Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn’s CEO after six years running the world’s largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company’s COO, takes over immediately. Source link

Earlier this month, NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts to orbit the Moon and used new laser communications systems to beam dramatic images back to Earth. One of the receivers, though, wasn’t hosted by the US space agency. A low-cost terminal built by the companies Observable Space and Quantum Opus, and operated by the…

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically from messaging apps. This was because notifications that displayed the messages’ content were also cached on the device for up to a month. In a security notice…

As part of its slate of Google Cloud Next announcements on Wednesday, the company shared plans to bring “auto browse” agentic capabilities to Chrome users in the enterprise, along with enhanced security measures. With auto browse, Chrome users can take advantage of Gemini to understand the live context in their open browser tabs, and then…

Threads is launching “Live Chats” to allow for real-time conversations during cultural events, the Meta-owned platform announced on Wednesday. The company says the idea behind the new feature is to help make the app feel more timely and relevant. Live Chats are launching first within the NBA Threads community during the Playoffs. Media personalities, including…

Rivian has rolled the first customer-ready R2 SUVs off the production line at its factory in Normal, Illinois, just days after it was hit by an EF-1 tornado that tore off part of the roof. Despite the damage, founder and CEO RJ Scaringe told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday morning that Rivian doesn’t expect any delays…

ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Woods told TechCrunch.   “We feel pretty excited about it,” Woods (pictured above) said in the recent interview regarding the investment in the startup. Lucra developed a software platform that reimagines corporate loyalty programs into interactive, eSports-like…

More than half of the world’s governments have access to commercial spyware that can break into computers and phones to steal sensitive information, according to U.K. intelligence. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre plans to reveal its findings Wednesday, according to Politico. The report suggests that the barrier to access this types of surveillance technology…

Snapchat is rolling out a new “Place Loyalty” feature that will show users when they’re among the most frequent visitors to a place on Snap Map over the past year, the company announced on Wednesday. If you’re in the top 25% of users who visit a certain place, you’ll see your ranking on the Snap…

Google has unveiled new generative AI features for its mapping and geospatial apps that are designed with enterprise users in mind. The new features, announced at Cloud Next in Las Vegas this week, add generative AI capabilities to Google’s mapping platform, giving it enhanced visual and data analytics powers. One of the new features, called…