Oracle missed market expectations for third-quarter profit as the legacy software firm spent heavily to build data centers and ramp up cloud growth while also facing losses from some investments, sending its shares down 6% in extended trading.
Meta is making a big push for VR fitness, making it possible to see your VR fitness stats from Oculus Move in more places instead of just within a VR app on the Quest and Quest 2 headset. You'll be able to opt in to see metrics (calories burned, minutes spent working out, and your VR Fitness goals) within the Oculus mobile app for iOS and Android.
Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO Inc. concluded the city's first listing by introduction since late 2020. Listings by introduction are a way of joining the public markets in which a company doesn't raise any capital or issue any new shares.
Peloton Interactive Co. ’s new chief executive is looking to overhaul the stationary-bike maker’s pricing strategy in a bid to turn around the company. The company on Friday will start testing a new pricing system in which customers pay a single monthly fee that covers both the namesake stationary bike and a monthly subscription to workout courses. If a customer cancels, Peloton would take back the bike with no charge.
Dot Pad is a braille-reader device that allows for easy display of text and tactile representations of imagery. It has 2,400 pins in a pixel-like grid that can quickly be set to be in up or down positions, forming letters in braille or easily identifiable shapes. The device also integrates directly into Apple’s VoiceOver screen reading feature, making reading text, icon labels, and even simple images just a tap away.
Microsoft has published a list of games you can play on Steam Deck. Most of the games are from Xbox Game Studios. Forza Horizon 5, Forza 4 and Quantum Break are among the games labeled as "Playable" Some of Microsoft's best-known games are deemed "unsupported"
CrowdStrike promotes Michael Rogers to lead its 150-person solution provider organization. Rogers replaces Matthew Polly, who will shift into a new leadership role at CrowdStrike. Rogers has been a top assistant to Polly in CrowdStrike’s channel organization since June 2018. He has overseen partner and alliance sales on a global basis for the past eight months.
Insider is a marketing platform for enterprise marketers. It offers customer data through channels and systems to reveal interests. The firm has partnered with some of the largest brands including McDonald's, Unilever, L’Oreal, and Adidas. The raised capital will allow the startup to enhance its technology and invest in more marketing activities.
Research labs at big companies are pushing the horizons of what artificial intelligence can do in areas like image recognition, natural language processing and more. Meta Platforms Inc. says its AI Research SuperCluster system will house 16,000 graphics processing units by midsummer. DeepMind Technologies, owned by Google parent Alphabet, has announced the development of a new language model.
Sony joins other video game companies in cutting off the Russian market. The company also pledged $2 million to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and Save the Children. Sony says it “joins the global community in calling for peace in Ukraine”
Amazon is suspending access to Prime Video for customers based in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine, also suspending the shipment of retail products to customers based in Russia and Belarus. The company will also no longer be accepting new Russia-based AWS customers and Amazon third-party sellers.