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PHOTOS: Inside Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Microsoft has achieved a milestone that so few technology companies have achieved: Turning 50 years old. The Windows maker has transformed itself over the past five decades, moving from powering personal computers to being a cloud computing contender and now a leader in artificial intelligence. To mark this historic occasion, the company held an event […]
Why Flipboard Looks to the Fediverse for Its Next Big Evolution
Eight years ago, I sat down with Mike McCue to talk about Flipboard. When we spoke at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif. offices, he shared that the company had found its stride and that this would be the last startup he’d ever build. Much has changed since then, and Flipboard faces a transformative moment. After […]
Salesforce Emphasizes Bench Strength as it Navigates Agentforce Future Amid Key AI Executive Departure
Clara Shih stepped onto the stage in a room with tens of thousands of people and many more online watching. Introduced by Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff, Shih would showcase the company’s most significant product releases in years. As the head of Salesforce AI, she made the case for why organizations want to use the […]
Ai2: The AI House That Paul Allen Built
When it comes to artificial intelligence, giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and Amazon often dominate the spotlight, leaving little room for other key players. Yet, one company has been quietly researching AI for over a decade, is based outside Silicon Valley, and is helping lead the charge for the technology’s openness. Called Ai2, this […]
Workgrounds Raises $2.6 Million to Streamline Hotel Room Block Management With AI
Serial entrepreneurs Nikhil Sethi and Garrett Ullom have founded an AI startup to improve hotel room bookings. Called Workgrounds, it promises to automate the manual processes surrounding corporate group travel with its “end-to-end stack.” The company has raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate its mission, with participation from Oceans Ventures, Hannah Grey, Volo […]
Decoding How OpenAI Helps Startups; Will AI Take Our Jobs or Not?
The Prompt Silicon Valley’s highly sought-after startup, OpenAI, stands as the epitome of the AI era, enabling businesses to seamlessly integrate generative AI technology into their operations. Given the high demand, how does the maker of ChatGPT efficiently allocate resources and select startups to support? At the helm of OpenAI’s strategic startups program is Marc […]
Instagram Launches Threads: First Impressions of the Twitter Rival
I found myself excited about a product launch this week, admittedly the first in some time. But it wasn’t something that would fundamentally change the world. Honestly, there was nothing special about what it does — it’s just another social media app. That’s right: I became worked up about an application called Threads that would […]
LinkedIn’s Verification Take Is Big on Credibility Over Features
What does it mean to have a verified profile? For many, it’s been viewed as a status symbol, something the majority of users don’t have, and grants a measure of legitimacy and authenticity. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have long been the biggest social media companies to offer these fabled “blue checkmarks,” but not anymore. There’s […]
Tech 2021: Web3, Ransomware Attacks, Facebook and Apple Woes
With the dawn of a new year approaching, let’s look back at what’s changed in the world of tech over the past 12 months. In my role as the Senior Editor for Technology and Science at Flipboard, I’m always paying attention to emerging story trends impacting the industry. Since 2018, I’ve analyzed the headlines to […]
Square Banks on Developer Platform to Woo Larger Sellers in March Upmarket
“The journey is one of peaks and valleys,” Carl Perry remarked, describing in a cautiously optimistic tone the progress made with the developer program he manages at Square. For more than six years, the commerce company has gradually opened more of itself up to third-party developers in a bid to bring its experience to more […]