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Amazon plans to upskill 100,000 employees. Here’s what that means for the future of work

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Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees—a third of its U.S. workforce—in new technologies is the latest reminder that the much-heralded future of work is well underway. Policy makers, analysts, and scholars trying to discern the retailer’s motives and objectives chalked it up to a public relations move or the natural result of a tight labor market.… Read more

LinkedIn is migrating to Microsoft Azure

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LinkedIn today announced it is swapping out its datacenters for the public cloud. The Microsoft-owned company is moving its infrastructure to Azure as part of a multi-year migration. We sat down with Mohak Shroff, LinkedIn’s SVP of engineering, to discuss one of the biggest technological transformations in the company’s history.… Read more

A $3M gift to expand STEM talent

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Seattle University announced today that Amazon has made a $3 million gift to the new Center for Science and Innovation. This gift supports the school’s commitment to increase access to computer science and STEM education, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities.… Read more

Microsoft tops $1 trillion as it predicts more cloud growth

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(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Wednesday briefly topped $1 trillion in value for the first time after executives predicted continued growth for its cloud computing business. The Redmond, Washington-based company beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, powered by an unexpected boost in Windows revenue and brisk growth in its cloud business which has reached tens of billions of dollars in sales.… Read more