PC demand is back, says Acer CEO who sees robust growth
In this article Taiwan-based computer manufacturer said that personal computer demand is rebounding, after hitting the bottom this year. "We have seen the demand reach the bottom during about the May timeframe this year and ever since that,...
2023-10-23 10:34:04
Public gaming companies sit on $45 billion cash hoard, Konvoy says
Publicly listed gaming companies are sitting on a $45 billion pile of cash and cash equivalents — and that could lead to greater consolidation in the $188 billion video games market, according to a new report from venture capital firm Kon...
2023-10-23 10:33:56
Cryptocurrencies cap a winning week, bitcoin tops $30,000 on ETF optimism and flight t
extended its weekly gains on Friday, briefly topping $30,000 , as confidence a spot bitcoin ETF will soon be greenlit grew and crypto investors continued weighing uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency...
2023-10-23 10:33:50
Coinbase 'confident' a U.S. bitcoin ETF will be approved
"I think that, after the U.S. Court of Appeals made clear that the SEC could not reject these applications on an arbitrary or capricious basis, we're going to see the commission fulfill its responsibilities. I'm quite confident of that." Th...
2023-10-23 10:33:44
Alibaba, Tencent among investors in Zhipu, China's OpenAI rival
Chinese technology giants including and are among backers of Zhipu, the company said on Friday, an artificial intelligence start-up the country is hoping can be an answer to American firm OpenAI. Zhipu has raised more than 2.5 billion Chine...
2023-10-23 10:33:38
Mayors descend on Washington to learn how to us AI in their cities
More than 100 mayors descended on Washington, D.C. this week to learn how generative AI tools like could help them better run their cities. The mayors sought to learn how the cutting-edge technology could help them do everything from better...
2023-10-23 10:33:33
Claude AI can summarize text from PDFs for free. Here's how to use it
You can save time by summarizing long PDFs for free with Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot. So, the next time someone sends you a 100-page document that you don't have hours to read, you can just follow this guide and get a quick summary. Claud...
2023-10-23 10:33:27
Elon Musk: X, formerly Twitter, to launch two new subscription tiers
X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter, will launch two new tiers of subscriptions for users, its owner, , said Friday. One tier will be "lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads," while the other is "more expens...
2023-10-23 10:33:22
Okta stock falls after company says client files accessed by hackers via support syste
Shares of cybersecurity firm closed down 11.5% after the an unidentified hacking group had accessed files that "certain Okta customers" had uploaded to Okta's support system. Okta said the hackers were able to access the system using a stol...
2023-10-23 10:33:16
Tesla stock ends the week down 15%, the worst performance of the year
shares dropped more than 15% over the last few days to close the week at $211.99 after CEO Elon Musk waxed pessimistic about macroeconomic issues on a call Wednesday. It marks the worst week for Tesla stock of the year, although shares of t...
2023-10-23 10:33:11
Prosecutors in SBF trial compare defense argument to 'Dumb and Dumber'
Prosecutors in the criminal trial against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried compared one of the defense's arguments to a in the 1994 film "Dumb and Dumber," in which actor Jim Carrey says IOUs are "as good as money." In a written brief on Thurs...
2023-10-23 10:33:05
Dropbox hands over 25% of San Francisco headquarters back to landlord
said Friday that it's agreed to return over one quarter of its San Francisco headquarters to the landlord as the commercial real estate market continues to soften following the Covid pandemic. , Dropbox said it agreed to surrender to its la...
2023-10-23 10:33:00
How to use NameDrop in iOS 17 to exchange contacts by tapping iPhones
The next time you are at a networking event or dinner party, you can exchange phone numbers with a new colleague or friend just by holding your iPhones near each other. The feature, known as NameDrop, became available when rolled out . Name...
2023-10-23 10:32:54
Web Summit CEO resigns after apologizing for Israel-Hamas war comments
Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO and co-founder of annual tech conference Web Summit, has resigned from his post after coming under fire for his comments on the Israel-Hamas war, leading Big Tech guests like , and to cancel their attendance. "Unfort...
2023-10-23 10:32:49
Chinese EV stocks fall after Tesla's disappointing Q3 results
Shares of Chinese EV-makers were battered on Thursday after reported disappointing third-quarter results on Wednesday where the company . It was the first time Tesla, co-founded by Elon Musk, missed on both earnings and revenue since seco...
2023-10-20 10:35:24