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SoftBank terminates offer to acquire $3B in WeWork shares

By Duncan Riley Apr 2, 2020

In a stunning turn of events in what is already tech’s biggest soap opera, SoftBank Group Corp. has terminated an offer to acquire $3 billion in WeWork shares as part of its $8 billion bailout…

Blockchain

Binance acquires cryptocurrency market tracking service CoinMarketCap

By Duncan Riley Apr 2, 2020

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today said it has acquired CoinMarketCap, a service that tracks cryptocurrency prices and exchange trading volume. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, it’s reported…

Apps

Facebook launches desktop version of Messenger for Windows and macOS

By Duncan Riley Apr 2, 2020

Facebook Inc. launched a desktop version of Messenger for both Windows and macOS today as millions worldwide flood into videoconferencing services during the coronavirus pandemic. The Messenger app had been previously available only on…

Policy

Huawei commits to patent nonaggression with the Open Invention Network

By Mike Wheatley Apr 2, 2020

Chinese smartphone manufacturer and telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. raised a few eyebrows today when it announced it’s joining the Open Invention Network, which is the world’s largest “patent nonaggression” community. The OIN’s stated…

Cloud

Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services gets new voice styles

By Mike Wheatley Apr 2, 2020

Microsoft Corp. today added new “voice styles” to Azure Cognitive Services, its cloud-based suite of application programming interfaces and software development kits that developers use to create apps with intelligent voice capabilities. The new…

Big Data

Data governance unicorn Collibra now worth $2.3B following $112.5M round

By Maria Deutscher Apr 2, 2020

Data governance startup Collibra Inc. today announced that it has closed a $112.5 million funding round led by ICONIQ Capital and Index Ventures at a $2.3 billion valuation. Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG investment arm, which was the…

Apps

Intel hits speed milestone with latest batch of high-end laptop chips

By Maria Deutscher Apr 2, 2020

Intel Corp. today unveiled six new 10th-generation processors for premium laptops, including an eight-core model that it claims offers the fastest clock speed in the category. The Core i9-10980HK, the star of the lineup, has eight…

Security

Zoom CEO ‘deeply sorry’ after privacy issues, promises improvements

By Maria Deutscher Apr 2, 2020

Zoom Video Communications Inc. will freeze feature development for 90 days to focus on enhancing security and privacy for users, Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan announced in a blog post today. The move is…

Cloud

A Goldilocks saga: How VMware seeks to make the cloud and Kubernetes journey just right

By Mark Albertson Apr 2, 2020

VMware Inc.’s major announcement in March that it would become an enabler of cloud migration and multicloud management is actually a story about Goldilocks and the three bears. The lead analogy in this saga…

Cloud

Google debuts Memorystore for Memcached in beta test

By Mike Wheatley Apr 2, 2020

Google LLC is making life easier for people using the open-source Memcached in-memory data store, announcing today a new, fully managed service that reduces the burden of infrastructure management and maintenance. Memcached is a popular…

explore news

SoftBank terminates offer to acquire $3B in WeWork shares

Binance acquires cryptocurrency market tracking service CoinMarketCap

Facebook launches desktop version of Messenger for Windows and macOS

Huawei commits to patent nonaggression with the Open Invention Network

Data governance unicorn Collibra now worth $2.3B following $112.5M round

Intel hits speed milestone with latest batch of high-end laptop chips

Zoom CEO ‘deeply sorry’ after privacy issues, promises improvements

A Goldilocks saga: How VMware seeks to make the cloud and Kubernetes journey just right

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