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23andMe appoints three new board members following abrupt resignations
ATHERTON, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Anne Wojcicki attends the WSJ. Magazine Style & Tech Dinner on March 15, 2023 in Atherton, California. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for WSJ.) Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images 23andMe appointed three new independent directors to its board, the company announced Tuesday, one month after all […]
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Apple announces new and smaller Mac Mini with first redesign since 2010
Apple’s new Mac Mini is smaller than its predecessor. Apple Apple announced on Tuesday new Mac Mini models, featuring the first major redesign since 2010 that makes the desktop computer significantly smaller. Aside from a redesign that shrunk the case and reduced the computer’s volume in half, the main upgrade on these new computers is […]
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Oracle announces new AI-powered electronic health record
Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle unveiled a brand new electronic health record on Tuesday, its most significant health-care product update since acquiring the medical records giant Cerner for $28 […]
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PayPal beats on earnings but misses on revenue
A PayPal sign is seen at its headquarters in San Jose, California, Jan. 30, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images PayPal reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, but revenue came in a bit light of expectations. Here’s how the company did compared to Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of […]
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AI boom thrusts Europe between power-hungry data centers and environmental goals
A large hallway with supercomputers inside a server room data center. Luza Studios | E+ | Getty Images The boom in artificial intelligence is ushering in an environmentally conscious shift in how data centers operate, as European developers face pressure to lower the water temperatures of their energy-hungry facilities to accommodate the higher-powered chips of […]
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Bitcoin briefly tops $70,000 for the first time since June as investors await earnings, Election Day
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Bitcoin briefly climbed above $70,000 as investors braced themselves for MicroStrategy earnings and counted the days to the U.S. presidential election. The price of bitcoin was last higher by about 3% at $69,925.00, according to Coin Metrics. At about 6:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, it touched $70,207.02 […]
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Apple announces new iMac with M4 chip, starts at $1,299
Apple on Monday announced an updated iMac with the company’s latest M4 chip. It starts at $1,299 and is available to order ahead of its release on Nov. 8. Apple’s Mac family remains a large business segment even though it is less important to the company than the iPhone. In the June quarter, Apple reported […]
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Oracle applies to join Epic and others in new federal medical record network
Larry Ellison, chairman and co-founder of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle on Monday announced it intends to join a new federally-backed medical network that will make it easier for clinics, hospitals and […]
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How I turned ChatGPT into my tour guide in Italy
Traveling through Italy, I used ChatGPT as a tour guide for the moments where my mom and I wandered into interesting little corners, alleys and buildings where our curiosity was piqued with no tour guide around. Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC As I stood with my mom under the blistering sun in Rome waiting for our audio tour […]
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Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations
Delta Air Lines planes are seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on the July 4th weekend in Queens, New York City, U.S., July 2, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Delta Air Lines on Friday filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike in Georgia, accusing the security software vendor of breach of contract and negligence after an […]
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