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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Apple's New Fees For App Developers Under Fresh Scrutiny: Report
Apple's new fees for app developers have come under fresh scrutiny from the European Union's antitrust regulators on concerns it could inflate costs for software makers, Bloomberg news reported on Monday.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Apple to Buy Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps
Apple will purchase Pixelmator, the maker of a popular high-end photo-editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Pixelmator said in a blog post that its team would be joining the iPhone maker. Apple's customers should gain access to a high-end photo editing app for the first time since the company discontinued Aperture.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Got 63% Hike In 2024, Received Pay Package Of...
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella received a pay package worth $79.1 million for fiscal 2024, a 63% increase from the prior year as the software maker worked to extend its strong position in artificial intelligence tools.
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Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Review: Jack of All Trades
Google's Pixel 9 Pro Fold is not the most powerful or capable foldable out there in terms of hardware, even though our expectations from it (especially after a year-long wait) are sky-high. Since it comes from the makers of Android, it is also expected to set new standards and steer the foldable experience for other manufacturers in the right direc...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Lays Off More Staff In Software, Service Teams: Report
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla has laid off staff from the software, service and engineering departments, tech publication Electrek reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Nvidia Unveils B200 Flagship AI Chip, New AI Software Tools at Annual Conference
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company's annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.
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Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Apple is preparing to add a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft. The iPhone maker has been racing to add more artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into its services and has been working on the tool for the last year as part of the next major version of Xcode. Apple is also said to be expl...
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Disney to Acquire $1.5 Billion Stake in Epic Games, Create Shared Universe Connected to Fortnite
Walt Disney is acquiring a $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,400 crore) equity stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of a collaboration involving Disney properties like Star Wars, Marvel and Avatar, the companies said Wednesday.
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US Court Snubs Video Game Maker's Legal Battle Against Apple
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again
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Israel Taps Blacklisted Pegasus Maker To Track Hostages in Gaza
Israel's security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the controversial Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter said.
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Borderlands Maker Gearbox Reportedly Up for Sale by Embracer Group
Borderlands developer Gearbox will reportedly be sold off by Embracer, as it attempts to stabilise after its $2 billion investment deal with Savvy Games Group fell through. The report suggests that some third parties are interested in acquiring the developer, while its CCO Dan Hewitt is even considering going independent. Embracer previously shut d...
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts
A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies show ...
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Apple's New Fees For App Developers Under Fresh Scrutiny: Report
Apple's new fees for app developers have come under fresh scrutiny from the European Union's antitrust regulators on concerns it could inflate costs for software makers, Bloomberg news reported on Monday.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Apple to Buy Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps
Apple will purchase Pixelmator, the maker of a popular high-end photo-editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Pixelmator said in a blog post that its team would be joining the iPhone maker. Apple's customers should gain access to a high-end photo editing app for the first time since the company discontinued Aperture.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella Got 63% Hike In 2024, Received Pay Package Of...
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella received a pay package worth $79.1 million for fiscal 2024, a 63% increase from the prior year as the software maker worked to extend its strong position in artificial intelligence tools.
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Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Review: Jack of All Trades
Google's Pixel 9 Pro Fold is not the most powerful or capable foldable out there in terms of hardware, even though our expectations from it (especially after a year-long wait) are sky-high. Since it comes from the makers of Android, it is also expected to set new standards and steer the foldable experience for other manufacturers in the right direc...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Lays Off More Staff In Software, Service Teams: Report
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla has laid off staff from the software, service and engineering departments, tech publication Electrek reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Nvidia Unveils B200 Flagship AI Chip, New AI Software Tools at Annual Conference
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off his company's annual developer conference with a slew of announcements designed to keep the chip maker in a dominant position in the artificial-intelligence industry.
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Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Apple is preparing to add a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft. The iPhone maker has been racing to add more artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into its services and has been working on the tool for the last year as part of the next major version of Xcode. Apple is also said to be expl...
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Disney to Acquire $1.5 Billion Stake in Epic Games, Create Shared Universe Connected to Fortnite
Walt Disney is acquiring a $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,400 crore) equity stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of a collaboration involving Disney properties like Star Wars, Marvel and Avatar, the companies said Wednesday.
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US Court Snubs Video Game Maker's Legal Battle Against Apple
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again
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Israel Taps Blacklisted Pegasus Maker To Track Hostages in Gaza
Israel's security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the controversial Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter said.
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Borderlands Maker Gearbox Reportedly Up for Sale by Embracer Group
Borderlands developer Gearbox will reportedly be sold off by Embracer, as it attempts to stabilise after its $2 billion investment deal with Savvy Games Group fell through. The report suggests that some third parties are interested in acquiring the developer, while its CCO Dan Hewitt is even considering going independent. Embracer previously shut d...
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Zoom Discussed Alleged Microsoft Anti-Competitive Behaviour With US, EU Regulators: Report
Zoom has discussed concerns over rival Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according to a Bloomberg News report. The video meeting software maker reportedly met US, EU, and UK competition enforcers over the past year. Microsoft recently announced it would unbundle Teams from the company's Office productivity software amid an EU antitrus...
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MOVEit Hack Compromised Data at Around 600 Organisations Globally; Fallout Is Only Beginning: Cyber Analysts
A hydra-headed breach centered on a single American software maker has compromised data at about 600 organizations worldwide, according to cyber analyst tallies corroborated by Reuters. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies show ...
