Tag: microsoft

  • Growth is not enough

    Growth is not enough

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    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We were a smaller team this week, with Natasha and Alex joined by Grace and Chris to sort through a week that brought together both this quarter’s earnings cycle and the Q3 IPO rush. So, it was just a little busy!…

  • US futures head to more record highs ahead of big tech earnings, while oil climbs despite raging global pandemic

    US futures head to more record highs ahead of big tech earnings, while oil climbs despite raging global pandemic

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    US stock market investors are feeling optimistic about the economy. Spencer Platt/Getty Images US futures rose on Tuesday morning, the day after the S&P and Nasdaq hit record highs. Investors eagerly awaited Q1 earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet, and weighed up Tesla's results. Oil prices climbed as the demand outlook brightened, despite the ongoing COVID-19…

  • A week in security (March 2 – 8)

    A week in security (March 2 – 8)

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    Last week at Malwarebytes Labs, we ended part 1 of our series on kid custody , requested how law enforcement can manage cybercriminals, also took a trip down the memory lane of ethical panic. We also looked at the positives and pitfalls of VPNs and analyzed our own progress in the fight against stalkerware, spyware,…

  • Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested for $10 Million Crypto Theft

    Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested for $10 Million Crypto Theft

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    A former Microsoft staffer has been arrested for a scheme to pay $10 million in crypto, employing a few of the funds to buy a Tesla automobile and lakeside house. A former employee at Microsoft has been arrested for a scheme to pay $10 million in cryptocurrency, the Associated Press (AP) reported on July 17.…

  • Data Sheet—Zuckerberg Needs a Slap, Google I/O vs. Microsoft Build, Bird Rides the Strugglebus

    Data Sheet—Zuckerberg Needs a Slap, Google I/O vs. Microsoft Build, Bird Rides the Strugglebus

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    To Begin you week, three Items I’ve consumed Lately: * Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s cover story on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a snappily written and illuminating take on the man who has presided over his company’s reinvention. This story has been told over and over. And still, the yarn about why and how Nadella focused on…

  • Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC

    Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC

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    Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and Writer in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More articles by this contributor Polestar unveils first Manufacturing EV with aim to overtake Tesla Liquid Telecom goes on Africa’s startups as future clients Nigerian digital payments startup Paga is gearing up to get international growth…