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LinkedIn allows employees to work fully remote, removes in-office expectation
LinkedIn will allow employees to opt for full-time remote work or a hybrid option as offices gradually reopen, Chief People Officer Teuila Hanson told journalists at our partner ne...
Big tech companies to allow only vaccinated US employees into offices
Big tech companies are making it mandatory for employees in the US to get COVID-19 vaccinations before entering campuses, as the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus drives...
Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom
Alphabet Inc’s quarterly revenue and profit surged to record highs, the company reported on Tuesday, powered by a rise in advertising spending as more consumers shopped onlin...
Microsoft sees steady cloud growth after record quarterly profit
Microsoft Corp posted its most profitable quarter, beating Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings, as PC sales declines stemming from a global chip shortage were more th...
Microsoft says Israeli group sold tools to hack Windows
An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab has said, shedding light on the growing business of finding and...
The fight by Microsoft and Amazon for the Pentagon’s cloud contract
The US Defense Department dealt a blow to Microsoft Corp when the Pentagon announced it was scrapping the Trump-era award of a $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing project.
Nintendo to launch $349.99 Switch with upgraded display
Japan’s Nintendo will launch a new model of its Switch video game console with an upgraded display on Oct. 8, priced at $349.99, it said.
The challenges facing Amazon’s new CEO, Andy Jassy
Amazon.com Inc now has a new CEO: Andy Jassy, the mastermind behind its lucrative cloud computing division, who succeeds company founder Jeff Bezos.
AT&T to run core 5G network on Microsoft’s cloud
Microsoft Corp and AT&T Inc have said that the carrier will run core parts of its 5G wireless network on Microsoft’s cloud computing platform.
Microsoft says new breach discovered in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers
Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers.
Benchmark-backed Confluent aims for $8 billion valuation in US IPO
Confluent Inc is aiming for a valuation of about $8.3 billion in a US initial public offering, cashing in on a surge in demand for live-streaming software as companies move online ...
Deciphering ‘Big Tech’ R&D spend via the numbers
With this first article, as part of our new free to access data-based section, we have chosen to look at the top-level numbers of ‘Big Tech’ businesses, namely, Amazon,...
Software start-up Sprinklr targets $5 billion valuation in US IPO
Software start-up Sprinklr has said it was looking to raise as much as $380 million through a US initial public offering, targeting a valuation of about $5 billion.
Spotlight on Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft showcases upcoming games
Microsoft on Sunday showcased 30 upcoming games and said most of those titles will be available on its monthly subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.