Vertigo3d | E+ | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Blockchain could be used to prevent bias in the data that artificial intelligence models are being trained on — and that could be a “killer use case” for the technology, executives told CNBC. One of the concerns about the AI models — the kind that underpin … Read more
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. CNBC Microsoft said in a Friday regulatory filing that a Russian intelligence group accessed some of the software maker’s top executives’ email accounts. Nobelium, the same group that breached government supplier SolarWinds in 2020, carried out the attack, which Microsoft detected last week, according to the company. It isn’t the … Read more
Ajei Gopal, CEO, Ansys Scott Mlyn | CNBC Semiconductor design and software firm Synopsys on Tuesday announced it would acquire Ansys, a engineering and product design software firm, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $35 billion. Synopsys will pay consideration of roughly $390 per share: $197 per-share in cash and roughly one-third of a … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the CES conference in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said on Tuesday that small businesses can now subscribe to its Copilot virtual assistant in the company’s productivity apps. And consumers who pay for the Microsoft 365 software can sign … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft ended Friday’s U.S. trading session as the most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Apple after briefly topping the iPhone maker during intraday trading Thursday. Shares of Microsoft climbed more than 3% for the week, bringing the company’s market cap to $2.89 trillion, while … Read more
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google’s latest effort to win cloud deals over larger rivals Amazon and Microsoft involves making it cheaper for clients to leave. In a blog post Thursday, Google took aim … Read more
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, Jan. 30, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google cut several hundred jobs across the company late Wednesday night as it continues to push for efficiency and focus on its “biggest product priorities,” a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The layoffs will impact employees within Google’s hardware … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft on Thursday briefly yanked the title of most valuable publicly traded company from Apple in early trading. The development follows a series of obstacles Apple has encountered at the start of the year. Last week, Foxconn, a Chinese assembler of Apple’s iPhones, reported … Read more
Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter — speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in New York City, Nov. 29, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer … Read more
Antonio Neri Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Juniper Networks shares soared more than 20% in extended trading on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Hewlett Packard Enterprise is in “advanced talks” to acquire the company for around $13 billion. A deal could be announced as soon as this week, the Journal said, citing people … Read more
