Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader. Source: Smartsheet Collaboration software maker Smartsheet on Tuesday announced it would be acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal which valued the company at $8.4 billion. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates. Source link
In the wake of former President Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges, he is heading to California next week to raise campaign cash at high-dollar events in San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Newport Beach. They are expected to raise millions. “A sham trial designed for one purpose: to brand Donald Trump as a ‘felon,’ ” … Read more
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More than 125 Hollywood actors, directors, producers, music artists and entertainment industry leaders have added their names to a letter released Tuesday urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would require developers of advanced artificial intelligence models to have safety measures in place to prevent catastrophes. The bill, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener … Read more
HSINCHU, Taiwan — Build the technology of the future. Protect the nation from attack. Buy a sports car. These were some of the rewards of working in the semiconductor industry, 200 high school students learned at a recent daylong recruiting event for one of Taiwan’s top engineering schools. “Taiwan doesn’t have many natural resources,” Morris Ker, … Read more
If California is the political fundraising powerhouse of the nation, Silicon Valley has grown into one of the increasingly dominant forces of campaign cash. And while Northern California tech entrepreneurs overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, a small but powerful group of defectors has moved rightward in recent years. A gathering of tech’s conservative cohort enjoyed a … Read more
Microsoft-owned GitHub says that 90% of the world’s open-source projects are stored on its code repository platform. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto via Getty Images Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub on Tuesday said it is giving enterprise users the ability to limit the storage of their sensitive software code to data centers located in the European Union. … Read more
Former President Trump, appearing at a fundraiser Saturday at a bayfront Newport Beach mansion, pledged to defeat “crooked Joe Biden” in November and return to the White House to pursue an “America First” policy that avoids unnecessary foreign entanglements and to shut down the border. “He was amazing as always,” said dentist Harleen Grewal, 41, … Read more
Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, center, arrives at court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caroline Ellison was the star witness in the criminal case against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. On Tuesday, she will face her own sentencing. Ellison’s role … Read more
Apple is finally taking the plunge on AI. The company on Monday unveiled a suite of new artificial intelligence capabilities that will be available in its newest operating system, including connecting its interactive voice feature Siri with OpenAI’s ChatGPT in a major deal that could supercharge adoption of the fast-developing technology. Siri, for example, will … Read more