Technology
Microsoft is adding video stories to Teams to liven up the chat app
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on May 24, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft on Tuesday announced Viva Engage, a new portal coming to the Teams communication app that will let co-workers share video stories documenting their activities. It might […]
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YouTube partners with Shopify to add live shopping features
In this photo illustration the logo of Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc. is displayed on a smartphone. Thomas Trutschel | Getty Images YouTube announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with e-commerce platform Shopify to let viewers purchase products without leaving its website. Shares of Shopify were up about 2.5% on the news as of mid-morning. […]
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Amazon sues thousands of Facebook group administrators over fake reviews
Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups that allegedly acted as fake review brokers. The lawsuit filed […]
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Citi cuts Microsoft price target, citing foreign exchange headwinds
Microsoft faces slowing PC demand and foreign exchange headwinds that could hit profits in the near-term, Citi said Tuesday. “We lower our Q4 estimates on mostly FX, and weaker PC’s, while our FY23 embeds more macro conservatism and slower growth across key commercial businesses,” wrote analyst Tyler Radke in a note to clients as he […]
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Nuclear power plant lowers output to protect fish as Europe grapples with heatwave
Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant photographed in July 2019. The facility uses the river Aare for cooling. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images A nuclear power plant in Switzerland is lowering its output in order to prevent the river that cools it from hitting temperature levels dangerous to marine life, in the latest example […]
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UK plans $95 million hydrogen gigafactory to produce components for vehicles
A sign for a hydrogen fuel pump at a train refueling station in Germany. Hydrogen has a diverse range of applications and can be used in a number of industries. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images A U.K.-headquartered firm said Monday it was building an £80 million ($95.9 million) “gigafactory” specializing in the manufacture […]
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TikTok owner ByteDance explores self-designed chips as China aims for semiconductor self-sufficiency
While ByteDance is best known for its viral social media app TikTok, the Beijing-based company is now bolstering its ability in semiconductor design. ByteDance won’t be manufacturing chips to sell to others, but it will be designing semiconductors that it requires for specific applications internally. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok owner ByteDance […]
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Twitter fires back at Elon Musk’s attempt to delay trial
Elon Musk may tweet about the Twitter deal but not “disparage the company or any of its representatives,” according to a securities filing. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk and Twitter continued sparring on Monday, with the social media company slamming the Tesla CEO’s request for a slower trial schedule. Musk is […]
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Amazon faces probe by federal prosecutors and OSHA into warehouse safety
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Federal prosecutors in New York and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are inspecting a handful of Amazon warehouses as part of […]
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Crypto miners moved over $300 million of bitcoin in one day, and some are dropping out altogether
New data from blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that miners are rapidly exiting their bitcoin positions. 14,000 bitcoin, worth more than $300 million at its current price, was transferred out of wallets belonging to miners in a single 24-hour period at the end of last week — and in the last few weeks, miners have […]
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