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Tech Across the Globe

Dell shakeup: Dell COO Jeff Clarke said he would take over day-to-day responsibility of the company's PC unit, which has been in a prolonged slump.

SAP disappoints: Europe's most valuable company underwhelmed high investor expectations with lackluster cloud sales growth.

AI chip deal: Seoul-based FuriosaAI, which recently turned down a takeover bid from Meta, landed its first major contract for its AI chip with LG AI Research.

Revalued

AI company Reka AI tripled its valuation to more than $1 billion in a $110 million fundraising round. Nvidia and Snowflake are among the investors backing the startup, which makes large language models, the technology underpinning generative AI.

Must Read

AppLovin was last year's top tech stock, surging more than 700%, but recent short-seller reports have cast doubt over how the mobile ad distributor is powering its growth. Olivia Solon discusses the allegations and their implications in today's Tech In Depth essay.

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This Week in Cyber Bulletin

Microsoft pledged in late 2023 that it would improve the cybersecurity of its products. Battered by criticism from government officials and outside experts, the company embarked on a major engineering initiative, Andrew Martin writes in this week's Cyber Bulletin. But the recent revelations that hackers had breached the company's popular SharePoint management software shows that progress isn't linear, Martin writes.

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