Lately, Disney has been in an ongoing high-profile feud with activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners, and now the entertainment giant is facing calls from another activist investor to shake up its C-suite. This time, though, the focus isn’t on CEO Bob Iger, but rather Disney’s lack of a singular chief technology officer (CTO).
Hedge fund Blackwells Capital, which owns about $5 million worth of Disney stock (a drop in the bucket compared to Trian’s $3 bi
GoDaddy on Monday announced a new suite of AI-powered online marketing tools called Airo, making it the latest company to offer an all-in-one, AI-enhanced platform for busy small businesses.
As soon as business owners arrive at the Airo site, they’re invited to enter a description of their product and service, from which GoDaddy’s AI generates a list of suggested, available domain names to register. After purchasing one, they gain access to a set of AI tools, including
Pharmacies across the United States are still grappling with substantial disruptions following a cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, as reported by multiple pharmacy chains through official statements and on various social media platforms. The attack led to a nationwide outage of a network designed to communicate data between healthcare providers and insurance companies.
According to a filing last Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commiss
If you soon find yourself on the job hunt, there’s a growing chance you’ll be sitting down with a bot for an interview.
AI is increasingly involved in the application process at companies ranging from fast food restaurants to software startups, helping to screen résumés, manage scheduling, and conduct interviews. Employers say the technology is a near necessity in a competitive landscape where job postings can see hundreds or even thousands of applicants who
If Kara Swisher’s new memoir, Burn Book, doubles as a history of the internet and its often jarring impact on our lives over the past three decades, it’s only natural. As she was establishing herself as an uncommonly well-sourced journalist, the online world was about to take off: The rise of AOL, followed by its disastrous merger with Time Warner, was among the dramatic arcs she chronicled early on.
Since then, Swisher has been the most entrepreneurial of reporters, both
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Camo makes it the best way to customize your appearance in video meetings. It improves the quality of your existing webcam video or lets you use a better external camera.
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In July 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an audience of more than 15,000 in Delhi. Clad in a crisp all-white kurta, Modi declared, “I dream of a digital India where 1.2 billion connected Indians drive innovation.” That speech signaled the commencement of the government’s Digital India campaign, an ambitious effort aimed at establishing India as a future digital superpower.
The ensuing near decade has seen the Indian government establish an ext
For the first time since 1972, NASA landed a craft on the surface of the moon in February 2024. But the agency didn’t do it alone—instead, it partnered with commercial companies. Thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, the scientific projects brought to the moon on this craft and on future missions like it will open up new realms of scientific possibility.
As parts of several projects launching this year, teams of scientists, including myself, will con
In July 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an audience of more than 15,000 in Delhi. Clad in a crisp all-white kurta, Modi declared, “I dream of a digital India where 1.2 billion connected Indians drive innovation.” That speech signaled the commencement of the government’s Digital India campaign, an ambitious effort aimed at establishing India as a future digital superpower.
The ensuing near decade has seen the Indian government establish an ext
I’ve been stealing people’s identities for over 20 years. No, I’m not a criminal—I’m a hacker hired by companies to stress-test the digital identities of their workforce and verify that cybercriminals aren’t able to sneak onto company networks disguised as an employee.
But after cracking virtually every login combination you can think of throughout my career, I no longer need to “hack” my way in—instead I can just