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SoftBank is selling off $41B worth of assets after coronavirus share price crash

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2020

SoftBank Group Corp. told shareholders today that it plans to put $41 billion worth of assets on the auction block to help pay down debts and boost its share price. The announcement achieved the…

Policy

IBM-backed consortium opens up 16 supercomputers for coronavirus research

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2020

A consortium of tech companies, government bodies and universities is making 330 petaflops of supercomputer capacity available to researchers studying the coronavirus. IBM Corp., a member of the group, unveiled the initiative on Sunday. Researchers…

Cloud

Google launches Kubernetes-built ‘Game Servers’ beta for high-scalability cloud gaming backend

By Kyt Dotson Mar 23, 2020

Google today announced the availability of “Game Servers” in beta test mode, a managed service offering using a service called Agones, which is an open-source game server hosting and scaling project built on Kubernetes.…

Apps

Google debuts new tools for Android game developers

By Mike Wheatley Mar 23, 2020

Google LLC’s annual Google for Games Developer Summit is taking place in the virtual realm this week, and the company is using the event to announce some important new features and tools for Android…

Security

Hackers leak data from medical company set to carry out COVID-19 vaccine trials

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2020

Data from a medical research company that is set to carry out trials of a possible vaccine for COVID-19 has been published online after the company refused to pay up following a ransomware attack.…

Infra

New normal: Coronavirus shifts IT spending to work-from-home infrastructure

By Dave Vellante Mar 22, 2020

Information technology budgets will be flat this year and potentially worse as the coronavirus pandemic takes full hold — and changes in how technology is deployed and how we work are bound to become…

Blockchain

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2020

The Tezos Foundation, the group behind the troubled $233 million initial coin offering of Tezos tokens in 2017, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by investors for $25 million. The lawsuit alleged that the Tezos…

Apps

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2020

Apple Inc. has updated its Siri voice assistant to provide coronavirus advice to users including a test to see whether they have caught COVID-19. The virtual assistant now responds to questions such as “do…

Cloud

Jeff Bezos tells Amazon staff grappling with pandemic: ‘People are depending on us’

By Mike Wheatley Mar 22, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has told company employees that “people are depending on us” as it scrambles to keep up with deliveries to customers during the coronavirus pandemic. Bezos (pictured), in his…

Infra

The digital transformation you weren’t expecting

By Jason Bloomberg Mar 20, 2020

Until it runs its course, the coronavirus’ impact on human life is difficult to predict. But the impact on the business world is even more opaque. Gaining insight into the future is such a…

all stories

SoftBank is selling off $41B worth of assets after coronavirus share price crash

IBM-backed consortium opens up 16 supercomputers for coronavirus research

Google debuts new tools for Android game developers

Hackers leak data from medical company set to carry out COVID-19 vaccine trials

New normal: Coronavirus shifts IT spending to work-from-home infrastructure

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

Jeff Bezos tells Amazon staff grappling with pandemic: ‘People are depending on us’

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