Both companies attributed their recent gains to their AI focus, while their dominance of the cloud market continues to grow.
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CEO and co-founder Patrick Collison said the latest move is to make the company more modular so clients can ‘use just the parts of Stripe most useful to them’.
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IBM said the deal continues its focus in hybrid cloud and AI, while Hashicorp believes the deal will help it reach a much broader audience.
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Mark Zuckerberg said the Facebook parent continues to make ‘steady progress’ in the metaverse as Threads reaches a milestone of 150m monthly active users.
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BearingPoint Ireland and Kreoh discuss the major considerations that organisations need to keep in mind when integrating AI-driven business solutions.
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Google has pushed back its plans to phase out third-party cookies until at least early 2025 amid pressure from industry, regulators and developers.
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The new rules will come into effect in roughly two years and aim to make it easier and cheaper for consumers to have their products repaired and reduce the amount of waste in the EU.
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The company is also rolling out Meta AI, an assistant that greatly enhances the device’s overall functionality, in beta mode for users in the US and Canada.
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Hartley has been with Google since 2014 and is replacing Adaire Fox-Martin, who left the tech giant last month to become the CEO and president of Equinix.
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