Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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What you need to know from this week’s news in enterprise and emerging tech

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF3 YEARS AGO

It was another busy week in enterprise and emerging technology, as well as in Elon crazyland, which is simply too riveting to ignore, except when we get sick of it. Here’s all you need to know about what happened this week — …

Michael Dell talks up the power of AI and Dell’s role in enabling it

INFRA By ROBERT HOF3 YEARS AGO

For a company focused on hardware, the ability of Dell Technologies Inc. to leverage and enable emerging artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT may seem like a stretch — but not to founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell. “There is a …

‘Salad shooter’: Why two Google tech luminaries don’t think AI chatbots are ready for prime time

AI By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

Less than a week after Google LLC stumbled when it introduced its experimental artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, two Google luminaries today explained why they think AI chatbots — including OpenAI LLC’s wildly popular ChatGPT — aren’t really ready for prime time. Vint Cerf, …

Cloud growth doesn’t stop economy from biting Amazon and Alphabet

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

The sky is no longer the limit for cloud computing giants, as the slowing economy strikes at one of tech’s biggest growth stories of the past decade. Two of the top cloud providers, Amazon Web Services Inc. and Google LLC, today revealed …

The freeze deepens: Amazon and Apple pause hiring, Lyft and Stripe lay off workers

POLICY By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

Tech’s layoffs and hiring freezes are deepening, as Amazon.com Inc. today announced a pause in new hires, Lyft Inc. and Stripe Inc. said they are laying off hundreds of employees amid the worsening economy, and even Apple Inc. was reportedly holding off …

Alphabet shares fall as slowing economy takes another bite out of sales growth

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

With online advertising hitting a slow patch along with the overall economy and inflation taking its toll, even Alphabet Inc. didn’t escape the downdraft today as it reported its fifth straight quarter of slowing revenue growth. The parent of ad and cloud …

FTC to investigate Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

Amazon. com Inc. today disclosed in a securities filing that it has received a request for more information from the Federal Trade Commission on its planned $3.9 billion acquisition of 1Life Healthcare Inc., which runs primary-care clinics under the name One Medical. …

Amazon Care telehealth service will shut down by year-end

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. today said it will shut down its Amazon Care telehealth service by the end of the year, casting some doubt on its aggressive plans to become a force in health services. According to an internal memo first reported by Geekwire, …

Done deal: Chipmaker Broadcom will buy software and cloud giant VMware for $61.2B

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

As expected, Broadcom Inc. today said it will acquire computer virtualization and cloud services giant VMware Inc. in a $61 billion deal that would be one of the largest technology mergers ever. Broadcom will pay $138.23 per share for VMware in the …

Amazon stock plunges on surprise loss and bearish outlook

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF4 YEARS AGO

Yet another strong showing in cloud computing failed to prevent Amazon.com Inc. from reporting a surprise loss, and a disappointing forecast for the next quarter sent its shares down hard in extended trading today. The retail and cloud giant reported its first-quarter …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

What you need to know from this week’s news in enterprise and emerging tech

Michael Dell talks up the power of AI and Dell’s role in enabling it

‘Salad shooter’: Why two Google tech luminaries don’t think AI chatbots are ready for prime time

The freeze deepens: Amazon and Apple pause hiring, Lyft and Stripe lay off workers

FTC to investigate Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical

Amazon Care telehealth service will shut down by year-end

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