Billionaire Robert Smith’s firm sells software maker for $4.6 billion, doubling its initial investment
Tech investor Robert Smith, the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. Amy Harris/Invision/AP Robert Smith's Vista Equity Partners said…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his fast-rising COO Brian Millham tell us where the software giant is headed after ‘a difficult time’
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune Benioff just shook up Salesforce's leadership, bringing several former…
Your face is ours: The dangers of facial recognition software
Clearview AI is redefining our privacy. The New York-based firm has said it's aiming to collect 100 billion images –…
The CEO of software giant Intuit, which has avoided mass layoffs, says tech firms axed jobs because they misread the pandemic
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi. Intuit Almost 300,000 staff have been laid off by tech firms since the start of 2022,…
Washington announces the disabling of electronic espionage software used by Russian intelligence for two decades
Washington announces the disabling of electronic espionage software used by Russian intelligence for two decades The US Department of Justice…
A senior software engineer dies after falling from the 14th floor of Google’s NYC headquarters
Google's headquarters in Manhattan, New York. Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images A software engineer died after falling from the 14th…
Big Tech employees are so unnerved by mass layoffs that they’re now easier to poach, according to the CEO of software giant Intuit
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi. Intuit Layoffs have made it easier to poach star AI talent, according to the CEO of…
A chatbot app updated its software after complaints it was too sexually aggressive — but people who had fallen in love with the bots were left heartbroken
Replika brought back its erotic role-play feature after concerns from some users. Getty Images Some users of the app Replika…
Google Workspace, its office software suite, hits 9 million paying organizations
Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud CEO Shutterstock Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite, now has over 9 million paying organizations.…
Ditching autism care for software
Hello, reader. Hallam Bullock here, reporting from London, and today I'm thinking about privacy. Our very own Diamond Naga Siu…