Venture deals in U.S. fell to lowest level since 2017 in Q1: PitchBook

Venture deals in U.S. fell to lowest level since 2017 in Q1: PitchBook

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) prepares for Reddit’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. The social media platform Reddit priced its IPO in the range of $31 to $34 per share on Wednesday. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Even with hot artificial intelligence startups … Read more

Prenosis says AI tool for sepsis approved by FDA

Prenosis says AI tool for sepsis approved by FDA

Signage is seen outside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, Aug. 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The health technology company Prenosis on Wednesday announced its artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool for sepsis is the first to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  Sepsis occurs when the body … Read more

Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC Chair Lina Khan

Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC Chair Lina Khan

Guest Jon Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on June 17, 2019. CBS Photo Archive | CBS | Getty Images Comedian Jon Stewart said Apple asked him not to interview Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on a podcast while he was hosting his Apple TV+ show “The Problem With Jon Stewart.” His TV … Read more

Zoom and Salesforce stand to benefit from Microsoft’s unbundling

Zoom and Salesforce stand to benefit from Microsoft’s unbundling

Microsoft’s rivals won a reprieve on Monday, when the software giant said it would split up its Teams and Office bundles following scrutiny from European regulators. Zoom, whose video chat app took off during the Covid pandemic, has struggled of late to compete with Microsoft’s suite of communications products. Slack, now owned by Salesforce, has … Read more

Rubrik files to go public as tech companies see thawing of IPO market

Rubrik files to go public as tech companies see thawing of IPO market

Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of data security software company Rubrik. Sinha previously backed cloud management company Nutanix. Greylock Partners Rubrik, a nine-year-old data security software vendor, filed to go public on Monday, the latest venture-backed company to move toward the public market after an extended lull dating back to late 2021. The Silicon Valley … Read more

UnitedHealth Group paid over $3 billion to providers since cyberattack

UnitedHealth Group paid over  billion to providers since cyberattack

In this photo illustration the UnitedHealth Group logo displayed on a smartphone screen.  Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group has paid out an additional $1 billion to providers that have been impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack since last week, bringing the total amount of funds advanced to more … Read more

Microsoft picks Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface

Microsoft picks Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface

Microsoft said Monday it has selected company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead its Windows operating system and Surface devices teams. Davuluri, who joined Microsoft in 2001 and has been corporate vice president for almost three years, is taking on additional responsibilities after Panos Panay decamped to Amazon last fall. Windows remains critical to Microsoft. Its … Read more

Microsoft debuts first Surface PCs with dedicated Copilot AI button

Microsoft debuts first Surface PCs with dedicated Copilot AI button

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 10 for Business, at left, and the company’s Surface Laptop 6 for Business. Microsoft Microsoft is releasing its first Surface PCs featuring a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboard for quickly accessing the chatbot, following through on a promise it made in January. The addition of the button, to the left of … Read more

Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant

Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company’s brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer. Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first human patient to ever get implanted with Neuralink’s device. The company is developing a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, that … Read more

Micron stock pops 14% on earnings beat driven by AI boom

Micron stock pops 14% on earnings beat driven by AI boom

The Micron Technology headquarters in Boise, Idaho, on March 28, 2021. Jeremy Erickson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Micron popped more than 14% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company announced second-quarter fiscal 2024 results that beat analysts and offered rosy guidance. The company, which makes memory and storage for computers, said … Read more