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Nvidia caps off solid year with record data center revenue

By Mike Wheatley Feb 13, 2020

Updated: Nvidia Corp. today posted fourth-quarter financial results that easily beat Wall Street’s expectations, though it was forced to lower its guidance for the next quarter thanks to uncertainties over the coronavirus. Despite that…

Cloud

Google’s $2.6B Looker acquisition closes after winning UK approval

By Maria Deutscher Feb 13, 2020

Google LLC’s acquisition of Looker Data Sciences Inc. has officially closed, a little over eight months after it announced it would acquire the data visualization provider for $2.6 billion. The search giant originally told…

Policy

Court pauses Microsoft’s JEDI Pentagon cloud contract work in response to Amazon suit

By Maria Deutscher Feb 13, 2020

A Federal Court of Appeals judge today temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract that was awarded to Microsoft Corp. last year. The Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative or JEDI contract had been…

Infra

Broadcom’s world first Wi-Fi 6E chip promises much faster wireless speeds for phones

By Maria Deutscher Feb 13, 2020

As carriers rush to upgrade their infrastructure to 5G, another part of the mobile networking landscape is undergoing a major technological shift as well. An emerging standard for indoor mobile connections dubbed Wi-Fi 6E…

Security

Google to require Nest users to use two-factor authentication for enhanced security

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Google LLC will start requiring users of its Nest smart home devices to use two-factor authentication in a move the company describes as providing more protection for Nest accounts. The introduction of compulsory 2FA will start…

Security

Antivirus firm Avast under investigation for selling users’ browser histories

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Antivirus firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular free products such as AVG and Avast Antivirus, is under investigation in its home country, the Czech Republic, for allegedly selling the browser history of its users to…

Apps

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp passes 2B users

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp has passed 2 billion users, becoming the third app to pass the mark after the Facebook app and the YouTube app. To put the number in perspective, there are…

Cloud

NetApp takes a hit as cloud growth fails to offset on-premises equipment sales drop

By Paul Gillin Feb 12, 2020

NetApp Inc. missed analysts’ forecasts for its fiscal third-quarter revenue and profit, sending its stock plunging more than 11% in after-hours trading. Growth of 146% in the company’s still-tiny cloud data services business failed to offset…

Apps

Android creator Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup Essential is shutting down

By Mike Wheatley Feb 12, 2020

Essential Products Inc., the smartphone hardware startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is shutting down. The company said it would cease business operations because it has “no clear path” to delivering its next…

Infra

Cisco beats earnings forecast but its stock falls on lower hardware sales

By Mike Wheatley Feb 12, 2020

Updated: Cisco Systems Inc. just managed to beat market expectations today with its second-quarter financial results, but its product revenue took a serious hit thanks to declines in application and infrastructure sales. The world’s…

the latest

Nvidia caps off solid year with record data center revenue

Google’s $2.6B Looker acquisition closes after winning UK approval

Court pauses Microsoft’s JEDI Pentagon cloud contract work in response to Amazon suit

Broadcom’s world first Wi-Fi 6E chip promises much faster wireless speeds for phones

Google to require Nest users to use two-factor authentication for enhanced security

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp passes 2B users

Android creator Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup Essential is shutting down

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