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Microsoft to close most its stores as focus shifts online

By Maria Deutscher Jun 26, 2020

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will wind down its retail operation, closing almost all of its 80-plus physical stores worldwide. The exceptions are the facilities that currently house Microsoft’s flagship stores in London,…

Infra

Exiting x86: Why Apple and Microsoft are embracing the Arm-based PC

By David Floyer Jun 26, 2020

In a sea change, Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are exiting Intel Corp.’s x86 processor architecture for their personal computers. Apple has been using x86 for 15 years, Microsoft for more than 30 years. Apple…

Emerging Tech

Amazon acquires autonomous vehicle startup Zoox in reported $1.2B deal

By Maria Deutscher Jun 26, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. today said that it’s buying Zoox Inc., an autonomous vehicle startup backed by about $1 billion in venture capital. Zoox received a $3.2 billion valuation after its most recent round of funding. Amazon,…

Policy

Drums beat louder for social media reform amid pandemic, unrest and US elections

By Mark Albertson Jun 25, 2020

As the U.S. moves into a hot and turbulent summer, the thunderclouds are gathering around social media platforms — and it’s clear that neither the platforms nor the rest of the tech community are…

Security

Researchers find Docker Hub images being used to distribute cryptomining software

By Duncan Riley Jun 25, 2020

Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Inc. today detailed a malicious Docker Hub account that was hosting six malicious images used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. The malicious account is believed to have been active since…

Security

Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach

By Duncan Riley Jun 25, 2020

Aspire News, an app designed to assist domestic violence victims, has suffered a data breach with recordings from victims found on unsecured cloud storage. The breach was discovered by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor,…

Blockchain

Telegram and SEC agree to settlement over $1.7B TON blockchain token offering

By Duncan Riley Jun 25, 2020

Messaging startup Telegram Group Inc. is close to settling its case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its sale of Gram cryptocurrency for its TON blockchain network in 2018. Under the terms…

Cloud

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $40M to scale up its platform during pandemic

By Duncan Riley Jun 25, 2020

Virtual events platform startup Hopin Ltd. said today it has raised $40 million in new funding to scale up its platform to meet soaring demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Series A round was…

Infra

AMD latest chips smash power efficiency goals set in 2014

By Mike Wheatley Jun 25, 2020

Computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it has met a target it set for itself back in 2014 to boost the power efficiency of its Accelerated Processing Units by 25 times by 2020. In…

Cloud

Gartner says container adoption will grow rapidly, but it won’t be that profitable

By Mike Wheatley Jun 25, 2020

Gartner Inc. today delivered its first-ever forecast for the software container management software and services market, saying that although adoption of the technology will be widespread, it’s unlikely to generate massive amounts of cash. Software…

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Microsoft to close most its stores as focus shifts online

Exiting x86: Why Apple and Microsoft are embracing the Arm-based PC

Amazon acquires autonomous vehicle startup Zoox in reported $1.2B deal

Researchers find Docker Hub images being used to distribute cryptomining software

Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach

Telegram and SEC agree to settlement over $1.7B TON blockchain token offering

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $40M to scale up its platform during pandemic

AMD latest chips smash power efficiency goals set in 2014

Gartner says container adoption will grow rapidly, but it won’t be that profitable

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