Salesforce on Wednesday evening delivered better-than-expected quarterly results, but it wasn’t enough to convince the market that AI will help — not hurt — its enterprise software business. Revenue in the quarter ended April 30 rose 13.3% year over year to $11.13 billion, topping expectations of $11.05 billion, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share…
Drew Houston, chief executive officer and co-founder of Dropbox Inc., smiles during The Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Drew Houston founded Dropbox nearly two decades ago out at age 24, eventually becoming a household name in Silicon…
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This photo taken on April 3, 2026 shows an exterior view of the U.S. Oracle tech corporation in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps IRGC said Thursday that it had hit a data center of the U.S. Oracle tech corporation based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Wen Xinnian/Xinhua…
Fully responsible, trustworthy technology is an almost impossible mandate in a tech landscape that prioritizes speed — but that doesn’t mean some companies aren’t trying. On the heels of the Trump administration’s national AI legislative framework on March 20, in which “winning the AI race” remains paramount, tech developers face tension between the common ethos…
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon delivers a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm shares surged 12% on Friday and are now up 75% in the past month, as the chipmaker’s increasingly central position in the physical AI boom becomes more apparent to Wall Street. The stock is…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft had all the pieces to win in vibe coding, thanks to the near ubiquity of GitHub, which the company bought for $7.5 billion in 2018. But repeated…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Microsoft is in talks to supply its custom artificial intelligence chips to Anthropic, CNBC confirmed on Thursday. A deal would represent a…
Female apprentice engineer working with CNC machine in factory Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images The days of going to college to secure a lucrative career are over, as skilled trade workers have seen a 30% wage bump in the past few years, the CEO of the world’s largest recruitment firm told CNBC. Sander…
Elon Musk arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday, ending one round in the fight between the former friends and co-founders, and setting the stage for an even…
