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Report: Google, Verizon interested in bidding for Yahoo

By Duncan Riley Apr 7, 2016

As expected Verizon Communications, Inc. is set to make a bid to acquire Yahoo, Inc. next week, but in an unexpected turn of events they may be joined by Google, Inc., according to a…

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Amazon Web Services boss Andy Jassy is now a CEO

By Robert Hof Apr 7, 2016

As if it weren’t already obvious that Amazon.com’s Web services business is a bonafide blockbuster, the company has cemented the reality by elevating its boss’ title. Andy Jassy’s position will change from senior vice…

Toyota’s ‘guardian angel’ cars will be supercomputers on wheels

By Robert Hof Apr 7, 2016

Unconvinced that fully autonomous cars are ready for the road, Toyota is taking a more measured approach toward a “guardian angel” car that would seize control only when an accident is imminent.

BMW turns to HTC Vive and Unreal Engine to design cars in VR

By Eric David Apr 7, 2016

It seems obvious that virtual reality would have plenty of applications outside of gaming, but now that seems to apply to game engines as well, as German automobile manufacturer BMW AG has started designing…

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In blow to Intel’s data center reign, Google endorses IBM’s Power chips

By Maria Deutscher Apr 7, 2016

Seeing how a large number of today’s most important data center trends originated from the web-scale crowd, Intel Corp. better take note of Google’s newly publicized interest in IBM Power chips. At an event…

Is your static network architecture ‘so 20 years ago?’ | #CUBEconversations

By R. Danes Apr 7, 2016

The revolutionary changes storage underwent in recent years culminated in the explosion of flash, which solved the latency problem. But IT is like a game of whack-a-mole, where once one problem is solved, another…