ToplineApple overtook Microsoft as the world’s second-most-valuable- company Monday after a stock rally fueled by heightened demand for the iPhone 17, the tech giant’s latest flagship model, pushed the tech behemoth’s market cap near the $4 trillion mark for the first time ever. Apple shares traded up over 4% Monday. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)Getty…
When Manuele Aufiero was a child, his parents would take him hiking along a reservoir in northern Italy. It wasn’t a typical reservoir, though. This one drained and refilled constantly, with pumps raising the water level when electricity was cheap. When nearby cities needed electricity, the pumps would reverse, turning into generators as the water…
In a region long defined by fragmented enterprise systems, outdated compliance tools, and HR software that rarely talks to finance, Cercli is building a unified alternative for MENA businesses with AI at its core. The Dubai-based startup, founded by ex-Careem operators Akeed Azmi and David Reche…
On Oct. 17, proxy advisor firm Institutional Shareholder Services urged shareholders to vote “no” on the pay package, potentially be worth $1 trillion, that Tesla TSLA has proposed for CEO Elon Musk. On Monday, Oct. 20, fellow advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. followed suit, urging Tesla …
The Amazon Web Services outage disrupted work during the Monday morning rush hour, but it did little to dampen Wall Street’s momentum. The market surged across the board, led by strong gains in Apple and optimism ahead of a heavy earnings week. The S&P 500 was up 1.1% at closing…
For most enterprise companies, AI is either a promise that has yet to deliver or a security risk. The effort of Lithuania’s most famous entrepreneur duo to solve that conundrum has garnered attention — and funding. Just months after Nexos.ai came out of stealth with an $8 million funding round led by Index Ventures, Nord…
Chinese President Xi Jinping 2019 New Economy Forum in BeijingGetty ImagesLast month Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave a speech where he encouraged Chinese enterprises to ‘seize the opportunity’ in using and accelerating the development of blockchain technology. This was a significant event in China’s perspective of the technology and cemented several previous public statements regarding…
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Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation…





