The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal Of the U.S. tech jobs posted since January, almost 25% seek workers with AI skills, according to the University of Maryland’s (UMD’s) AI job tracker. AI-related listings accounted for 1.3% of all job postings in January, compared with tech job listings at 5.4%. According to UMD’s Anil K. Gupta, the turning […]

The Wall Street Journal Data-storage company Seagate is betting its heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology will help hard drives maintain their market dominance as solid-state drives gain steam for their ability to read and write faster than their predecessors. Seagate’s new drives feature a small laser that applies a nanosecond of heat to magnetically manipulate […]

The Wall Street Journal A venture of real estate investor CIM Group and Novva Data Centers has obtained $2 billion in loans from JPMorgan Chase and Starwood Property Trust to build a 100-acre datacenter campus in West Jordan, Utah. The loan follows a $2.3-billion loan obtained by a datacenter in Abilene, TX, from JPMorgan Chase. […]

The Wall Street Journal McDonald’s is rolling out edge computing to its restaurants, enabling them to process and analyze data on-site with the goal of improving the customer and employee experience. AI will be used to analyze data from Internet-connected kitchen equipment to predict maintenance issues, while in-store mounted cameras will use computer vision to […]

The Wall Street Journal In a March 5 letter to U.S. officials, members of the European Parliament discredited claims that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) unfairly targets U.S. companies. The European Commission launched investigations into Apple, Google, and Meta last year under the DMA, but the letter noted that TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, […]

The Wall Street Journal The increased adoption of AI coding tools is changing the size and scope of software development teams, often allowing for leaner teams that complete the same amount of work or more. These tools, which automate a substantial amount of code development, are intended to supplement human coders. Companies have found such […]

The Wall Street Journal Microsoft is calling on the Trump administration to loosen proposed export controls on chips that can be used in datacenters for AI model training. Microsoft wants the limits eliminated for India, Switzerland, Israel, and other U.S.-friendly nations. The proposed rule to tighten export controls is being used by China to position […]

The Wall Street Journal Lawmakers in nine states have introduced legislation that would require app-store operators to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent before allowing minors to download apps. Meta, Snap, and X contend app stores should be in charge of age verification, given that they collect user information already. Apple disagrees, arguing that […]

The Wall Street Journal Companies face new cybersecurity challenges from large language models (LLMs), particularly the unstructured and conversational nature of user interactions. In addition to the possibility of employees inputting sensitive corporate data into LLMs, companies should be concerned that information generated by LLMs could contain malicious code, infringe on intellectual property, or violate […]