Weekly Tech News Drop – June 21, 2024 | Experts Exchange

Nvidia Passes Microsoft

Nvidia has taken the crown as the most valuable valuable company in the world from Microsoft after passing Microsoft’s $3.32  trillion market cap on Tuesday. Nvidia’s Hopper chips which are used for training and inferencing some of the world’s biggest AI models, and has made the company a powerhouse for the generative AI boom.

Read more about Nvidia’s growth here.

Starlink Unveils Mini-Antenna

SpaceX is releasing its most compact version of Starlink antennas to date, which they’re advertising as a mobile option for its satellite internet customers. The company is offering a “limited number” of the Starlink Mini antennas for $599 each while they’re in early access.

Read more about the Starlink Mini launch here.

State of the Tech Workforce

CompTIA released it’s State of the Tech Workforce, which is a definitive guide to tech workforce trends in the United States. It includes state by state hiring rates, job listings, earnings and more.

Read more about CompTIA’s research and see the full report here.

Dell’s Workforce Stays Home

Earlier this year, Dell announced a plan to begin returning its workers to the office. And required them to classify themselves as remote or hybrid. Workers with the hybrid classification are tracked to ensure they’re spending at least 39 days a quarter in the office (3 days a week). Conversely remote workers agreed they can no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.

Read more about the shift and Business Insider’s reporting that 50% of the workforce opted to stay home.

Cisco Wrap-up

The Cisco Community held their live event (Cisco Live) in Las Vegas June 2-6. Members of their 1.4 million member-strong community traveled to Nevada for Speakers, Meetups and AI Photo opportunities as well as new product demos.

Check the video for Cisco’s event recap here.

More Interesting Stories

Tesla shareholders approve $44.9 Billion pay package for Elon Musk

US DoJ sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel

Amazon Labor Union votes to join the Teamsters

That’s it for week 2 of the Weekly Tech News Drop! Hop in the comments and tell us what caught your eye.

See you next week!

David