CEO Robert Ford speaking on stage at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Source: Abbott Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford took the stage at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday to discuss the company’s expansion into a new market: consumer wearables. The health-care company offers a range of products but derives the majority …
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., spoke at the Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul, South Korea on November 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft has successfully completed its $69 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, according to a regulatory filing by Microsoft on Friday. This marks the largest deal …
Cristiano Amon, president and CEO of Qualcomm, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Qualcomm is reducing its workforce in California, cutting approximately 1,258 jobs across its two offices, as stated in recent filings with the California Employment Development …
From the outset of this weekend’s Israel-Hamas conflict, there has been an explosion of graphic footage depicting abductions and military operations on social media platforms, including X (formerly known as Twitter). However, the prevalence of disinformation on the platform has made it increasingly difficult for users to discern the true events unfolding in the region. …
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, delivered a speech at a cloud computing conference hosted by the company back in 2019. In line with their commitment to innovation, Google Cloud recently unveiled new AI-powered search capabilities specifically designed to benefit the healthcare industry. The tool aims to assist healthcare workers in swiftly accessing precise clinical …
Employees working in Precision’s manufacturing facility Courtesy: Precision Neuroscience Precision Neuroscience, a neurotech startup, has made a significant development with its acquisition of a factory in Dallas. This factory will enable the company to build the key component of its brain implant, known as the Layer 7 Cortical Interface. By having its own manufacturing facility, …
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Meta is considering charging its European users nearly $14 a month for an ad-free version of Instagram if they do not agree to let the company use their personal data for targeted ads, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The proposal aims to address the …
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney speaks onstage during Samsung Unpacked New York City at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Aug. 9, 2018. Mike Coppola | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Epic Games announced on Thursday that it will be reducing its workforce by 16%, selling its music platform Bandcamp, and spinning …
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of AMD rose almost 5% Thursday, a day after Microsoft’s technology chief said the chipmaker is bolstering its position in artificial intelligence, where Nvidia dominates. So far this year, Nvidia shares have almost tripled while AMD is up about 60%. Since the launch in late …
Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, revealed on Wednesday that the company is experiencing greater accessibility to Nvidia’s chips for artificial intelligence workloads compared to a few months ago. Speaking at Vox Media’s Code Conference, Scott explained that the market for Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) is starting to open up. The demand for these …