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Google Employees Stage Massive Walkout at Silicon Valley HQ

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Mason Trinca/Getty Today, thousands of Google employees staged a company walkout to protest Google executives’ alleged protection of sexual harassers at the company. The walkout at the Company’s HQ in Mountain View, California, is reportedly the largest worldwide. Breitbart News reported earlier today on the planned company walkouts at Google offices worldwide following an article from the New York Times which claimed that Google management protected multiple executives from allegations of sexual assault.… Read more “Google Employees Stage Massive Walkout at Silicon Valley HQ”

IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion

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IBM agreed to acquire software maker Red Hat Inc. in a $33.4 billion bet on jump-starting its efforts to catch up in the cloud. International Business Machines Corp. will pay $190 a share in cash for Raleigh, North Carolina-based Red Hat, according to a statement from the companies Sunday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report.… Read more “IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion”

Pull request successfully merged. Starting build…

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I’m thrilled to share that the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub is complete. ? Monday is my first day as CEO. Millions of people rely on GitHub every day, and I am honored by the opportunity to lead this company. When we announced the acquisition in June, I shared two principles for GitHub that are worth repeating: GitHub will operate independently as a community, platform, and business. This means that GitHub will retain its developer-first values, distinctive spirit, and open extensibility.… Read more “Pull request successfully merged. Starting build…”

Microsoft buys into Grab as pair focus on big data and AI on Azure

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Microsoft has announced making a strategic investment in ride-sharing service Grab, as one of the first moves under a recently forged partnership between the two companies. Grab will also adopt Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform, hoping to use the latter’s cloud and artificial intelligence capabilities to “scale its platform and increase its capacity and capabilities”.… Read more “Microsoft buys into Grab as pair focus on big data and AI on Azure”