“If you’re a Microsoft customer, and you’re relying on Microsoft to protect yourself, you’re going to be in the news"

Lior Div, the chief executive and co-founder of the endpoint protection firm Cybereason, on what he believes are Microsoft's digital defence shortcomings.

“This is not like dying and going to heaven"

Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, downplays the hype around the metaverse.

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“I think friendly is a very flexible term”

Matthias Knecht, CEO of Billie, told Verdict about whether he left Funding Circle on friendly terms.

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"We believe bitcoin will be the native currency of the internet"

Jack Dorsey, Twitter and Square's CEO, on cryptocurrencies.

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