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Marc Benioff is going on the offensive about the so-called SaaSpocalypse.”This nonsense of this SaaSpocalypse, I think it’s time for it to stop,” the Salesforce CEO said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday.Benioff used the call to push back on fears that AI threatens traditional software companies.”Our seats…
On Wednesday, Meta reached an agreement with attorneys general across states, Washington, DC, and US territories that had brought claims the design of the company’s apps had harmed children. The company will pay up to $18 billion in penalties and alter its apps to potentially limit the amount of time…
The US Army announced plans to build nuclear microreactors on five military bases as it tests whether nuclear energy can keep critical operations running if the power grid goes down.The Janus Program’s initial rollout selected five vendors and assigned each to a different installation. The Army sees the technology as…
The warehousing business is booming as e-commerce sales climb, but many of these sprawling facilities face a challenge after their walls are erected: staffing shortages.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data, 392,000 jobs were open in the warehousing and transportation industries in June, up by 87,000 from…
Beyond her 9-to-5 as a performer and prolific songwriter, Dolly Parton was also a master of connection.That was clear in a letter she sent Eminem, whose given name is Marshall Mathers, following his 2022 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.In a post on X on Tuesday following…
When Stanley Druckenmiller speaks, markets listen. When the legendary trader uses AI to craft his message, investors can’t stop talking.Druckenmiller has said he used AI to help write his viral op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this week. In the piece, he criticized Scott Bessent, the US Treasury chief and…
Good Good Golf, one of the biggest golf YouTube channels and new media brands, is facing backlash after claims that an ad it released glorified violence against women.Last week, Good Good, a collective of social media creators and golfers, launched a collaboration with the golf equipment giant Callaway featuring a…
Chinese tech company Z.ai says it was behind the mysterious free AI model, Ox Alpha, that generated buzz for its performance.In a blog post published on Wednesday, Z.ai said Ox Alpha was an anonymous preview of its new GLM-5.3-Flash model, tested on OpenRouter and OpenCode to gather user feedback before…
As Wall Street’s summer interns trickle back onto campus for their final year of college, some are re-entering a recruiting process they’d hoped to leave behind.For those who have finished their internships without the coveted return offer, career coaches and recruiters say the best thing is to move quickly and…
Canadians won’t stop giving US trips the cold shoulder.According to Statistics Canada’s National Travel Survey released Tuesday, Canadian residents took 5.5 million trips that included a visit to the US in the first three months of 2026, down 10.6% from the same period last year.The figures extend a sharp pullback…
