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Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal — Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. — Every worker at every company needs …
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Amazon unveils Monitron, a service for monitoring factory workers and machines with low-cost sensors, as it looks to push into the industrial sector — Sensor and computer vision hardware come as tech giant looks to push into industrial sector — Amazon is rolling out cheap new tools …
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AWS unveils its new custom ML training chip Trainium with support for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, coming 2021; AWS claims it outperforms rival cloud chips — At its annual re:Invent developer conference, AWS today announced the launch of AWS Trainium, the company's next-gen custom chip dedicated …
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AWS unveils new compute instances like the compute heavy C6gn powered by Arm-based Graviton2 that it says performs 40% better on price vs comparable x86 options — The company introduced several new advancements to its compute portfolio to kick off re:Invent.
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President Trump in a late night tweet threatened to veto the annual defense bill authorizing ~$1T in military spending unless Congress repeals Section 230 — President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens …
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Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data — A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability — Ever watch that movie, or play that video game …
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Adobe: Cyber Monday online spending in the US was at the lower end of expectations at $10.8B, but 15.1% higher YoY, with 37% of sales made on smartphones — Cyber Monday, traditionally the biggest shopping day online in the year, followed in the footsteps of Thanksgiving and Black Friday this year …
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Libra Association changes its name to the Diem Association, distancing itself from Facebook, plans to launch the “Diem dollar” when the new entity is licensed — The Libra Association put together by Facebook last year is rebranding in further efforts to distance itself …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow — Google is introducing a new community feed to Maps that the company says will help keep you informed of all the latest developments in your city …
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Facebook's Oversight Board details its first six cases, from 20K submitted, opens them to public comment, and announces the appointment of five more trustees — Facebook's Oversight Board has chosen its first batch of cases to review. — All involve decisions originally made by the platform to remove user content.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level — Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Forbes, Neowin, Engadget, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, BetaNews, and Thurrott
Tweets: @jsnover, @fintanr, @jangles, @alexhern, @n0x08, @lee_holmes, @chriskeall, @scottgal, @hhariri, @matvelloso, @swiftonsecurity, and @dhh. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
HPE announces it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, CA, to Houston, TX, that it's constructing a new campus there, and no layoffs come with the move — - Hewlett Packard Enterprise is relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. — The company is currently constructing a new campus.
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Tweets: @gregabbott_tx, @film_girl, @harishpillay, @saraeisen, @archimage, @sentedcruz, @harrymccracken, and @film_girl. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| The Citizen Lab: |
Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses — Summary & Key Findings — Circles is a surveillance firm that reportedly exploits weaknesses in the global mobile phone system …
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Sources: Samsung may discontinue Galaxy Note next year, reflecting the sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to the pandemic — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said …
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Tweets: @joannastern, @quinnypig, @arjunkharpal, and @nxthompson
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included — Don't forget the power brick — Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year's iPhone launch.
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IT security company Ivanti has acquired enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron for $872M in stock and corporate VPN provider Pulse Secure for an unknown sum — IT security software company Ivanti has acquired two security companies: enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron, and corporate virtual network provider Pulse Secure.| John Cook / GeekWire: |
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