Waymo announced their sixth generation self-driving car. Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday. Its new driverless tech, integrated into Geely Zeekr electric vehicles, should be able to handle a wider array of weather conditions without requiring as many costly cameras and sensors on board. The company invited CNBC … Read more
Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday … Read more
Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing. John Kraus / Polaris Program SpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission by the end of the month, featuring the first attempt to have the astronauts step out into space. The Polaris Dawn mission — the first of three flights billionaire and Shift4 founder Jared … Read more
Palo Alto Networks stock has been on a tear into Monday’s fourth-quarter earnings report, entering Friday’s session up nearly 17% since Aug. 5 compared to a roughly 7% gain for the S & P 500 . Translation: Investor expectations of the cybersecurity leader are high. Is this the quarter the company gets back to beating … Read more
The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin. Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CC Epic Systems, the health-care software giant whose technology is used in thousands of hospitals and clinics across the country, said on Friday that it’s planning on moving all of its customers to a new government-backed medical records exchange by the end … Read more
An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon’s BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, on Nov. 10, 2022. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images On a recent weekday morning, John Case heard a familiar buzzing outside his quiet suburban home in College Station, Texas. He recognized it immediately as one of Amazon‘s … Read more
Sakorn Sukkasemsakorn | Istock | Getty Images About 2.9 billion people may have had their personal information hacked, a new proposed class action lawsuit alleges. If true, reports suggest all Americans may have had valuable personal information compromised — including full names, current and past addresses, Social Security numbers and information on parents, siblings and … Read more
Eric Schmidt, who led Google for a decade, told Stanford students that, while he’s not one to give investment advice, he sees an obvious play in the stock market that doesn’t involve buying shares of his former employer. Schmidt said, in a video that was posted by Stanford this week and subsequently removed, that big … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter on Thursday expressing concern that … Read more
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins participates in a Bloomberg Television interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2023. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco shares jumped about 8% on Thursday and headed for their best day since March 2020, after the computer networking company said it’s cutting 7% of … Read more
