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Salesforce shares jumped nearly 23%, their best single-day performance since 2020, following a quarter that beat expectations and the announcement of a new partnership with Anthropic called Claudeforce. The rally coincided with reports that several former Salesforce employees who had left for OpenAI, including two executives, are returning to the company, with dozens more reportedly in talks to rejoin.
BlackBerry, once dominant in mobile phones and messaging via BBM, has reinvented itself as a provider of secure software for vehicles and communications. CEO John Giamatteo told CNBC's 'The Tech Download' that the company's shares have doubled this year as investors respond to this shift, with AI now factoring into its future plans.
Google has issued new guidelines requiring Android app developers to reduce memory consumption, giving them until February 2027 to comply. The move responds to a global memory shortage that has pushed phone makers to cut RAM in entry-level devices, often dropping from 6-8GB to just 4GB. Apps exceeding Google's memory thresholds for dynamic RAM use, bitmap handling, and DEX code will be throttled or force-closed by the OS.
Google has updated NotebookLM, its AI-powered research and note-taking tool, to let users upload books and reference their content directly within the app. The update also allows users to convert book material into different formats, such as summaries or study guides, using the tool's AI capabilities.
Waymo has begun adding electric vehicles manufactured in China, made by Zeekr, to its robotaxi fleet even as the U.S. maintains steep tariffs and restrictions that effectively block most Chinese-made EVs from American consumers. The vehicles are imported and retrofitted with Waymo's self-driving technology before entering commercial service.
A former Uber and Uber Eats employee who spent a decade eliminating friction from everyday consumer experiences describes now personally paying to reintroduce it into their own life. The reflection contrasts the seamless, one-tap conveniences built by companies like Uber with a deliberate choice to seek out slower, more effortful alternatives.
Cara, an artist portfolio platform built to shield creators from AI training scrapes, suffered three large-scale data harvests starting August 13, including a 12-terabyte dump of roughly 12 million images posted publicly on Reddit. The person behind the scrape admitted doing it for under $10 and bragged about the effort, sparking backlash among Cara's 1.5 million users who had joined specifically to avoid this kind of exploitation. Founder Jingna Zhang says the incident exposed how legally murky and technically feasible such scraping remains despite platform defenses like Glaze.
A new tool called SubSmith lets users transform their own video files into language-learning content by generating and working with subtitles for immersion-based study. It's aimed at learners who prefer building study material from local files like downloaded shows, podcasts, or MKV files rather than relying solely on streaming platforms. The launch is accompanied by guides, including timeline estimators for Japanese and Spanish learners and instructions for sentence mining from local media.
Meta is testing robots from vendors including Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB to perform physical data center tasks such as power-cycling servers and swapping networking cables. Internal workers say one robotic arm being evaluated could eventually replace up to 80 percent of certain workers' tasks, while a simpler device already in use can remotely press power buttons to restart machines.
Google has added support for Apple's AirDrop protocol to newer Android phones, including Pixel and Galaxy models, letting users send photos, links, and files directly to iPhones without third-party apps. Setup involves enabling sharing settings on both devices—such as Quick Share on Samsung or AirDrop visibility on iOS—after which either device can initiate a transfer that the other must accept.
Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson told the New York Times he completed a playthrough of Grand Theft Auto VI, including the main story and some optional content, in about 80 hours. Rockstar also released an extended, nearly 27-minute look at the game following its Netflix debut, showcasing the fictional state of Leonida and protagonists Jason and Lucia. GTA VI launches November 19 for $80.
Samsung's new budget-tier 990 M.2 SSD, a QLC-based Gen 4 drive released after recent AI-driven storage price hikes, is now available at Amazon for $339 instead of its $529 list price. The 2TB model uses Samsung's PiccoloQ controller and V9 QLC flash, delivering performance close to the 990 EVO Plus with solid latency and bandwidth in testing.