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Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, appears on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024.Adam Galici | CNBCNikesh Arora, the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, is joining Uber’s board of directors, the company announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday.It comes amid a broader executive shakeup this week at the ride-hailing company, which saw head of delivery Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty depart after 13 years. Andrew Macdonald, head of mobility, was promoted to president and chief operating officer, Uber’s first since 2019.”I’m honored to join Uber’s Board at such an exciting time, as the…
Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025.Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday that Columbia University has failed to meet the standards for accreditation because the Ivy League school “is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws” for allegedly tolerating harassment of Jewish students on campus.The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accrediting institution that Columbia belongs to, of the alleged violation.The department noted that by federal regulations, “accreditors are required to notify any member institution…
Listen to article A high-level Pakistani parliamentary delegation led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party and former foreign minister, wrapped up a two-day visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The delegation conveyed Pakistan’s stance on regional tensions, urging respect for international law and peaceful relations with neighbours. During the visit, the delegation met with the UN Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, members of the Security Council, ambassadors of the OIC group, media representatives, civil society, and the Pakistani diaspora. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Pakistan seeks peaceful, cooperative relations based on equality and mutual…
The App Store logo is seen next to the Epic Games Store logo on two screens. Epic, maker of the popular game “Fortnite,” wants to sell digital items in its apps without giving a cut of the purchase price to Apple.Fabian Summer | picture alliance | Getty ImagesApple was dealt a blow in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, as a panel of judges denied the company’s emergency application to halt changes to its App Store that resulted from the company’s legal battle with Epic Games.Apple “bears the burden of showing that the circumstances justify…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersElon Musk on Wednesday ramped up his attacks against the massive tax-cut bill President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to pass, claiming it will condemn America to “debt slavery” and urging lawmakers to “KILL the BILL.””Call your Senator, Call your Congressman,” Musk wrote as he decried the budget package at length on his social media site X. “Bankrupting America is NOT ok!””A new spending bill should be drafted that doesn’t massively grow the…
Listen to article Pakistan is “ready but not desperate” for talks with arch-rival India, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, underlining the lack of a thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours following their worst military conflict in decades. Both sides used fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery last month in four days of clashes, their worst fighting in decades, before a ceasefire the US said it brokered on May 10. India has denied any third party role in the ceasefire. Read: Indo-Pak war 2025: Pakistan has the last laugh “Whenever they ask for a dialogue, at whatever level, we are ready…
A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belonging on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration on Wednesday lost a bid to lift a federal district court order temporarily barring the U.S. Education Department from laying off about half of its employees.The administration had asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to lift the preliminary injunction by the district court judge that had blocked the large reduction in force at the department announced by Education Secretary Linda McMahon in March.A three-judge panel on that appeals court rejected that…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at a company event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon has formed a new group within its consumer product-development arm that is focused on agentic artificial intelligence, the company said Wednesday.The team will be based in Lab126, the stealthy Silicon Valley-based research and development unit behind the Kindle e-reader, Echo smart speaker and other popular Amazon devices.A growing number of companies are building AI agents as they look beyond text and image generators. In contrast to AI services such as chatbots, agents are capable of completing multistep, complex…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday that “if” the premier spy agencies of both Pakistan and India “sit together” and collaborate with each other there could be a significant decline in terrorist activities in the region. Bilawal, who is leading a multi-party delegation to world capitals to present Pakistan’s stance on the recent escalation with India, told a press conference in New York that the ceasefire between the two countries was a “welcome first step”, yet it was merely a first step. Bilawal’s press conference came just before his departure for Washington for the delegation’s…
Mateusz Slodkowski | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesReddit is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for what it’s calling a breach of contract and for engaging in “unlawful and unfair business acts” by using the social media company’s platform and data without authority.The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco on Wednesday, claims that Anthropic has been training its models on the personal data of Reddit users without obtaining their consent. Reddit alleges that’s has been harmed by the unauthorized commercial use of its content.Reddit shares closed up more than 6% on Wednesday.The company opened the complaint by calling Anthropic a “late-blooming” AI company…