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Samsung sprints past Intel to become world's semiconductor sales leader

(2021/08/20)

Q2 saw Sammy lean into the booming memory market while Intel’s chip sales remain stagnant



Cisco warns supply chain delays could persist until this time next year

(2021/08/20)

Current issues aren't stopping it from growing fast – or 400Gbit Ethernet sales booming



Microsoft, flush with cash, raises cloud office suite prices for businesses

(2021/08/20)

Microsoft 365, Office 365 to cost a little bit more from next March



GlobalFoundries confidentially files paperwork for $25bn IPO – report

(2021/08/20)

Plus: Toyota, Volkswagen to cut production due to component drought



Trust Facebook to find a way to make video conferencing more miserable and tedious

(2021/08/19)

Yes, it involves VR. Meanwhile, in the real world, the FTC would like a chat about competition



Apple's bright idea for CSAM scanning could start 'persecution on a global basis' – 90+ civil rights groups

(2021/08/19)

Letter to Cook & Co warns image-probing tech could also harm kids



JSON shouldn’t be a trial ... if you plot the right course at the outset

(2021/08/19)

Join us online and your next migration could be plain sailing



Only one software giant to make impact on the robotic process automation market, says analyst

(2021/08/19)

Yep. It's Microsoft. Other big guns investing might see it as 'check-off item or loss leader,' claims Forrester



Another big year for tape as ... oops. 2020 sales dropped 8% thanks to 'global shutdowns'

(2021/08/19)

Massive shift requiring masses of backup... not backed up in cold storage medium's numbers



Microsoft slips out Windows Server 2022 with extended support for 10 years

(2021/08/19)

Company keen to flog Azure and subscription licensing even for on-premises



Buyout of British defence supplier Ultra Electronics paused by UK.gov over competition concerns

(2021/08/19)

Regulator sends out one more ping



Pick a core, any core, says Intel – we'll magically put the right workload onto one in a hybrid SoC or accelerator

(2021/08/19)

Reveals new Efficient and Performance cores, blended on Alder Lake chips, Sapphire Rapids multi-CPUs for servers and clouds



LibreOffice 7.2 brings improved but still imperfect Microsoft Office compatibility

(2021/08/19)

Also: Native for Apple Silicon but with health warning



Edgy: HPE's first message from the International Space Station to Microsoft's Azure? 'hello world'

(2021/08/19)

Supercomputing above the clouds



UK's National Data Guardian warned about GP data grab being perceived as going 'under the radar'

(2021/08/19)

And oh look.... 1.27 million extra opt-outs in July



Baidu unveils AI chip to go in its fancy-pants robocar – and anywhere else someone may want to use it

(2021/08/19)

Second-gen silicon to be more accessible for devs and applications



Eight-year-old bug in Microsoft's 64-bit VBA prompts complaints of neglect

(2021/08/19)

'It blocks a migration to Office 64 here, because we cannot get our code out'



New on Netflix: A corporate drama in which staff are sued for abusing early access to financial data

(2021/08/19)

Plus: Pearson settles case for $1m alleging it misled investors over data spillage



Big questions about Cognitive Search? We’ve got the answers you need

(2021/08/19)

Sometimes you need a little help with those big questions



Chinese web giant Tencent predicts Beijing has more internet regulations coming – and welcomes them

(2021/08/19)

China is ahead of US and Europe on regulation, says company prez



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