Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s ride-share business
Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter ride-share business for as much as $125 million. Joby is buying the Blade brand and the…
Tesla asks shareholders to approve $29B comp package for Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’
Tesla’s board of directors has announced a proposed compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that would be worth around $29 billion in shares, with the company citing the “ever-intensifying AI…
The Wild West of Shadow IT
Everyone’s an IT decision-maker now. The employees in your organization can install a plugin with just one click, and they don’t need to clear it with your team first. It’s…
Students Turn to AI While Colleges Struggle to Keep Up
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students in higher education, conducted online in early July and commissioned by Grammarly, found that artificial intelligence has become a regular tool for most…
PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan (RAT) called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong.…
The Great SaaS List 2025: Which Tools Companies Are Using, Replacing, and Retiring
In the past year, many businesses have started to rethink their software stacks. Instead of adding more tools, teams are cutting back. They’re choosing platforms that cover more ground, reduce…
Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’
Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app, according to according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This team — reportedly called Answers, Knowledge, and Information — is working…
Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story
The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back against…
Apple builds ChatGPT-Style search tool as it rethinks Siri and Spotlight
An Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple Store in downtown Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS Listen to article Apple is ramping up its artificial…
SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters
SAP announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire recruiting software company SmartRecruiters. In a press release, the European software giant said that SmartRecruiters “powerful, user-friendly interfaces and…