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Twitter Inc. has started testing a new feature with a select number of users that will make it possible to restrict others’ ability to reply to a tweet. The limited pilot could be a prelude to the company making the setting available to …
Dell places its OneFS storage technology in Google’s cloud data centers
Dell Technologies Inc. has placed storage hardware in Google LLC data centers as part of a collaboration with the tech giant to better support joint customers with hybrid cloud environments. The partnership, revealed today, headlines a series of new additions to Dell’s …
Google lands multicloud cybersecurity project with the DOD
Google LLC today said that it has won a contract to build a “secure cloud management solution” for protecting the U.S. Defense Department’s cloud infrastructure. The deal is valued in the seven figures, the search giant told Axios. Google is taking on …
Strapi raises $10M for its ‘headless’ CMS after winning over IBM and NASA
Strapi Solutions SAS, a France- and San Francisco-based startup taking on WordPress in the content management system market, today announced that it has raised a $10 million round of funding led by Index Ventures. The round follows a $4 million seed investment …
Google announces virtual Cloud Next OnAir event for July 14
Google LLC’s annual cloud event is going digital with a new name, a new date and an expanded format that will span no less than nine weeks. Google Cloud Next OnAir will run from July 14 to Sept. 8 with more than …
Microsoft acquires RPA provider Softomotive to boost Power Automate
Microsoft Corp. today said that it’s acquiring Softomotive Ltd., a veteran maker of robotic process automation software with more than 9,000 customers worldwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is at least the third for Microsoft since March, coming on the …
Microsoft helps Sony power the world’s first AI image sensor with Azure
Microsoft Corp. on Monday afternoon announced an agreement with Sony Corp. to supply technology for the IMX500, a new image sensor touted as first in the world with the ability to run artificial intelligence models. Sony is the top image sensor supplier …
Uber lets 3,000 more employees go in bid to preserve its ‘very future’
After seeing ride-hailing demand plummet because of the coronavirus pandemic, Uber Technologies Inc. is laying off 3,000 more employees on top of the 3,700 personnel who were let go earlier this month. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi announced the cuts in an internal email …
Report: TSMC stops taking new chip orders from Huawei after US restrictions
TSMC Co. Ltd., the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has reportedly stopped taking new semiconductor orders from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The move follows the U.S. Commerce Department’s introduction of new export rules on Friday to restrict Huawei’s access to chips that use …
Microsoft wins multiyear cloud and AI deal with FedEx to improve package deliveries
Microsoft Corp. and FedEx Corp. today unveiled a multiyear partnership under which the logistics giant will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud service to build a machine learning-powered platform for predicting package delivery delays. The planned platform, FedEx Surround, is expected to be the …