Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang explains why he is stepping down in staff memo
Zhang said the decision to step down was part of his own plan. Zhang’s intentions to only focus on cloud now have been some years in the making. In an…
Startup employees questioned customer stats before acquisition
Charlie Javice, who is charged with defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co into buying her now-shuttered college financial aid startup Frank for $175 million in 2021, arrives at United States Court…
Why Amazon built HQ2 and how Covid pandemic reshaped it
Six years ago, Amazon kicked off a sweepstakes-style contest in search of where to build a second headquarters. The competition drew bids from 238 states, provinces and cities vying to…
Singapore is not looking to regulate A.I. just yet, says the city-state
Singapore’s Marina Bay waterfront. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images As governments deliberate on whether artificial intelligence poses risks or dangers and whether it needs regulating, Singapore is taking…
France makes push to be Europe’s A.I. hub setting up U.S. challenge
French President Emmanuel Macron attended the country’s premier technology event Viva Tech. Macron told CNBC France will “invest like crazy” into A.I. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images PARIS…
‘Like something out of Black Mirror’: Police robots go on patrol at Singapore airport
CNN — At more than 7 feet tall when fully extended and with 360 degree vision they’re formidable enough to make any would-be lawbreaker think twice. But Robocop they are…
Palantir hospital operations platform accounts for 10% of revenue
The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. On Sunday, the Ohio Department of Health reported a total of 298,096 cases in Ohio since the pandemic…
Tesla’s U.S. electric vehicle market share could drop to 18% by 2026
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023. Tingshu Wang | Reuters Tesla’s share of the…
Russian ransomware hacker extorted tens of millions, says DOJ
A 20-year-old Russian hacker was part of a campaign that worked to extort tens of millions of dollars from more than 1,400 victims, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Ruslan Astamirov, a…
GoDigital wants to buy Vice Media
Vice Media Group logo Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images When Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes and Shane Smith founded Vice magazine, which later expanded to Vice Media, they built…