Pins matching date:2026-03-17

Oracle's Java conference ran three days in Redwood Shores, opening with the "Java for an AI World" keynote on Java 26's release day and closing with a community keynote.

Google announced a Michigan data-center development on March 17, 2026 and says it is evaluating a site in Van Buren Township. The location is provisional; construction and opening are not established.

Wilmar's Indian sugar arm makes Kamboj chief executive from 23 March and managing director from 1 April 2026, as executive chairman Atul Chaturvedi, a former Adani Wilmar CEO, becomes a non-executive director.

JDK 26 shipped with 10 JEPs including HTTP/3 in the HTTP client and removal of the Applet API, alongside Oracle's new Java Verified Portfolio with commercial support for JavaFX and Helidon.

Qualcomm stockholders re-elected 11 directors, approved executive pay and a larger stock plan, and voted down proposals on calling special meetings and on China risk at the virtual 2026 annual meeting.

Fiscal 2025 revenue rose 5% to $11.1 billion but EPS fell to $13.26, and Lululemon guided 2026 EPS to just $12.10-$12.30 as tariffs, discount pull-backs and proxy-fight costs weighed.

State Parks sued Sable and its Pacific Pipeline Co. for continuing trespass, saying the 30-year easement for the four miles of Line CA-325 under Gaviota State Park expired in 2016, and asked a court to stop the oil and order the pipe removed. A federal judge later refused to halt the flow.

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano, its most capable small models yet: mini approaches GPT-5.4 on SWE-Bench Pro (54.4% against 57.7%) at more than 2x the speed of GPT-5 mini, and nano is API-only at $0.20 per 1 million input tokens.

Qualcomm's board lifted the quarterly dividend from $0.89 to $0.92 a share and approved a new $20 billion stock repurchase authorization with no expiry date.

Reenactors, cannon fire and a mounted Washington marked 250 years since the British left Boston, at a newly restored Dorchester Heights Monument rededicated by the National Park Service.

Chip Bergh, who ran Levi Strauss & Co. from 2011 to 2024, joins Lululemon's board and will stand at the 2026 annual meeting in place of lead director David Mussafer, who is retiring.

The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's Icotyde (icotrokinra), a once-daily pill and the first targeted oral peptide to block the IL-23 receptor, for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in adults and children 12 and older weighing at least 40 kg.