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Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away from free Wi-Fi, it proves as irresistible to

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, expects about $5 billion in losses on $3.7 billion in revenue this year, CNBC has confirmed. The company generated $300 million in revenue last month,

For Molly Cantillon, living in a hacker house wasn’t just a dream, but a necessity. “I had lived in a few hacker houses before and wanted to replicate that energy,” said Cantillon, 20, co-founder of HackHer House and founder of the startup NOX. “A place where really energetic, hardcore people came together to solve problems.

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil suspends Elon Musk’s social network after it fails to comply with orders from Minister Alexandre de Moraes to block accounts of those being investigated by the Brazilian justice system.  Cris Faga | Nurphoto | Getty Images X has to pay one last fine before the social network owned

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses, as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024.  Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters The most impressive aspect of Meta‘s Orion augmented reality glasses has more to do with size and comfort than

OpenAI’s Sora AI tool allows users to create AI-generated videos from text-based inputs. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar is looking to reassure its investors that the richly valued artificial intelligence startup is still in a strong position and is poised to close a big funding round soon, despite losing top

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters Derek Bowens has never had such an important job. He’s the director of elections in Durham County, North Carolina, one of the most-populous areas of

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Swedish firm Klarna is partnering up with Dutch payments fintech Adyen to bring its popular buy now, pay later service into physical retail stores. The company said Thursday that it had entered into an agreement with

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Acquired LIVE event at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta announced the Quest 3S, the latest virtual reality headset to come out of the company’s Reality Labs division

OpenAI has launched advanced voice mode for audio chats with ChatGPT. Jordan Novet, CNBC ChatGPT is ready for more natural audio chats. OpenAI said Tuesday that its popular chatbot now has an advanced voice feature for people who pay for the premium service. The tool allows for more fluid conversations. The release will continue through

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader. Source: Smartsheet Collaboration software maker Smartsheet on Tuesday announced Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners will acquire it in an all-cash deal valuing the company at about $8.4 billion. Stockholders will receive $56.50 per share, a 41% premium to Smartsheet’s average closing price over the last three months. The company had been

Demaerre | Istock | Getty Images Corporate leaders can’t “bulls—” their employees about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce and the ways in which the technology will affect jobs more broadly, according to one tech billionaire. Jim Kavanaugh, the CEO of World Wide Technology (WWT), told CNBC that people are “too smart” to

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaks at the Computex forum in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm recently approached struggling chipmaker Intel about a takeover, CNBC has confirmed. It wasn’t clear if Intel had engaged in conversations with Qualcomm or what the terms would be, according to a person familiar with the

Elon Musk is on a mission to build new supercomputers. As the CEO of Tesla and his new artificial intelligence startup xAI, the tech titan has big plans for how artificial intelligence can help to supercharge his businesses. In January, he wrote on X that Tesla should be viewed as an AI/robotics company rather than

Sovereign wealth funds out of the Middle East are emerging as key backers of Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence darlings. Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar have been looking to diversify their economies, and are turning to tech investments as a hedge. In the past year, funding for AI companies by

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger speaks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20, 2024.  Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images It was quite a week for Intel. The chipmaker, which has lost over half its value this year and last month had its worst day on the market in 50 years