Intel shelves plans to spin off or sell a stake in its networking division, NEX, after deciding that the business is more likely to succeed as an internal unit
says keeping NEX in-house will strengthen integration and customer offerings Ray Le Maistre / TelecomTV : Intel backtracks on Network and Edge Group spin off Anusuya Lahiri / Benzinga : Intel Ditches ...
Microsoft makes Windows 10's extended security updates free for an extra year for users who sync PC settings via a Microsoft Account and the Windows Backup app
but it could test your loyalty Thom Holwerda / OSnews : Microsoft grants stay of execution for Windows 10 users: use OneDrive, and get one additional free year of security updates PCWorld : Don't toss...
AMD says it has acquired the employees behind AI inference chip developer Untether AI, a day after announcing it acquired AI software optimization startup Brium
The chip designer confirms to CRN that it has acquired the employees of Untether AI, a developer of AI inference chips marketed …
Microsoft says it is on track to invest ~$80B in FY 2025 to build out datacenters to train AI and deploy AI and cloud apps, with 50%+ of the spending in the US
plans to spend tens of billions of dollars to build out AI data center … Rounak Jain / Benzinga : Microsoft To Invest $80 Billion In AI Data Centers For Fiscal 2025 Minh Le / Tech in Asia : Microsoft ...
Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI investments, releasing accelerator chips at a faster cadence, AMD's open standards approach, and more
In an interview with CRN, AMD executive Forrest Norrod talks about how the company is “dramatically” increasing investments …
Fortinet reaches an agreement to acquire cloud security company Lacework for an undisclosed sum; Lacework had raised $1.8B and was valued at $8.3B in 2021
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IDC: the global PC market grew 1.5% YoY in Q1 2024 to 59.8M shipments, despite weaker demand in China, following two years of decline
but you might still want to hold off buying one Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Macs lead global PC growth as shipments return to pre-pandemic levels Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Apple posts stro...
Dell reports Q4 revenue down 11% YoY to $22.3B, vs. $22.2B est., Client revenue down 12% to $11.7B, and Infrastructure revenue down 6% to $9.3B; DELL jumps 15%+
and lifting Nvidia, AMD shares O'Ryan Johnson / CRN : Dell COO Jeff Clarke Says 2024 'Didn't Go As Planned' But Expects AI-Fueled Rebound Thurrott : Dell Records Double-Digit Revenue Declines in Lates...
Microsoft says some users may be experiencing “multiple issues” with Microsoft Teams, and that it is applying “mitigations across the affected infrastructure”
Title: Some users may experience multiple issues with their Microsoft … Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Microsoft Teams suffers global outage, slowly recovers Tobias Mann / The Register : Snow day in ...
Microsoft unveils a Copilot keyboard key, shipping in new PCs and laptops from its partners, the first major change to the PC keyboard layout in nearly 30 years
adds dedicated AI Copilot key to all future PCs Lily Polanco / New.blicio.us : Windows PCs Get Dedicated AI Key as Microsoft Bakes Copilot into Hardware Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat : Microsoft adds C...