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Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and technology chief, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on September 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle is having a moment. For years, the database software developer lagged behind tech rivals in building cloud technology that met the demands of the modern-day enterprise. But that’s changing,

California’s giant public pension fund is looking to increase its venture capital exposure in the coming months, despite a swoon in the startup market and lackluster performance of late by the fund’s VC portfolio. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, manages nearly $457 billion in assets as of April 2023. Anton Orlich, the

Generative AI has been a rare bright spot in a European tech market reeling from declining funding and a pullback in valuations. Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images The European Parliament has approved the bloc’s landmark rules for artificial intelligence, known as the EU AI Act, clearing a key hurdle for the first formal

Rep. Lou Correa, D-CA, questions witnesses during an impeachment inquiry hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2019. Doug Mills | Pool | Getty Images Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., who opposed a package of bills seeking to reform antitrust law to rein in Big Tech companies, will become

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. France has been looking to woo Musk and Tesla to set up a factory in the country. Michel

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Google’s mixed messaging when it comes to its return-to-office plans has been a subject of consternation

In this article MSFT GOOG GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kent Walker speaks at a “Grow with Google” launch event in Cleveland. via Google  Google and OpenAI, two U.S. leaders in artificial intelligence, have opposing ideas about how the technology should be regulated by the government, a new filing reveals. Google on Monday

Paul McCartney performs on The Pyramid Stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. The Beatles star told the BBC he has finished a new song using AI to recreate John Lennon’s voice. Harry Durrant | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — Beatles

In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and technology chief, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on September 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares climbed as much as 5% in extended trading on Monday after the software vendor announced fiscal fourth-quarter results

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook greets attendees during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple stock rose more than 1.5% on Monday to close at $183.79 per share, which is the

In this article GOOGL MSFT DIS AAPL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Hong Kong spent more than HK$600 billion ($76.44 billion) on various pandemic relief programs for the past three years, forcing it to run rare budget deficits. Isaac Lawrence | AFP | Getty Images Google and OpenAI, which has partnered with Microsoft,

Steve Huffman CEO, Reddit, delivers remarks on ‘Redesigning Reddit’ during the third day of Web Summit in Altice Arena on November 08, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis | Getty Images More than 6,000 Reddit communities have gone dark and are restricting access to protest the changes to the company’s developer billing structure,

Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, takes his seat before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images SEC Chair Gary Gensler stepped up

In this article AAPL DGX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple Vision Pro Source: Apple Apple‘s new Vision Pro headset has sparked a resurgence of interest in head-worn computers that immerse users in a virtual world. Engineers have been dreaming about virtual reality since 1968 when a professor at the University of Utah built

In this article GM TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk last visited China in 2020 for the delivery ceremony of the Model 3. His first visit in 3 years saw the Tesla CEO meet with top government officials and speak to staff at the Shanghai Gigafactory. Ding Ting | Xinhua News Agency

Palantir headquarters in Palo Alto, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir’s boss Alex Karp opposes the idea of a pause in artificial intelligence research, in contrast to an open letter from the Future of Life Institute signed by some of the biggest names in the

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery saw its stock rise for a second straight day Thursday, after announcing it had paid down a portion of its debt load this week. The financial update, announced Wednesday, had been overshadowed by the turmoil

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Kids and teens under 18 in Louisiana may soon need their parents’ permission to sign up for online accounts, including for social media, gaming and more, under a newly-passed bill in the state. The measure, which still needs to be signed by the state’s governor to take effect,

Melanie Perkins, co-founder & chief executive of Australian graphic design firm Canva, says the business is in a “uniquely strong position” as it expands to Europe. David Fitzgerald | Sportsfile | Getty Images LONDON — Australian graphic design company Canva believes it is in a “uniquely strong position” to withstand industry headwinds as it embarks

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, speaks during an event in New Delhi, December 19, 2022. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Google plans to crack down on employees who haven’t been coming into its offices consistently, CNBC has found. The company updated its hybrid