Nerdist’s Spidey Life and Rudy Mancuso also performed. An after party was held at Rockefeller Center, where attendees were treated to buffets of finger foods, including truffle-flavored tater tots, lobster rolls and fried oysters, as well as elaborate desserts like grilled cheese made out of melted rainbow chocolate. Dragon fruit and pear jello shots and […]
Read moreThe leading U.S. marketplace for cryptocurrencies has been quietly preparing for a monster increase in trading volume. In a response to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s ongoing inquiry into exchanges, the private company disclosed some key company data. Coinbase said it has doubled the size of its full-time engineering staff and has overhauled much […]
Read moreAutonomous vehicles, in particular self-driving cars, have been generating a great deal of buzz in the market over the past few years. The technology has many potential benefits for individuals, the environment and the economy. Recently however, as a consequence of tragic accidents caused by cars in self-driving mode, an irrational discussion is surfacing. Some […]
Read moreBillionaire investor Warren Buffett sees the value of Apple differently than most Wall Street analysts, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “Analysts after analysts said if you look at the mosaic of [iPhone] orders, it’s got to be a bad quarter,” said Cramer, whose charitable trust owns shares of Apple. “[Buffett] obviously does not think about […]
Read moreBerkshire Hathaway’s recent decision to scoop up another 75 million shares of Apple shows yet again — Hathaway already held 165.3 million shares — that Apple is one of the few tech companies that fits into Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy. Buffett’s investment model has many components, of course, but Apple almost alone among big tech […]
Read moreWarren Buffett appears to be pushing Apple stock ahead of the rest of the tech sector. The Dow dropped 100 points at the open; tech giants Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix and Facebook all started trading in the red — but Apple is up more than 3 percent. Buffett is in Omaha for the annual meeting of […]
Read moreTrust is eroding in Silicon Valley, according to former Yahoo executive Susan Decker — and tech leaders need to get ahead of the trend. “You have a combination of things that are eroding the trust in Silicon Valley. You have the privacy issues, you have the fake news, you have concerns about addiction to devices,” […]
Read moreAs U.S. and Chinese officials engage in highly anticipated trade talks, officials from China have asserted that it will not discuss two of the biggest trade demands from the United States. One is about the U.S. trade deficit; the other is an issue that could become the greatest technology war in history: China’s push into […]
Read moreWhen it was first released in April 2015, the Apple Watch immediately became the most in-demand tech item of the season, dominating 75 percent of the smart watch market within its first quarter of sales. With Apple’s cult following and an array of applications not offered by more traditional fitness trackers, like FitBit and Pebble, […]
Read moreFormer Facebook director Don Graham defended CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday from criticism following the social network’s recent data-leak scandal. “I’ve known Mark since he was 20,” said the former Washington Post chief who met Zuckerberg in 2005 and was on the board of Facebook for six years until 2015. “Mark is a good, decent, […]
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