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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

Helion’s co-founders, left to right: Chris Pihl, chief technology officer; David Kirtley, CEO; and George Votroubek, director of research. The new reactor will be the same size as Polaris, and include additional hardware and technology for putting energy on the grid. End view of one of Helion’s fusion devices.

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. The manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software reported revenue of $76.6 He has helped steer F5 beyond its roots as a hardware company, expanding into application security and delivery software through multiple acquisitions.

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Before generative AI there was… just AI

CIO Business Intelligence

AI isn’t just GenAI,” John Roese, Global CTO of Dell Technologies, said on a recent Tomorrow’s Tech Today webcast. AI Vs. GenAI at a high level Computer vision and speech recognition technologies are among some of the most popular, helping organizations build anything from augmented reality software to virtual assistants.

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Oracle names new cloud infrastructure leader, signals broader ambitions to challenge Amazon

GeekWire

Six-year Oracle veteran Clay Magouyrk is the new executive vice president in charge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, based in Seattle, reporting to co-founder Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer. He started writing software when he was a kid, following in the footsteps of his dad, a software developer.

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The CPRA: What You Should Know as an InfoSec Professional

SecureWorld News

Spirion, leads the discussion, which includes: A comparison of the CCPA and CPRA with other state privacy protection regulations, including the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut Data Protection Act, and Utah Consumer Privacy Act. Scott Giordano, General Counsel and. VP of Corporate Privacy.

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Vivo promises three years of Android updates for upcoming flagships

The Verge

“We are making a promise to our customers that they will be able to enjoy a premium smartphone experience for an extended period and continue to benefit from the latest software features,” Vivo’s CTO and senior vice president Yujian Shi said in a statement. These figures pale in comparison to Apple’s update history.

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How to choose between Native Apps or the Responsive Web?

CTOvision

In the second article of how CTO’s can create a framework for enterprises to adopt mobile for growth we look at one of the early decisions to be made - that is choosing to build native apps or adopt the responsive web. In most cases it is much more expensive to design, build, test and maintain native apps in comparison to responsive websites.

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