Technology

How Google’s Sundar Pichai navigated a pressure-filled year

How Google’s Sundar Pichai navigated a pressure-filled year

John Ray

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. ...

Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL games pulled in more than 64 million viewers

Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL games pulled in more than 64 million viewers

John Ray

Netflix says it had a big audience for its live NFL games on Christmas Day, with Nielsen ratings designating them ...

Larry Ellison has banner year as Oracle gains most since dot-com boom

Larry Ellison has banner year as Oracle gains most since dot-com boom

John Ray

Larry Ellison and Monica Seles and Bill Gates (back row) watch Carlos Alcaraz of Spain play against Alexander Zverev of ...

What podcasts looked like in 2024 — literally

What podcasts looked like in 2024 — literally

John Ray

In 2024, podcasts have gotten closer to becoming a video-first medium. Though video podcasts have been around a relatively long ...

AI, crypto top tech stocks: AppLovin, MicroStrategy, Palantir, Nvidia

AI, crypto top tech stocks: AppLovin, MicroStrategy, Palantir, Nvidia

John Ray

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., holds up the company’s AI accelerator chips for data centers as he ...

There’s a reason Metaphor: ReFantanzio’s battle music sounds as cool as it does

There’s a reason Metaphor: ReFantanzio’s battle music sounds as cool as it does

John Ray

Metaphor: ReFantanzio is one of 2024’s best games racking up a stack of Game Awards including best RPG, best art ...

Digital health stocks pummeled by Wall Street in 2024, but Hims surges

Digital health stocks pummeled by Wall Street in 2024, but Hims surges

John Ray

Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for their IPO, June 24, 2021. Source: NYSE If the Covid era marked ...

The FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to beef up their data security

The FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to beef up their data security

John Ray

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday it finalized an order (pdf) requiring Marriott International and subsidiary Starwood Hotels to ...

Trump taps Silicon Valley execs for key administration roles

Trump taps Silicon Valley execs for key administration roles

John Ray

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024.  Cheney Orr | Reuters ...

All of Canoo’s employees are reportedly on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’

All of Canoo’s employees are reportedly on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’

John Ray

Days after furloughing dozens of its employees without pay, EV startup Canoo told the remainder of its staff they will ...