Big Tech

Amazon Plans 9K New Job Cuts
Amazon Plans 9K New Job Cuts
March 20, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon is set to lay off 9,000 employees, the latest in an on-going series of job cuts. The layoffs will primarily effect the company’s cloud...

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Bank Stocks Dive but CE 100 Index Ekes Out 0.8% Gain
Bank Stocks Dive but CE 100 Index Ekes Out 0.8% Gain
March 20, 2023  |  Connected Economy

No surprise – this past week was all about the banking sector. Investors fled banks, worried about how bad the contagion would get in the...

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Microsoft Offers Businesses an AI-Powered Assistant
Microsoft Offers Businesses an AI-Powered Assistant
March 06, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is venturing further into artificial intelligence (AI) with a series of new business tools. The software giant debuted Monday (March 6) its Dynamics 365...

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Big Tech Has Big Generative AI Plans
Big Tech Has Big Generative AI Plans
March 01, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

The world’s biggest tech companies are moving their artificial intelligence (AI) experiments to center stage. This, as the technology itself evolves beyond automating simple tasks...

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Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
February 27, 2023  |  Technology

Progress is sequential, and nowhere is that growing more apparent than with 5G’s global rollout. A rollout that’s been plagued by fits and starts. This,...

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Meta Offers Resources to Researchers Working in AI
Meta Offers Resources to Researchers Working in AI
February 24, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta is offering access to resources that will help researchers working in artificial intelligence (AI). The company is inviting applications to use its Large Language Model...

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Microsoft’s Metaverse Retrenchment Shows Pitfalls of Predicting Next Big Thing
Microsoft’s Metaverse Retrenchment Shows Pitfalls of Predicting Next Big Thing
February 24, 2023  |  Big Tech

While Meta takes a monthly billion-dollar haircut on its metaverse strategy, Microsoft is also struggling. At least as it relates to the here-by-tomorrow potential of metaverse virtual...

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Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
February 23, 2023  |  Big Tech

The European Commission is trying to determine who should pay to upgrade Europe’s telecom system. As Reuters reported Thursday, Europe’s telecoms have long argued that...

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Companies Invest in Digital Despite Recession Worries
Companies Invest in Digital Despite Recession Worries
February 13, 2023  |  Technology

American companies are worried about recession, but not so worried they’ve stopped their digital investments. Investment in technology has remained durable in the face of...

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