In this article 92S-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A logo for Chinese ride-hailing platform Didi is illuminated outside company headquarters on Jan. 21, 2022 in Hangzhou, China. Shen Longquan | Visual China Group | Getty Images Didi is planning to expand this year, the company said Thursday, as the regulatory crackdown on the
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Alphabet’s Glass being used in manufacturing Alphabet Google has stopped selling its Glass Enterprise smart glasses, the company announced on Wednesday on its website. Google will also stop supporting its software in September, the company said. The move is the end of the line for one of the first — and still one of the
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bitcoin is up 50% so far in 2023, beating major commodities and stock indexes. Industry insiders said the bank collapses have sent investors looking for alternatives to the traditional banking system and there is also anticipation of a slowdown in interest rate rises, which is
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in New York City, Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Google on Tuesday announced new health initiatives and partnerships at its annual event called “The Check Up.” The Google Health team shared updates about features
In this article UBER LYFT DASH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ride-sharing apps, including Uber and Lyft, can continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors, a California appeals court ruled on Monday, overturning a lower-court decision that barred them from doing so. In Nov. 2020, California voters approved Proposition 22, which allowed ride-sharing
In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage in front of Qualtrics International Inc. headquarters in Provo, Utah, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silver Lake and CPP Investments on Monday announced plans to acquire Qualtrics for $12.5 billion, marking the second time the survey software
In this article SIVB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has thousands of tech startups wondering what happens now to their millions of dollars
Safra Catz, Oracle’s CEO and then one of Oracle’s two co-CEOs, smiles during Oracle’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on, Sept. 20, 2016. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle shares dropped nearly 5% after the enterprise tech giant reported its financial results for its 2023 fiscal third quarter. Here’s how the company
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Elon Musk speaking at Tesla Investor Day. Courtesy: Tesla Elon Musk on Tuesday backed down from his attacks on a disabled Twitter employee who was laid off by the company and apologized for what he called a “misunderstanding.” On Tuesday, the Twitter CEO questioned the work performance of Haraldur Thorleifsson — who goes by “Halli”
Huawei is back in the spotlight in Europe after a report suggested Germany may ban some equipment from the Chinese telecommunications giant in its 5G network. Pau Barrena | AFP | Getty Images China’s embassy in Germany said it is “puzzled and strongly dissatisfied” after a report suggested Berlin is planning to ban some equipment
Gigi Sohn testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing, examining her nomination to be appointed Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., February 9, 2022. Pete Marovich | Reuters Gigi Sohn, who was chosen by President Joe Biden to serve as telecommunications regulator to the Federal Communications Commission, said
“The outlook for 2023 in the tech talent and hiring market is expected to show a continued demand for tech talents, although at a slower rate compared to the past few years,” wrote the Tech Salary Report 2023 by Nodeflair and Iterative. Phiromya Intawongpan | E+ | Getty Images Tech salaries in Singapore mostly jumped
Huawei spin off Honor had one of the most prominent booths at Mobile World Congress in February 2023. It was right next to Samsung’s stand in a sign that Honor is targeting the South Korean firm in the premium end of the smartphone market. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese smartphone makers are looking to push
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the cloud unit’s new desk-sharing policy for employees, describing some of
In this article AAPL 2498-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cher Wang, chairperson, co-founder and CEO of HTC, speaks at a keynote on the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2023. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Nurphoto via Getty Images BARCELONA — The boss of consumer electronics firm HTC thinks Apple is going
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are continuing to deal with the fallout from last month’s
In this article AAPL 2317-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Source: Thomas Peter | Reuters Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers and a major manufacturer of iPhone components, will invest about $700 million to build a new plant in India’s Karnataka state, Bloomberg reported Friday. The report comes as U.S. companies continue to reevaluate
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn Corp., leaves the stage after speaking during the Bridge Forum in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images LinkedIn founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman is leaving the nonprofit board of OpenAI, he announced in a post on Friday. Hoffman cited a desire to invest in
In this article MP ON 4AIM-IT WOLF TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleu | Pool | via Reuters Shares in some chipmakers dipped on Thursday after electric vehicle maker