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TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is pictured on the day he will testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled “TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms,” as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein

In this article WBD 4755.T-JP NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Scene from “Squid Game” by Netflix Source: Netflix The popularity of Netflix‘s hit drama “Squid Game” and other Korean series, as well as the recent success of films like “Minari” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” has helped boost the demand for Asian

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brittany Matter’s home desk features the mouse, keyboard and number pad that come in the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop set, which has been discontinued. She sticks the keyboard in a backpack when she travels, because she likes to be comfortable when she works. Brittany Matter

Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the company’s event at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Forget about the debt ceiling. Tech investors are in buy mode. The Nasdaq Composite closed out its

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logos of Facebook and Giphy. Aytac Unal | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In 2020, a top Meta executive explained that the company spent $315 million acquiring Giphy “because it’s a great service that needed a home.” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri touted Giphy’s “amazing

In this article CTRN MRVL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Matt Murphy, CEO, Marvell Technology Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Marvell Technology continued a significant overnight rally Friday morning, surging about 25% off the back of quarterly earnings results that beat on the top and bottom lines. On Thursday, the chipmaker posted 31

In this article META AMZN MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toward the end of 2022, engineers on Meta’s team combating

A merchant sells crystal ornaments via a live TikTok broadcast. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images TikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia. It comes as its parent ByteDance pushes the short video app in markets outside the U.S. and India to create

In this article NVDA INTC QCOM AMD SMH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, shows the NVIDIA Volta GPU computing platform at his keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, January 7, 2018. Rick Wilking | Reuters Nvidia’s gain has buoyed some semiconductor names in Thursday trading, particularly firms that

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign for Microsoft Corp. at the company’s office in the central business district of Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Zed Jameson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft warned on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had compromised “critical” U.S. cyber infrastructure across numerous

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta has begun its third round of layoffs as part of the company’s

In this article SPGI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SHANGHAI, CHINA – MAY 10: A visitor takes photos of Ehang 216 electrical vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) during the Exposition on China Brand 2023 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on May 10, 2023 in Shanghai, China.

In this article AAPL AVGO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook holds the new iPhone 14 at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, September 7, 2022. Carlos Barria | Reuters Apple on Tuesday announced a new multibillion-dollar deal with Broadcom to develop 5G radio frequency components in the

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reacts during a visit with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the Imperial College University, in London, Britain, February 15, 2023. Justin Tallis | Pool | Reuters Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes that the future top company in artificial intelligence will likely have created a personal digital agent that can perform

Amazon One connects a shopper’s palm to their credit card, letting them pay without waiting in line. Amazon Amazon is adding a feature to its palm-based payment system that will allow users to buy alcohol by swiping their hand. The system, called Amazon One, lets people pay for items by placing their palm over a

Sam Altman, chief executive officer and co-founder of OpenAI, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Congress is debating the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence as products like ChatGPT raise questions about the future of creative industries and the ability to tell fact from fiction. 

Half-moon conures, a type of parrot from Mexico and Central America. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service See also: Parrots, paperclips, and safety vs ethics: Why the artificial intelligence debate sounds like a foreign language Here’s a list of some terms used by AI insiders: AGI — AGI stands for “artificial general intelligence.” As a concept,

Sridhar Ramaswamy Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Neeva, the privacy-focused search company co-founded by former Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, announced Saturday that it is shutting down its consumer search engine and will focus on exploring use cases for artificial intelligence. In a blog post on the company’s website, Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan, another

A few months into her divorce proceedings, Sarita thought it was suspicious that her spouse, who earned $3 million annually, didn’t have many assets. After spending half a year on discovery and enlisting the help of a forensic accountant, the New York housewife eventually tracked down 12 bitcoins — then worth half a million dollars

In an aerial view, a modified company sign is posted on the exterior of the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, April 10, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Elon Musk and X Corp. — the Musk-backed parent company of social media platform Twitter — face an investigation over building code violations

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Independently, generative artificial intelligence and low-code software are two highly sought-after technologies. But experts say that together, the two harmonize in a way that accelerates innovation beyond the status quo.  Low-code development allows people to build applications with minimal need for hard code, instead using visual tools and

Samuel H. Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, speaks to media after meeting Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. The Yomiuri Shimbun | AP OpenAI launched a ChatGPT iPhone app on Thursday, its CTO Mira Murati said on Twitter. An Android version is coming soon, she

In this article NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix saw its stock rise nearly 10% on Thursday after the streaming service unveiled details about its new ad-supported tier this week. The streaming service said it had 5 million monthly active users for its cheaper, ad-supported option

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (C) arrives at federal court with her partner Billy Evans (R) and mother Noel Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced CEO of Theranos, must report to prison on May 30, according to a ruling issued Wednesday by U.S.

Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber David Paul Morris | Reuters Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during the company’s annual Go-Get product showcase. The new options include the ability to reserve a ride with a car seat, to call an Uber without the app, and to add teens to a family profile,

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down for a sprawling interview with CNBC anchor David Faber on Tuesday following Tesla’s 2023 annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas. During the course of their approximately hour long conversation, Musk reflected on: How he has managed a takeover of

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to an engaged crowd of about 60 lawmakers at a dinner Monday about the advanced artificial technology his company produces and

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023.  Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to “everybody” at

In this article MSFT ATVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters European Union regulators on Monday approved Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, subject to remedies offered by the U.S. tech giant. The

Fanatics logo is seen on the dugout wall before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park on July 3, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) Justin Berl | Getty Images Fanatics has agreed to acquire the U.S. operations of PointsBet, marking the sports giant’s first major

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai speaking at the Google I/O Developer’s Conference in Mountain View, Calif. on May 10, 2023. Courtesy: Google Google employees were paying close attention to the company’s annual developer conference this week as well as to Wall Street’s overwhelmingly positive reaction. When in it

A general view of fans in front of the Washington Commanders logo during the first half of the game between the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles at FedExField on September 25, 2022 in Landover, Maryland. Scott Taetsch | Getty Images The NFL’s Washington Commanders entered into a deal to be sold to a consortium

Gina Raimondo, U.S. secretary of commerce, during a “First Tool-In” ceremony at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government is seeking to turn metro areas in middle America into the next hot spots of tech innovation