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Google is making collaboration more immersive for remote workers
Google LLC is on a mission to make work collaboration more immersive, hoping that more effective communications will unlock greater innovation and better ideas. In pursuit of this goal, today it announced multiple updates to its suite of productivity tools during Google Cloud Next 2022. It’s no surprise that many of them involve Google Meet, ...
AMD’s stock drops as it warns of third-quarter revenue shortfall; Samsung profit slumps too
Computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today warned that it’s likely to miss its third-quarter sales projections by more than $1 billion, stoking concerns over the sputtering market for semiconductors and sending its stock down. AMD’s stock fell more than 4% in the extended trading session, and the drop had a knock-on effect on rivals ...
Box boosts collaborative work with revamped Notes and new Canvas
Cloud-based content management company Box Inc. is updating its flagship Content Cloud with the launch of a new version of Box Notes, the beta availability of Box Canvas and a new release of Content Insights. The revamped platform was set to be announced at the virtual BoxWorks 2022, the company’s annual customer conference, where Box stressed ...
Google Cloud expands partnerships with tech consultancy HCLTech and app marketing platform AppLovin
Google LLC is looking to grow its cloud business by helping more enterprises to migrate to its computing infrastructure, and to do so it’s expanding its partnership with the Indian technology consulting firm HCL Technologies Ltd. HCLTech is a longstanding strategic partner of Google’s. It provides an array of technology consulting services to enterprises, including ...
Intel hits major milestone as it moves toward mass production of quantum computer chips
Intel Corp.’s two primary research organizations, Intel Labs and Components Research, announced today that they’re making big progress as they work toward large-scale production of quantum computing processors. At the 2022 Silicon Quantum Electronics Workshop in Orford, Quebec, Intel’s researchers said that they’ve been able to demonstrate the highest reported yield and uniformity rate when ...
Canonical announces free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions for up to five workstations or servers
Canonical Ltd., the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, today announced that Ubuntu Pro for data centers and workstations, an expanded security maintenance and compliance offering that protects against a wider range of vulnerabilities and threats, is now available in public beta. Ubuntu Pro is launching with a free tier for personal and ...
ServiceNow buys Era Software to deliver on its vision of unified observability
ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s planning to acquire a startup called Era Software Inc. in order to beef up the capabilities of its Lightstep observability platform. Once completed, the company says, the acquisition will enable Lightstep to provide unified observability at large scale, with customers benefitting from actionable insights from across their entire information technology ...
Amazon puts the brakes on corporate hiring in its retail business until next year
Amazon.com Inc. has stopped hiring any new workers for its retail business for the rest of the year as part of its efforts to ride out an increasingly rough economic climate that has slowed its sales growth. The hiring freeze relates to corporate and technology positions within Amazon’s retail business, which accounts for the vast ...
Automation Anywhere’s new platform release helps companies to scale business automation everywhere
Business automation software firm Automation Anywhere Inc. is revamping its flagship offering with the launch of its new Automation Success Platform. Announced today at the company’s Imagine event in New York City, it aims to help companies accelerate business transformation by making automation tools accessible to everyone within their organization. Automation Anywhere is a leading player ...
Google Cloud’s Medical Imaging Suite to make AI-based diagnosis more accessible
Google Cloud is bringing its expertise in vision-based artificial intelligence to the healthcare industry with the launch of its new Medical Imaging Suite today. Vision AI has the potential to make a massive impact in healthcare. Medical imaging is one of the most critical tools used by hospitals to diagnose patients, and each year billions ...