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Google, Mozilla, and Opera react to Microsoft’s embrace of Chromium (updated)
Microsoft today announced it is embracing Chromium for Edge browser development on the desktop. The news includes plenty of exciting changes, including the decoupling of Edge from Windows 10, more frequent updates, and support for Chrome extensions. But we...
MICROSOFT WANTS TO STOP AI’S ‘RACE TO THE BOTTOM’
"We believe it’s important for governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate" facial-recognition technology, said Microsoft President Brad Smith.STEPHEN MCCARTHY/GETTY IMAGES AFTER A HELLISH year of tech scandals, even government-averse executives have...
Jeff Bezos Tells New Amazon Employees There Isn’t a Work-Life Balance. Here’s What He Says Instead
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn’t a fan of the phrase “work-life balance.” At an April awards event hosted by Axel Springer and Business Insider US editor in chief Alyson Shontell, Bezos revealed the counterintuitive advice he offers new Amazon employees. Bezos...
IBM spent $34 billion to take on Amazon. Can it succeed?
Earlier this year, there were signs that IBM really might pull off a turnaround. After more than five years of shrinking revenues, Big Blue reported three quarters of growth in a row. Sure, that growth wasn’t coming from new businesses, but from milking the upside in...
Google Employees Stage Massive Walkout at Silicon Valley HQ
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....
IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion
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...