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Microsoft reported a 20% spike in quarterly profits Tuesday, helping to fuel its battle to get ahead of rivals like Google, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta in selling the latest artificial intelligence technology. The software giant said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit was $20.1 billion, or $2.69 per share, beating analyst expectations for $2.55 per share.

By Juli Clover, MacRumors Popular flight tracking app Flighty was updated Tuesday to version 3.0, with the developers behind the app introducing useful new sharing functionality that’s free to use. Flighty Friends allows Flighty users to send their flight information to family and friends in a quick, easy to parse format. Flight details are easy to

NEW YORK — Slice Labs Inc., a technology company known for launching the first on-demand insurance platform, is set to expand its influence into North Carolina. In line with their mission to safeguard small businesses, they’ve extended their Excess & Surplus (E&S) specialty market small business insurance product to an additional nine states, bringing their

Editor’s note: Tom Snyder, executive director of rapidly growing Raleigh-based RIoT and a thought leader in the emerging Internet of Things, is the newest columnist to join WRAL TechWire’s list of top drawer contributors. “Datafication Nation” are part of WRAL TechWire’s Startup Monday package. +++ RALEIGH – Late last week, the Associated Press announced a deal with Open AI to license a

RALEIGH – A headline at tech news site ZDnet captures the essence of a war within Linux and open source communities:“Red Hat’s new rule: Open source betrayal.” Its “Brutus” move: altering the access to its top-draw product Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to only paying customers. “We’ve been called evil; I was called an IBM

NEW YORK — Elon Musk said Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year. In a series of posts on his Twitter account starting just

NEW YORK — Google says it is in the early stages of developing artificial intelligence tools to help journalists write stories and headlines, and has discussed its ideas with leaders in the news industry. The rapidly-evolving technology is already raising concerns about whether it can be trusted to provide accurate reports, and whether it would

RALEIGH – Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers in the history of cybersecurity, died over the weekend at age 59 after a more than year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family said in a published obituary. Before his death on July 16, Mitnick’s hacking sprees were legendary, and multiple films were inspired by

Editor’s note: Legendary Kevin Mitnick has died at age 59. In 2018, he gave a lengthy interview to WRAL News. Here is the full story and a link to the video. Cullen Browder, who recently left WRAL, conducted the interview. +++ RALEIGH — Years ago, Kevin Mitnick was on the run. “I was the catch

Editor’s note: WRAL TechWire contributing writer Jen McFarland has  20+ years working in IT with experiences across a range of tools and technologies. She wants to help small businesses and teams design, improve, and maintain the technology that helps them succeed. In 2022, she incorporated Marit Digital. +++ RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In case you’re