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Thanksgiving sets e-commerce record, Black Friday on track for $6.4B in sales
Online spending on Thanksgiving Day hit a new record in a surge that’s carrying over to today’s Black Friday sales, according to Adobe Systems Inc. data. The company, best known as the maker of Photoshop, also has a sizable digital marketing business that serves numerous major retailers. Adobe claims to have collected more than a trillion data points ...
European Amazon workers launch Black Friday protests over warehouse conditions
Amazon.com Inc. workers across Europe are staging protests today over what trade unions described as poor working conditions at the company’s warehouses. The walkout coincides with Black Friday, one of the busiest times of the year for online retailers. Switzerland-based UNI Global Union, which is coordinating the protests, said that about 2,400 workers are participating. ...
Challenging Apple, Amazon Pay reportedly coming to physical stores
Amazon.com Inc. reportedly wants to take on Apple Inc. in the mobile payments market. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company plans to bring its Amazon Pay digital wallet into physical stores. Originally launched in 2007, the app-based service enables users to make purchases on tens of thousands of e-commerce websites with ...
AWS boosts SageMaker with new AI algorithms, more automation
Amazon Web Services Inc. today augmented its SageMaker artificial intelligence service with new features that will enable developers to automate core aspects of their work. The cloud giant launched SageMaker last year to reduce the amount of work involved in building AI algorithms. The tool is offered as a fully managed platform, meaning that users don’t have to ...
Report: Apple has quietly acquired on-device AI startup Silk Labs
Much of the information that reaches the public about Apple Inc.’s startup acquisitions comes from leaks rather than the company itself, which usually stays mum about such deals. A new leak late Tuesday indicates that the iPhone maker quietly bought an artificial intelligence developer called Silk Labs Inc. earlier this year. The source who tipped off ...
In new streaming video push, Amazon said to bid for 22 cable TV sports networks
Amazon.com Inc. is said to be interested in buying 22 cable TV sports networks that are collectively worth an estimated $20 billion. The online retail giant is one of several companies that have submitted offers for the channels as part of a recently launched bidding contest, CNBC reported today. They’re being sold by Walt Disney ...
Google is building a new $685M green data center in Denmark
Google LLC today announced plans to expand its global infrastructure footprint with a new data center in Denmark that will cost 600 million euros, or about $685 million, to build. The facility will join the company’s four existing European locations in Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Google last year also bought a plot of ...
Samsung reportedly developing 6.7-inch flagship phone with 6 cameras
A new report claims that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will add no fewer than four new devices to its Galaxy S smartphone lineup next year, including a supersized flagship dubbed “Beyond X.” The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying the model will feature a massive 6.7-inch screen. For comparison, the current-generation Galaxy S9 ...
Intel backs $40M funding round for long-range LiDAR startup AEye
AEye Inc., a startup developing a novel, artificial intelligence-powered sensor for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has picked up a $40 million funding round from Intel Corp. and Kleiner Perkins. The lead investor was Taiwania Capital, a fund associated with Taiwan’s National Development Council. Other participants included aerospace giant Airbus SE, Tychee Partners and several unnamed ...
Microsoft acquires application virtualization startup FSLogix
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has acquired FSLogix Inc., a venture-backed virtualization startup with big-name customers such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Britain’s National Health Service. Suwanee, Georgia-based FSLogix provides software for virtual desktop infrastructure. VDI enables companies to set up workspaces based on Windows 10 or another operating system in a centralized location and ...