Software
As Microsoft turns 50, Nadella sees future success built on ability to ‘win the new’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images A half-century ago, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft from a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Five decades and almost $3 trillion later, the […]
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Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews
A person walks past the entrance to a Google building in Dublin, Feb. 15, 2023. Artur Widak | Anadolu | Getty Images After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco. But he won’t be joining any of those companies. Instead, Lee will […]
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MongoDB plummets 20% as weak outlook overshadows strong quarterly results
Dev Ittycheria, CEO of MongoDB Adam Jeffery | CNBC MongoDB shares cratered more than 20% after the database software maker shared weak guidance that signaled a slowdown in growth. For the fiscal 2026 year, the company said it expects adjusted earnings to range between $2.44 to $2.62 per share and revenue of $2.24 billion to […]
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Reported global Microsoft outage leaves tens of thousands unable to access email and other apps
A Microsoft store in New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tens of thousands of users were unable to access various Microsoft programs on Saturday afternoon. “We’re investigating an issue in which users may be unable to access Outlook features and services,” Microsoft 365 Status, the official […]
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DeepSeek’s breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta’s Llama
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images DeepSeek’s powerful new artificial intelligence model isn’t just a win for China — it’s a victory for open-source versions of the tech from the likes of Meta, Databricks, Mistral and Hugging Face, according to industry experts who spoke with CNBC. Last month, DeepSeek released R1, an open-source reasoning […]
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Palantir CEO says China’s DeepSeek shows that U.S. needs ‘all-country effort’ in AI
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the rise of competing artificial intelligence models such as China’s DeepSeek is a sign that the U.S. needs to work quicker to develop advanced AI. “Technology is not inherently good,” and could pose threats in the hands of adversaries, Karp told CNBC’s Sara Eisen in an interview airing Friday. “We […]
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Apple’s gross margin hits record as services business keeps growing
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple is struggling to squeeze growth out of its flagship iPhone unit, but its profit margin keeps going up thanks to a flourishing services business. In its fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, Apple reported a gross margin — the profit left after accounting for the cost of […]
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White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok, NPR reports
Photo illustration shows the TikTok logo displayed on a mobile phone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is working on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app’s global operations, […]
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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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Larry Ellison wraps up banner year as Oracle’s stock rallies most since dot-com boom
Larry Ellison and Monica Seles and Bill Gates (back row) watch Carlos Alcaraz of Spain play against Alexander Zverev of Germany in their Quarterfinal match during the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on March 14, 2024. Clive Brunskill | Getty Images It’s been a good year for Larry Ellison. Oracle’s co-founder has gained […]
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