Palantir Technologies Inc ( PLTR ) shares are trading higher Thursday. The stock appears to be benefiting from an Army contact modification announced after the market close on Wednesday. What Happened: Late Wednesday, the Department of Defense announced that it awarded Palantir ( PLTR ) a $795 million modification to a contract for its Maven Smart System software licenses. The...

01:56 PM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Cognizant Technology Solutions ( CTSH ) said Thursday it is expanding its collaboration with Pegasystems ( PEGA ) to help enterprises modernize legacy systems using artificial intelligence. The partnership will combine Cognizant's agentic AI services with Pegasystems' ( PEGA ) Blueprint technology to address issues such as poor customer experience, inefficient processes, and...

01:52 PM EDT, 05/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- WISeKey International ( WKEY ) unit SEALSQ ( LAES ) reached an agreement in principle to buy IC'ALPS, a French company specializing in application-specific integrated circuit design and supply, for 12.5 million euros ($14.1 million) in cash and stock. The agreement consists of 10 million euros in cash and 2.5 million euros in...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...