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Tech companies most threatened by Trump are donating to his inauguration fund
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Emily Elconin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have a particularly […]
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Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month
A supporter holds up a sign that read “TikTok” during a news conference on TikTok in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023. Alex Wong | Getty Images House Committee members are urging the top executives of Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could […]
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ServiceTitan pops to $101 in cloud software vendor’s Nasdaq debut after selling shares at $71
Vahe Kuzoyan, president & co-founder of ServiceTitan, poses for photos after ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite on Dec. 12, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images ServiceTitan shares popped 42% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday after the provider of cloud software to contractors raised around $625 million […]
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Venture capitalists bet on Sublime, a startup bringing AI to email security
Across the world, companies rely on Microsoft and Google to administer email accounts for employees. Keeping all those mailboxes secure, however, is a business opportunity. Proofpoint went public in 2012, and as enterprises migrated to the cloud, many adopted the company’s secure email gateway software as a precautionary measure. But private equity firm Thoma Bravo […]
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Stock futures are flat after Nasdaq notches record close above 20,000: Live updates
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on November 26, 2024, in New York City. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed Wednesday night after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite finished above the 20,000 level for the first time. […]
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Alphabet and Tesla reach fresh records, joining Amazon and Meta and pushing Nasdaq past 20,000
Tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq. Peter Kramer | CNBC Alphabet and Tesla climbed to fresh records on Wednesday, closing at all-time highs alongside Amazon and Meta as the tech megacaps lifted the Nasdaq past 20,000 for the first time. Tech’s seven trillion-dollar companies added roughly $416 billion in market cap for the day. […]
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How Alphabet’s unexpected quantum rally pushed the Nasdaq to new highs
The Nasdaq Composite crossed a closely followed mark for the first time ever on Wednesday. Investors can thank Alphabet ‘s breakout on the back of a quantum announcement. The tech-heavy index eclipsed the 20,000 level , while the more-concentrated Nasdaq 100 also touched all-time highs. One of the best performers within tech was the Google […]
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The new hottest trade on Wall Street: Quantum computing stocks
Investors looking for the next big technology trend may want to keep an eye on quantum computing stocks. The group skyrocketed Tuesday after Google announced Willow , a chip it said “can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits” and performed better than its 2019 predecessor. A qubit, or quantum bit, is […]
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Google releases the first of its Gemini 2.0 AI models
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google released the first version of its Gemini 2.0 family of artificial intelligence models on Wednesday. Gemini 2.0 Flash, as the model is called, is available in a chat version for users globally while an experimental multimodal version of the model, with text-to-speech and image generation features, is […]
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The limits of intelligence — Why AI advancement could be slowing down
Generative artificial intelligence has developed so quickly in the past two years that massive breakthroughs seemed more a question of when rather than if. But in recent weeks, Silicon Valley has become increasingly concerned that advancements are slowing. One early indication is the lack of progress between models released by the biggest players in […]
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