TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

SecondMarket Names Lauren Sorof Head of Events

By TechTaffy Desk

SecondMarket has announced that Lauren Sorof has been named the company’s Head of Events. Prior to joining SecondMarket, Sorof most recently served as Managing Director and Head of US Event Marketing at NYSE Euronext. Sorof will lead SecondMarket’s events program in both New York and San Francisco, and will create and produce exclusive SecondMarket events as well as manage SecondMarket participation in sponsored outside conferences.

Just in

Around the web

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.
IT

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.
AI

OpenAI introduces new enterprise features

OpenAI announced new features aimed at enterprise users on Tuesday, at the wake of Meta's recent LLama 3 announcement.
Around the web

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.
Industry

Square expands offline payments globally

Payment processing company Square has announced the expansion of its offline payments feature to all hardware devices and countries.