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Klarna presents quarterly results with AI CEO – Computerworld
In connection with the updated quarterly report, Klarna was careful to emphasize that AI is a driving factor behind the company’s success. Among other things, AI will “streamline” Klarna’s workforce from around 5,000 to around 3,000 employees. Whether the same fate awaits Sebastian Siemiatkowski remains to be seen. Source link
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Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell, the company behind Half-Life and DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike and preeminent PC game distribution platform Steam, has long toyed with the idea that your brain should be more connected to your PC. It began over a decade ago with in-house psychologists studying people’s biological responses to video games; Valve once considered earlobe monitors for…
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Take-Two CEO Says He’s Not Playing GTA 6: ‘I’m Not the Consumer-in-Chief’
GTA 6 is a sweeping tsunami standing by on the shore, a culture-defining work that will sell millions, even if it lands with a whimper. Every individual with a fraction of interest in gaming has been left frothing at the mouth by each sliver of footage Rockstar has released thus far. Yet, the man at the helm of their parent…
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‘Developers will need to adapt’: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Google’s Sundar Pichai in revealing the scale of AI-generated code at the tech giants – and it’s a stark warning for software developers
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says up to 30% of the tech giant’s code was written by AI, prompting more questions over the impact of the technology on software development. Speaking during a fireside chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at LlamaCon last month, Nadella revealed that anywhere between 20% to 30% of code was “written by software” – essentially meaning…
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OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo to oversee customer-facing apps – Computerworld
“Her background at Meta and Instacart shows deep experience in scaling digital platforms, optimizing user engagement, and monetizing at scale,” said Kaveh Vahdat, founder and president of RiseOpp, a fractional CMO and SEO services company. The hire seems to signal an intent to mature OpenAI’s application strategy beyond ChatGPT into a broader suite of user-facing tools, likely aimed at both…
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Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: ‘You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying’
When Adam Mosseri took over Meta-owned Instagram as CEO in 2018, the app was experiencing what he’d later call “concerning” drops and plateaus in user engagement, thanks partly to fierce competition from a new app: TikTok. Instagram estimated in 2019 that 23 percent of the decline in time spent on Instagram in the US was due to TikTok. Bytedance’s video…
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‘There is no law of computer science that says that AI must remain expensive and must remain large’: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna bangs the drum for smaller AI models
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna believes smaller, domain-specific AI models represent a prime opportunity for enterprises to truly capitalize on the technology. Speaking at IBM’s 2025 Think conference in Boston, Krishna reflected on the course of the generative AI boom so far, noting that the industry has matured significantly compared to last year – as have enterprises and their expectations of…
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SonicWall CEO Bob VanKirk hails ‘pivotal moment’ as firm unveils new MSP cyber solutions
SonicWall has announced a new suite of products and services designed to help MSPs deliver end-to-end cyber protection and profitable service expansion. The release includes two new, next-generation mid-range and high-end firewalls (NGFW) – the NSa 2800 and NSa 3800 – aimed at medium-sized businesses with advanced threat protection. There’s also a new Managed Protection Service Suite (MPSS) for firewall…
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KnowBe4 names Bryan Palma as president and CEO
Human risk management specialist KnowBe4 has announced the appointment of Bryan Palma as its new president and chief executive officer, effective May 5th. The cybersecurity industry veteran replaces company founder and current CEO Stu Sjouwerman, who has transitioned to the role of executive chairman. With more than 25 years’ industry experience, Palma arrives with a track record of scaling global…
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Outgoing Kaseya CEO teases “this is just the beginning” for the company
The tech industry, particularly the channel, is filled with big personalities making even bigger moves and announcements that drive things forward. While the tenure of tech CEOs, on average, ranges wildly between less than four years and up to 15 years (depending on which research you consider), the point at which one leader leaves and another is brought in can…
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