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Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Others Join Hands to Fight Online Scams and Fraud
Multiple tech and retail giants signed an agreement to combat rising online scams and fraud on Monday. The accord was signed at the UN Global Fraud Summit in Vienna, and the signatories include the likes of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and others. As part of the agreement, the companies have pledged to work together and share intelligence about...
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Ex-Amazon, Microsoft Techie Reveals How He Retired At 39 With $3.5 Million Fortune
Jamal Robinson, a former techie who worked with Amazon and Microsoft, recently revealed that he retired at 39 and has successfully managed to amass a fortune of $3.5 million (about Rs 30 crore) after saving 90% of his salary for years.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Amazon Announces New AI Chip for AWS Amid Competition With Microsoft
Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence chip for its cloud computing service as competition with Microsoft to dominate the market for artificial intelligence heats up. At a conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Chief Executive Adam Selipsky announced Trainium2, the second generation of chip designed for training A...
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UN to Hold ‘AI for Good Global Summit’, Will Bring Experts From Microsoft, Amazon to Discuss AI Framework
The "AI for Good Global Summit", being held in Geneva on Thursday and Friday, will bring together around 3,000 experts from companies like Microsoft and Amazon as well as from universities and international organisations to try to sculpt frameworks for handling AI.
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Big Tech Gets Support From EU Regulators Against Telcos' Network Fee Push
EU telecoms regulators' group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech's help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem or a market failure. The comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to...
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"My Heart Goes Out To...": Meta Employee Writes Heartfelt Note On Getting Sacked
An ex-Meta employee just posted on LinkedIn about his experience working there for 8 years.
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US FTC Seeks Information on Cloud Computing Companies' Business Practices
The Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it is seeking information from the public on cloud computing companies' business practices including details on their market power, competition and potential security issues. The US cloud computing business is dominated by four providers that include Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet's Google and Oracle...
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Nokia to Change Branding Ahead of MWC 2023, New Logo Drops Iconic Blue Colour
Telecom giant Nokia has announced its plans to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, which will include a new logo. The new logo comprises five different shapes forming the word 'Nokia'. The iconic blue color of the old logo has been dropped for a range of colours depending on the use.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Microsoft, Amazon, Google Hit as Customers Cut Spending on Cloud, Datacentre Services
Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel may be girding against imminent recession, after the US tech giants revealed this week that customers had cut cloud and datacentre spending. Investors are now looking to see if there is a glut in capacity, which could lead to cuts in investment in cloud services, one of the largest and most dependable sources of growth ...
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Clearview AI Face Scanner Aims to Branch Out Beyond Police Use
A controversial face recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
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Amazon, Microsoft Swoop In On $24 Billion India Farm-Data Trove
Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India's farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry.
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Google, Amazon, Microsoft Deemed Too Big to Fail by Bank Regulators; Causes Worry
Over a decade on from the financial crisis, regulators are spooked once again that some companies at the heart of the financial system are too big to fail. But they're not banks. This time it's the tech giants including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft that host a growing mass of bank, insurance and market operations on their vast cloud internet platf...
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Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Others Join Hands to Fight Online Scams and Fraud
Multiple tech and retail giants signed an agreement to combat rising online scams and fraud on Monday. The accord was signed at the UN Global Fraud Summit in Vienna, and the signatories include the likes of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and others. As part of the agreement, the companies have pledged to work together and share intelligence about...
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Ex-Amazon, Microsoft Techie Reveals How He Retired At 39 With $3.5 Million Fortune
Jamal Robinson, a former techie who worked with Amazon and Microsoft, recently revealed that he retired at 39 and has successfully managed to amass a fortune of $3.5 million (about Rs 30 crore) after saving 90% of his salary for years.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Amazon Announces New AI Chip for AWS Amid Competition With Microsoft
Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence chip for its cloud computing service as competition with Microsoft to dominate the market for artificial intelligence heats up. At a conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Chief Executive Adam Selipsky announced Trainium2, the second generation of chip designed for training A...
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UN to Hold ‘AI for Good Global Summit’, Will Bring Experts From Microsoft, Amazon to Discuss AI Framework
The "AI for Good Global Summit", being held in Geneva on Thursday and Friday, will bring together around 3,000 experts from companies like Microsoft and Amazon as well as from universities and international organisations to try to sculpt frameworks for handling AI.
-
Big Tech Gets Support From EU Regulators Against Telcos' Network Fee Push
EU telecoms regulators' group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech's help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem or a market failure. The comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to...
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"My Heart Goes Out To...": Meta Employee Writes Heartfelt Note On Getting Sacked
An ex-Meta employee just posted on LinkedIn about his experience working there for 8 years.
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US FTC Seeks Information on Cloud Computing Companies' Business Practices
The Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it is seeking information from the public on cloud computing companies' business practices including details on their market power, competition and potential security issues. The US cloud computing business is dominated by four providers that include Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet's Google and Oracle...
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Nokia to Change Branding Ahead of MWC 2023, New Logo Drops Iconic Blue Colour
Telecom giant Nokia has announced its plans to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, which will include a new logo. The new logo comprises five different shapes forming the word 'Nokia'. The iconic blue color of the old logo has been dropped for a range of colours depending on the use.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Microsoft, Amazon, Google Hit as Customers Cut Spending on Cloud, Datacentre Services
Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel may be girding against imminent recession, after the US tech giants revealed this week that customers had cut cloud and datacentre spending. Investors are now looking to see if there is a glut in capacity, which could lead to cuts in investment in cloud services, one of the largest and most dependable sources of growth ...
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Clearview AI Face Scanner Aims to Branch Out Beyond Police Use
A controversial face recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
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Amazon, Microsoft Swoop In On $24 Billion India Farm-Data Trove
Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India's farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry.
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Google, Amazon, Microsoft Deemed Too Big to Fail by Bank Regulators; Causes Worry
Over a decade on from the financial crisis, regulators are spooked once again that some companies at the heart of the financial system are too big to fail. But they're not banks. This time it's the tech giants including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft that host a growing mass of bank, insurance and market operations on their vast cloud internet platf...
