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Carrier equipment maker Ericsson lets go 8,500 employees
Ericsson, one of the world’s largest makers of telecommunications equipment, today announced plans to lay off 8,500 employees in a bid to reduce costs. Ericsson detailed the move in an internal memo. “The way headcount reductions will be managed will differ depending on local country practice,” Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Borje Ekholm (pictured) wrote in ...
Apple reportedly planning second-generation mixed reality headset for 2025
Apple Inc. is reportedly developing a second-generation mixed reality headset that could make its debut in 2025. Citing respected mobile industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, MacRumors reported today that the headset will be available in two editions. Kuo believes the more expensive version will be produced by manufacturer Luxcase-ICT. The lower-end version, in turn, is set ...
Report: Justice Department plans lawsuit to block Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to challenge Adobe Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Figma Inc. on antitrust grounds, according to a new report. Bloomberg on Thursday cited sources as saying that the Justice Department could sue to block the $20 billion deal as early as March. However, the sources noted that the lawsuit could also ...
Google rolls out new ‘smart chip’ features for Workspace
Google LLC today announced that it’s enhancing Google Workspace with a set of new features designed to save time for users. The features, which will roll out over the coming weeks, were first previewed at the company’s Cloud Next event last year. Many of the new capabilities take the form of so-called smart chips. Originally ...
Samsung previews satellite communications technology for smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed technology that will enable its future smartphones to access satellite internet services. Samsung previewed the technology today. The announcement comes not long after Apple Inc., the company’s top rival in the handset maker, introduced a satellite-powered emergency messaging service for iPhones. The service allows users to contact emergency services ...
Earthly bags $6.5M for its continuous integration and delivery platform
Earthly Technologies Inc., a startup helping software teams deploy code to production faster and with less work, today disclosed that it has raised $6.5 million in funding. The investment is described by the startup as a “seed plus” funding round. It was led by Innovation Endeavors, a venture capital firm affiliated with former Google LLC ...
ProsperOps raises $72M for its cloud cost optimization platform
ProsperOps Inc., a startup with a platform that helps companies reduce their public cloud expenses, today said it has secured a $72 million funding round to finance growth initiatives. The funding round, ProsperOps’ first since launching in 2018, was led by investment firm H.I.G. Growth Partners. A number of unnamed strategic investors participated as well. ...
Snowflake debuts Telecom Data Cloud for carriers
Snowflake Inc. today debuted the Telecom Data Cloud, an offering designed to help network operators more easily store and process business information. Telecom Data Cloud is the latest in a series of industry-specific offerings Snowflake has introduced in recent quarters. It earlier rolled out similar solutions for companies in the healthcare, financial services and manufacturing ...
Microsoft brings Bing’s AI chatbot to mobile devices and adds voice support
Microsoft Corp. is making the new artificial intelligence chatbot in Bing available on mobile devices and introducing support for voice commands. The software giant announced the move today alongside several other AI-focused product updates. The updates span Bing, Skype and the company’s Edge browser. At a product event earlier this month, Microsoft introduced an AI ...
Amazon closes its $3.9B acquisition of primary care provider One Medical
Amazon.com Inc. today completed its acquisition of 1Life Healthcare Inc., a primary healthcare provider that operates under the name One Medical and runs more than 125 clinics in the U.S. The acquisition, which was originally announced last July, values One Medical at $3.9 billion. That’s 78% higher than the value of the company’s stock the day ...