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Neo aims at Chromebooks and Windows laptops
Taya today announced it has raised a $5 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital and Female Founders Fund, with participation from a16z speedrun. Founded by Stanford-trained product designer and mechanical engineer Elena Wagenmans, previously at Apple, Taya is an AI necklace built to honor the social contract: intentional, single-player voice capture, not ambient recording of the room.
The Macbook Neo is a low-cost Mac that could make the company's PCs more popular with kids and families. Whether it moves the needle for the stock will take time to tell.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 12, 2026--Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that Forrester AI (formerly Izola), its generative AI tool, is now certified for Microsoft Teams and available as an app in Microsoft Marketplace. The Forrester AI Teams app is free for current Forrester clients and provides a new channel for access to its proprietary research, data, and frameworks not available through any public AI models. As a result, Forrester’s clients can make smarter, more informed, and data-driven
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) has launched the Microsoft 365 E7 enterprise AI suite, bundling Copilot, Anthropic’s Claude Cowork agent, Agent 365, and Entra tools at a premium price point for commercial users. The company is expanding its healthcare AI push through new work with Atropos Health, Dragon Copilot, and HABS on Neuro AI solutions. Microsoft is publicly backing Anthropic in its legal dispute with the Pentagon and forming new security partnerships with DataBahn, eGain, and EPAM to...
"AI-Powered Recipe App Gains Momentum with Top 50 Ranking in Apple's Food & Drink Category, Growing Social Media Buzz, and Upcoming Nationwide Campaign" MESA, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / March 12, 2026 / Medical Care Technologies Inc. today announced that ...
LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), a leading provider of predictable conversational AI, today announced the launch of LivePerson Sync in partnership with Coral Active, a leader in enterprise contact center integrations. LivePerson Sync enables seamless integration with systems like Salesforce, Microsoft, and ServiceNow, bringing CRM data and workflows directly into the live agent workspace.
India is planning fresh incentives for local production of mobile phones after its flagship program for the burgeoning sector expires this month, two sources said, in a boost for global firms like Apple and Samsung. The South Asian nation's intent to continue supporting the industry comes as it stands to lose tariff advantage over China for access to the United States, with President Donald Trump's fentanyl-related levy on Beijing invalidated in a court ruling. India aims to expand its electronics manufacturing to $500 billion by the fiscal year 2030.
Apple (AAPL) and Samsung are poised to benefit from a new round of smartphone manufacturing incentiv
The past six months have been a windfall for Globalstar’s shareholders. The company’s stock price has jumped 89.6%, hitting $56.77 per share. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
Most broad market ETFs hand the biggest stocks the biggest votes. That means a standard S&P 500 fund today puts a disproportionate slice of your portfolio into a handful of mega-cap tech names, whether you want that concentration or not. For retirees who want genuine exposure to the US economy without betting the portfolio on ... EUSA Is Beating SPY in 2026 While Retirees Rethink Mega-Cap Concentration
FEATURE Elon Musk’s Macrohard is more than poor wordplay on Microsoft It’s a new business for Tesla trying to become what Amazon Web Services is to Amazon.com On Wednesday, Musk made the announcement.
Jim Cramer got a call on his show recently from “Clay in California” who casually mentioned he was up 900% in Nvidia and 500% in Apple. Cramer’s response? “Who am I to even opine?” But opine he did, and his take on GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is worth unpacking. “I like the stock very much. They ... Jim Cramer: I like GE Vernova very much, they should split it
GPIQ launched in October 2023 as Goldman Sachs’s answer to one of the most popular income ETFs ever built. With $3.1 billion in assets and a yield that clears 10%, it has earned a serious look from income investors who have long defaulted to QYLD. The two funds share the same underlying index and the ... Goldman Sachs Engineered a QYLD Competitor Yielding Over 10%
Don't overthink it: These tech leaders can still beat the market.
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:BMW) executives used the company’s 2026 annual analyst and investor call to emphasize what they described as the resilience of BMW’s global business model, while outlining assumptions behind 2026 guidance that includes tariff relief in the second half
JPMorgan Dividend Leaders ETF (NYSEARCA:JDIV) launched in September 2024 as an actively managed fund targeting global dividend payers. The promise is straightforward: own a diversified basket of companies with strong dividend track records, collect quarterly income, and benefit from JPMorgan’s active management. For retirees seeking international diversification alongside income, that sounds appealing. The reality is ... JDIV ETF: Is This International Dividend Fund Stable Enough for Retirees?
AI stocks have tumbled significantly in 2026.
Microsoft trades at a premium P/S as AI investments surge. Strong cloud growth and Copilot expansion support the outlook, but high capex and valuation argue for patience.
Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Power Solutions Corp. (TSXV: PWER) (FSE: NJA) (“Global Power” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Pete Medved as President & Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Medved brings more than two decades of experience in enterprise technology sales, strategic account leadership, and large-scale digital infrastructure projects across both the public and private sectors. He has
The company is expected to post strong growth in its cloud unit for the quarter, which provides web-hosting services and competes with Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft.
Apple's stock has rallied over the past few months.
SEOUL, March 12 (Reuters) - The CEO of Samsung Display, a supplier for Apple and Samsung Electronics, said on Thursday the Iran war and surging oil prices threaten to drive up costs of energy and raw materials. Samsung Display President & CEO Chung Yi said rapidly rising oil prices are adding to the tech industry's challenges at a time when it is already grappling with soaring chip prices that are inflating the costs of phones, PCs and other electronics devices.
Australian billionaire founder Mike Cannon-Brookes explained the reductions in a staff memo, while also announcing his chief technology officer was leaving the Sydney-based company. The reductions are the latest AI-linked cuts in the software industry and beyond, as companies across the globe adapt to an era in which the technology can handle many of the tasks thus far performed by humans. “It would be disingenuous to pretend AI doesn’t change the mix of skills we need or the number of roles required in certain areas,” Cannon-Brookes said.
Nvidia stock is regaining momentum amid reports that it's making an aggressive push to become an enterprise AI agent provider.