies, said on Wednesday that it’s hired former ServiceNow finance executive Lisa Banks as chief financial officer as the company gears up to prepare for an IPO. Abnormal is going after a longstanding market, which includes incumbents Mimecast and Proofpoint, adding a layer of artificial intelligence […]
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How Bluesky, Twitter’s one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk’s X
Billionaire Mark Cuban, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and author Stephen King are all now on Bluesky. The social media platform is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who conceived Bluesky as a side project inside Twitter in 2019. Bluesky, which is no longer affiliated with Dorsey, is now its own company, and […]
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Microsoft loses status as OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman look on on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is expected to announce investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty […]
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Trump says he’s open to TikTok sale to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison
The TikTok short form video hosting service logo is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 17 July, 2024. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he’d consider the possibility of Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing […]
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Stripe cuts 300 jobs in product, engineering and operations
The Stripe logo on a smartphone with U.S. dollar banknotes in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Stripe cut 300 jobs, representing about 3.5% of its workforce, mostly in product, engineering and operations, CNBC has confirmed. The payments company, valued at about $70 billion in the private markets, still […]
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Reddit shares rise 7%, hit record as Raymond James raises price target
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Reddit shares rose over […]
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Trump meme coin gives greenlight for crypto industry to return to days of new tokens and NFT bubble
A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token to mark the cryptocurrency reaching over $100,000 displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Trump’s return the White House is expected to usher […]
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Oracle shares jump 6% on involvement in AI infrastructure initiative that Trump will announce
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, center, watches Andy Murray of Great Britain against Alexander Zverev of Germany during their third round match on Day 9 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on October 12, 2021 in Indian Wells, California. Clive Brunskill | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Oracle shares jumped […]
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Nvidia passes Apple again to become world’s most valuable company
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia passed Apple in market value on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly-traded company […]
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Why U.S. tech companies struggle to replicate China’s WeChat ‘super app’ model
Think about the apps you use on your phone every day. Studies have shown Americans use an average of 46 mobile apps each month to complete a variety of everyday tasks. Now imagine if you could combine all of those programs into a single, standalone app. A one-stop shop to socialize with friends, order food, […]
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