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Google, Mozilla, and Opera react to Microsoft’s embrace of Chromium (updated)

April 16, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

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 also wanted to find out what other major browser makers think of the news.… Read more

MICROSOFT WANTS TO STOP AI’S ‘RACE TO THE BOTTOM’

April 16, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

“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 started professing their openness to legislation. But Microsoft president Brad Smith took it one step further on Thursday, asking governments to regulate the use of facial-recognition technology to ensure it does not invade personal privacy or become a tool for discrimination or surveillance.… Read more

Jeff Bezos Tells New Amazon Employees There Isn’t a Work-Life Balance. Here’s What He Says Instead

April 13, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

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 believes that his new hires should stop attempting to achieve “balance” within their professional and personal lives, since that implies a strict trade-off between the two.… Read more

IBM spent $34 billion to take on Amazon. Can it succeed?

March 9, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

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 existing businesses.… Read more

Google Employees Stage Massive Walkout at Silicon Valley HQ

March 9, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

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

IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion

March 9, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

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