Sentences with phrase «on big tech»

«The Cambridge Analytica thing is just the tip of the iceberg,» said Mellon, who is typically bearish on big tech.

Lawmakers seeking tighter restrictions on big tech feel even more emboldened than they did in the wake of revelations about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a source on Capitol Hill told CNN.

Billionaire investor George Soros comments on big tech and social media during a speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

I contest that the survey is even a good estimate (self reporting is notoriously unreliable), and focusing on big tech companies is going to skew things too.

She was one of the Senators I was warned to look out for before this hearing — many believe she'll make a presidential run in 2020 and this is a chance to be tough on a big tech company in her home state.

Before late January injected a surge of volatility into equities, driven by investor fears over a handful of factors including rising rates, tightening monetary policy, more regulation on big tech and rising global trade tensions, investors were smooth sailing on the nine - year bull market.

Investors focused on big tech and other sectors expected to benefit from tax reform and deregulatory legislation.

And, in its courtship of ride - hailing service Uber, the city has shown a willingness to try to lean on big tech to spur economic growth.

The announcement raises the bar for the world's most valuable company — now a huge driver of the economy — to continue its dominance and growth in the wake of political pressure on big tech companies.

UK Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a crackdown on big tech firms which use complex, offshore tax structures to minimise their UK tax bill.

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CNBC's Kate Kelly reports on hedge - fund titan Stanley Druckenmiller's optimism in the markets, including his tech shopping spree and big bet on the emerging markets last quarter.

LONDON, May 2 - Forecast - beating results from the world's biggest company, Apple, lifted tech shares on Wednesday, putting Wall Street on track for a firmer session despite some trepidation over a Fed meeting later in the day.

On new risks to big tech: «One thing I do believe is that the FANG stocks, I personally believe, there's more regulatory risk in those stocks than there has been.

Scott Kupor, Andreessen Horowitz COO, shares his thoughts on GoPro's IPO, and tech's biggest hardware and software plays.

The big tech companies have us on the hook.

The big tech show is in its final day and now is as good a time as any to reflect on the week.

In recent years, an increasing number of tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns too.

This year's event, convened by scholars Luigi Zingales and Guy Rolnik, focused on the threat of concentration of Big Tech, otherwise known as the Big Five: Facebook, Amazon (amzn), Apple (aapl), Netflix (nflx), and Google (googl).

As for big changes on the recruiting tech horizon, Lauby sees a major space for software that helps to organize and manage contingent workforces, like contractors and freelancers.

Additionally, many businesses are foregoing buying data center hardware entirely as they increasingly rent their computing resources on demand from big tech companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

Wall Street also moved lower in anticipation of a series of earnings from big tech firms this week, including Alphabet on Monday.

Big tech M&A is on track to decline for the fourth year in a row.

The other big players in tech joined the current company, all offering variations on the «20 Percent Time» model.

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

On Thursday, the NASDAQ fell 129 points to 4,054, a 3 percent decrease, and the biggest decline the tech - heavy index has had in three years.

Investors are looking for bigger tech names to list on Hong Kong's stock exchange under the new rules, says Irene Chu of KPMG China.

At CES tech companies from around the world descended on Las Vegas to show off their biggest and brightest innovations for the upcoming year and beyond.

Another flourishing tech company in Berlin, Data Artisans are capitalising on the big trend in the 2017 tech world: big data.

Although Softbank - which had recently acquired the personal computer industry's biggest trade show (Comdex) and publishing company (Ziff - Davis)- was barely a blip on the industry's radar, Son had dreams of becoming a big player in the fast - growing tech sector.

How could a gig at the biggest, most ambitious tech company on the planet possibly be bad?

The ad tech company have found an innovative way to muscle in on an extremely crowded market, linking two areas of a business that would scarcely have been possible before «big data».

That comes as financial stocks have been the biggest stock market winners since Nov. 8, thanks to Trump's promises to pull back on banking regulation such as Dodd - Frank, and tech stocks sank on fears of the president - elect's more protectionist trade policies.

Nowhere is this knowledge more key than on one of tech marketing's biggest stages: Dreamforce.

More businesses are buying computing resources on demand from tech giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft), which has hurt big data center hardware companies like Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe).

In addition to providing a big sales boost to Amazon, AWS also ingests tech profits into a company that's traditionally run on very slim margins.

The most beloved (and sometimes hated) Big Tech company in history has chosen to focus attention mostly on the iPhone brand, but that has opened up a world of opportunity for Dell.

Plus, by releasing the leaked files bit - by - bit, WikiLeaks is making it nearly impossible for a big tech company to say that all the problems in the leak have been fixed — what if Assange is sitting on a doozy of a bug?

And the big tech news just keeps on a» rolling.

«I'm in,» said Inwentash, and by the time he parted with Ballard and Cohl, he was on his way to a seven - figure investment in the biggest thing ever to sweep up the Great White Way: a high - tech spectacle called Spider - Man: Turn Off the Dark.

Some pundits and companies have found the cost prohibitive for firms operating on a smaller scale than behemoth Google, but at least one tech company is willing to take the idea and run with it — big time.

Leaving the traditional management duties to trusted associates, says Maccoby, has enabled him to focus on thinking big — a crucial element for success in today's tech world.

On his blog Quick Sprout, tech entrepreneur Neil Patel speaks with 10 founders of companies that are worth at least $ 50 million and asks them what was their biggest mistake in business.

After prototyping a moisture - wicking, formfitting alternative — made of fabric for women's undergarments — and testing it on ex-teammates, Plank set up shop in his grandmother's basement and, just before he went broke, scored his first big sale, to Georgia Tech.

CNBC's Alex Sherman reports on Dell possibly selling itself to VMware in what could be the biggest tech deal ever.

The networking technology giant said Tuesday that it would debut a high - tech version of the traditional whiteboard dubbed the Spark Board that will let people scribble their notes and organize meetings on a big, digital screen.

And, lo and behold, the big boys trust Microsoft a lot more with their data and their security than they may ever trust the new tech kids on the block.

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«Even for the patriotic, diehard Canadian who insists on their startup being in Canada, in many cases the company gets to a point where it's forced to sell to a U.S. big tech firm,» said Pashootan, portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa, a Raymond James company.

Akorbi's staff grew to eight full timers in Dallas, a dozen in Buenos Aires and Medellín, Colombia, and five tech developers in India, as well as a network of hundreds of freelance translators who pitched in on big jobs.

Big tech companies like Microsoft issued a patch for the so - called KRACK bug on Oct. 10, Apple is in the middle of testing patches for iOS and macOS, and Google, whose Android 6.0 devices are the most vulnerable, said it would release a patch in early Nov..