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

Fights in Mickey’s club house

Fights in Mickey’s club house

Actors dressed as Walt Disney characters Mickey Mouse (left) and Minnie Mouse (right) perform during a press preview for the “Minnie Besties Bash!” parade at Tokyo Disneyland on January 17, 2023 in Urayasu, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets … Read more

Fights in the House of Mouse

Fights in Mickey’s club house

Actors dressed as Walt Disney characters Mickey Mouse (left) and Minnie Mouse (right) perform during a press preview for the “Minnie Besties Bash!” parade at Tokyo Disneyland on January 17, 2023 in Urayasu, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets … 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

Another high-profile cybersecurity incident, another reason to buy our cyber stock

Another high-profile cybersecurity incident, another reason to buy our cyber stock

Investors received another reason to buy shares of Palo Alto Networks , according to Jim Cramer, in light of a cybersecurity incident that has impacted millions of AT & T customers. The telecommunications giant said Saturday it was investigating a leak of customer data onto the dark web, which compromised information belonging to 73 million … Read more

Fed must cut rates more aggressively due to jobs: Canaccord Tony Dwyer

Fed must cut rates more aggressively due to jobs: Canaccord Tony Dwyer

The Federal Reserve may have new incentives in the second quarter to cut rates deeper this year. Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer thinks a deteriorating jobs market and easing inflation will ultimately push the Fed to act. “I’m not saying that they have to go back to zero, but they have to be more aggressive,” the … Read more

In AI race with US, China is behind on a key weapon: Its own OpenAI

In AI race with US, China is behind on a key weapon: Its own OpenAI

People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence chatbot service Ernie Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.  China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Nvidia’s rocket-ship ride in the stock market underscores the extent to which chip … Read more

FOMO drives tech heavyweights to invest billions in generative AI

FOMO drives tech heavyweights to invest billions in generative AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tech giants aren’t doing much acquiring these days, due mostly to an unfavorable regulatory environment. But they’re finding other ways to spend billions of … Read more

Microsoft, Salesforce woo skeptical CFOs on new generative AI spending

Microsoft, Salesforce woo skeptical CFOs on new generative AI spending

Optimism around the transformational opportunity of generative artificial intelligence continues to grow. As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently told CNBC’s Jim Cramer after unveiling a new generation of AI chips and new deals taking AI beyond the tech sector, with Johnson & Johnson and GE Healthcare, “We’re in the beginning of this AI computing ramp. … Read more

Amazon spends $2.7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon spends .7B on startup Anthropic in largest venture investment

Amazon is making its largest outside investment in its three-decade history as it looks to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race.  The tech giant said it will spend another $2.75 billion backing Anthropic, a San Francisco-based startup that’s widely viewed as a frontrunner in generative artificial intelligence. Its foundation model and chatbot Claude … Read more