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Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal — Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. — Every worker at every company needs …
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AWS unveils new compute instances like the compute heavy C6gn powered by Arm-based Graviton2 that it says performs 40% better on price vs comparable x86 options — The company introduced several new advancements to its compute portfolio to kick off re:Invent.
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AWS News Blog, Amazon.com, Inc., ZDNet, DevOps.com, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @rakyll, @mjasay, @bianchiluca, and @_msw_
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AWS unveils its new custom ML training chip Trainium with support for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, coming 2021; AWS claims it outperforms rival cloud chips — At its annual re:Invent developer conference, AWS today announced the launch of AWS Trainium, the company's next-gen custom chip dedicated …
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AWS announces Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL, which aims to make it easier and cheaper for Microsoft SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud — AWS today announced a new database product that is clearly meant to go after Microsoft's SQL Server and make it easier — and cheaper — for SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud.
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Facebook's Oversight Board details its first six cases, from 20K submitted, opens them to public comment, and announces the appointment of five more trustees — Facebook's Oversight Board has chosen its first batch of cases to review. — All involve decisions originally made by the platform to remove user content.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Libra Association changes its name to the Diem Association, distancing itself from Facebook, plans to launch the “Diem dollar” when the new entity is licensed — The Libra Association put together by Facebook last year is rebranding in further efforts to distance itself …
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Amazon says 2020's holiday shopping season has been its biggest ever, with independent sellers reaching $4.8B+ in worldwide sales over the weekend, up 60% YoY — - Amazon has announced that this year's holiday shopping season has been the biggest in its history.
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Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow — Google is introducing a new community feed to Maps that the company says will help keep you informed of all the latest developments in your city …
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Tweets: @glenngabe, @martinsfp, @killedbygoogle, @hypervisible, @aleyda, and @darkainmx
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Sources: Samsung may discontinue Galaxy Note next year, reflecting the sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to the pandemic — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said …
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Tweets: @joannastern, @quinnypig, @arjunkharpal, and @nxthompson
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level — Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Gizmodo, PCWorld, ZDNet, Engadget, Thurrott, BetaNews, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @jsnover, @fintanr, @hhariri, @jangles, @alexhern, @n0x08, @lee_holmes, @chriskeall, @scottgal, @matvelloso, @swiftonsecurity, and @dhh. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils its upcoming flagship chipset Snapdragon 888, including a 5G modem with both mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G support and an AI engine capable of 26 TOPS — The chip that will power most high-end 5G phones next year is here: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888.
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Tweets: @horwitz, @saschasegan, @mauriqhd, @dhh, @patrickmoorhead, and @benbajarin
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
HPE announces it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, CA, to Houston, TX, that it's constructing a new campus there, and no layoffs come with the move — - Hewlett Packard Enterprise is relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. — The company is currently constructing a new campus.
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Tweets: @gregabbott_tx, @film_girl, @harishpillay, @saraeisen, @film_girl, @archimage, @sentedcruz, and @harrymccracken. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Tanium, a cybersecurity company valued at $9B+, is moving its HQ from just outside Oakland, CA to Kirkland, WA near Seattle, after going remote first in June — Orion Hindawi was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and helped build two successful companies there.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Teams adds support for answering calls via Apple CarPlay, transferring calls between mobile and desktop, and adding call recordings to OneDrive — Microsoft Teams will soon let you transfer calls easily between desktop and mobile — Microsoft is overhauling its calling features inside Microsoft Teams today.
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Redmond Pie, BleepingComputer, Windows Central, Apple Terminal, Petri, 9to5Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @quinnypig and @stevekovach
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Google debuts Android Enterprise Essentials device management service geared at SMBs, which can enforce policies like device encryption and ban app sideloading — Increasing enterprise adoption of Android devices has been a long-running initiative for Google.
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