A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California. Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Following this week’s breach of several federal agencies, a new CNBC survey of technology executives found that most believe state-sponsored cyber …
Read More »UK university pivots to sustainable tech with solar and wind deal
An aerial photograph of Keele University’s campus, taken in July 2017. David Goddard | Getty Images News | Getty Images A university campus in the U.K. will be home to two wind turbines and 15,000 solar panels as part of a plan to make it carbon neutral by the end …
Read More »Tech investor Tim Draper says digital health care will be ‘almost free’
People wait in line to get a 15-minute rapid Covid-19 test on November 24, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Manis | Getty Images News | Getty Images The use of technology is going to make health care “almost free around the world,” according to venture capitalist Tim Draper. “Health care …
Read More »Biden holds joint meeting with union leaders and retail, auto, tech CEOs
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden hosted a joint meeting Monday with labor union leaders and the chief executives of major tech, retail and auto companies. The business leaders at the virtual meeting were General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Microsoft president and CEO Satya Nadella, Target chairman and chief executive Brian …
Read More »One bullish way to play cross-section of health care and tech
Doctor’s orders are going virtual. With Covid-19 case counts on the rise again, Teladoc, a stock at the crossroads of health care and technology, could be an ideal bet for investors looking for ways to brace for possible volatility, Todd Gordon, the founder of TradingAnalysis.com, told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on …
Read More »Tech investments drove record loan volume in Q3
Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner in an appearance on CNBC on Wednesday credited the mortgage lender’s investments in technology for its record quarter it reported the day prior. The Detroit-based company, which began trading on the public market in August, posted triple-digit loan volume in the third quarter amid a …
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