Data

Big Tech

Apple’s Market Cap Creeps Toward $4 Trillion as iPhone 17 Flexes (Without Flipping)

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Counterpoint data found the iPhone 17 lineup outsold the iPhone 16 by 14% in the US and China for its first 10 days.

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Inflation & Prices

Bummed Consumers Predict Shrinking Labor Market, Spiking Inflation

Whatever they say, consumers’ actual spending has remained rock solid, even if sentiment is yet to return to prepandemic levels.

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Markets

Wall Street Braces for Government Shutdown Chaos

Fitting for 2025, a government shutdown is all but guaranteed to deliver even more uncertainty into the macroeconomic mix.

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CIO Upside

In Security, ‘There’s Two Sides to AI,’ Box CISO Says

CIO Upside sat down with Box’s recently appointed CISO to discuss emerging threats, AI agents in security and her new role.

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Economics

Is Work-From-Home Still the New Normal For Corporate America?

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The return-to-office orders have taken on new weight amid a softening labor market and broader economic anxiety.

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Markets

Sovereign Debt Concerns Linger as Global Bond Rout Loses Steam

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In the last decade, global government bonds with maturities over 10 years suffered a median loss of 2% in September, according Bloomberg.

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CIO Upside

Oracle Patent May Help Cloud Platforms Work Together

The goal is to allow cloud customers to get the best of both worlds when it comes to multi-cloud architecture.

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CIO Upside

What Enterprises Need to Know About Silicon Valley’s Pro-AI Super PACs

‘They’re trying to lock in certain rules that makes building and selling AI easier, cheaper and faster.’

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CIO Upside

How Salesforce Uses Agents to Follow Up on Thousands of Leads

‘It’s pure creation of gold from sawdust on the floor,’ one executive said.

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CIO Upside

IBM Patent May Help Clean Data Pipelines

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‘Well-organized data pipelines provide the foundation for a range of data projects.’

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