Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing…
Iraqi Shiites shout slogans as they carry a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and wave Iran flags during a protest against US and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to Green Zone where the US embassy is located, in Baghdad on February 28, 2026. Several hundred people protested against the…
Monday brings the first trading day of March on Wall Street, after the S & P 500 lost roughly 1% in February and remained only modestly positive year to date. The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran over the weekend figures to ripple through financial markets in the week ahead. It was already going to be a…
Software stocks made a comeback on Tuesday after Anthropic hosted its enterprise agents event, where it revealed new partnerships, quelling some investor fears that the sector could be displaced by artificial intelligence. The AI startup launched new updates to Claude Cowork that allow companies to integrate the productivity tool into a host of enterprise apps,…
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cybersecurity stocks dropped for a second day on Monday as investors fretted over new artificial intelligence security tools that threaten to displace the sector’s longstanding business models….
Okta on Tuesday topped Wall Street’s third-quarter estimates and issued an upbeat outlook, but shares fell despite the outperformance as investors had high hopes for AI demand. Shares of the identity management provider fell more than 3% in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 82 cents…
Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business and then mresident of Microsoft North America, speaks during We Day at KeyArena in Seattle on April 23, 2015. Mat Hayward | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Microsoft made it easier for corporate workers to make AI agents that go off and do work. Now it’s demonstrating…
Okta CEO Todd McKinnon appears on CNBC in September 2018. Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Okta shares rose 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the identity software maker reported fiscal results that exceeded Wall Street projections. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: 91 cents adjusted vs. 84 cents…
Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images Palo Alto Networks will take over Israeli identity security provider CyberArk in a deal valued at roughly $25 billion. The California-based cybersecurity company will pay shareholders $45 apiece for 2.2005 shares of CyberArk, representing a 26% premium to its share price Friday. The deal is expected to close…
Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, looks on during the closing bell at the Nasdaq Market in New York City on March 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters CyberArk shares soared 13% on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks has held discussions to buy the identity management…
