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MongoDB shares sink after company issues weak guidance
Dev Ittycheria, CEO of MongoDB Adam Jeffery | CNBC MongoDB shares sank 16% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker issued disappointing guidance. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $1.28 adjusted vs. 66 cents expected Revenue: $548.4 million vs. $519.6 million expected Revenue increased about […]
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23andMe special committee again rejects CEO Wojcicki’s take-private offer
Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images 23andMe‘s special committee of independent directors on Monday rejected CEO Anne Wojcicki’s proposal to take the distressed genetic testing company private. Wojcicki […]
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Amazon to bring palm-scanning tech to NYU Langone Health facilities
Amazon is bringing its palm-scanning payment system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the first of many planned future locations to roll out the technology. Amazon Patients at NYU Langone Health facilities will soon be able to check in for appointments using Amazon’s palm-scanning technology, the company announced Monday. The contactless service, called Amazon […]
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Microsoft is shutting down Skype after a 21-year run. Here’s how it lost out to video call rivals
Kelly Harris of San Jose, leans over to kiss the web cam as she says her goodbye to Brian Johnson, her brother stationed in Japan, at the end of their video phone call via Skype in San Jose, Calif. on Nov. 25, 2009. Lea Suzuki | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images […]
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Autodesk says it will cut 1,350 employees, or 9% of workforce, to make the most of sales changes
Andrew Anagnost, chief executive officer of Autodesk Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on April 25, 2023. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Design software maker Autodesk said Thursday that it will lay off 1,350 employees, which works out to 9% of its workforce. The job cuts follow a series of […]
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OpenAI launching GPT-4.5, its next general-purpose large language model
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during an interview at Bloomberg House on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced the research preview of GPT-4.5, a general-purpose large language model. It will initially be […]
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Snowflake surges 13% on earnings beat as company expands AI push
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Snowflake shares popped more than 13% Thursday after the data analytics software company posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The company reported adjusted earnings of 30 cents per share on $987 million in revenue, surpassing the 17 cents per share and $956 million in sales expected by analysts polled by […]
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Amazon touts its first quantum computing chip a week after Microsoft’s unveiling
Amazon on Thursday revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said the design is a step toward building efficient high-scale systems. The processor is called Ocelot, and the announcement comes as more tech companies tout their advancements in quantum. Last week, Amazon cloud rival Microsoft showed off its inaugural quantum chip. Microsoft had a […]
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Nvidia CEO Huang says AI has to do ‘100 times more’ computation now than when ChatGPT was released
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said next-generation AI will need 100 times more compute than older models as a result of new reasoning approaches that think “about […]
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Teladoc shares tumble on wider-than-expected loss, disappointing revenue guidance
Teladoc Health Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Teladoc Health shares fell in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported a wider loss than analysts expected and issued disappointing quarterly guidance. Here’s […]
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