Breaking News: Technology
- Motive, an Alphabet-backed fleet management software company, files for IPO - Motive says its products, including a dashboard camera for tracking truckers, have saved over 1,000 lives.
- ServiceNow acquiring cybersecurity startup Armis for nearly $8 billion - The enterprise software company said the deal will bolster its cybersecurity capabilities in the age of artificial intelligence.
- Waymo pauses robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected - As power outages spread Saturday, videos shared on social media appeared to show multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in traffic in different parts of San Francisco.
- Xbox is losing the console race by miles. It's part of Microsoft's big gaming pivot - Sales of Microsoft's Xbox Series S and Series X are even behind the original Nintendo Switch, which launched in 2017.
- Your CEO wants to be a social media influencer. Is it cool or cringy? - Executives and founders were sold on the idea that social media is good for business. But they're learning the hard way that it's not all it's cracked up to be.
- AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts - Some of the world's biggest tech companies cited AI as part of their layoff and restructuring strategy in 2025.
- Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive - Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, is tasked with running the Gemini app and going head-to-head with OpenAI in the booming generative AI market.
- Palo Alto Networks announces multibillion-dollar deal with Google Cloud - The agreement is an expansion of the companies' existing strategic partnership.
- Google's boomerang year: 20% of AI software engineers hired in 2025 were ex-employees - As competition heats up for AI talent, Google turned to hiring more so-called boomerang employees in 2025.
- Oracle stock jumps 5% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business - The new joint venture will prevent TikTok from shutting down in the U.S. due to national security concerns.