Windows on ARM is getting better, 64bit emulation is coming
Microsoft is taking it slowly, but Windows 10 on ARM is getting better and better. Microsoft has now announced that it will also emulate x64 applications on ARM systems. Until now, only 32bit applications could be emulated. In addition, Microsoft comes with native 64bit ARM applications from Micros...
Google has low expectations from Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 sales
Google has made great strides forward in recent years with its Pixel smartphones. The company does not seem to be able to continue on this path, based on recent information, Google expects lower sales figures for the new devices.
Japanese Nikkei has found out how many devices Google expects to s...
Microsoft releases Surface products in 11 new European markets
Microsoft has announced that they are increasing the availability of their Surface products in Europe. The products will become available in more Eastern European countries.
The Microsoft Surface products were only available in Western European countries, but now the company decided to expand t...
Why the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia should be prohibited
Nvidia wants to acquire ARM from the Japanese Softbank. Both parties have agreed to the acquisition, and it is now up to the authorities to approve this takeover. Our opinion is that this takeover should be blocked. This is a bad plan for the semiconductor industry as well as for all countries that...
Windows 10 gives users access to Linux file systems
In a recent Windows 10 preview, Microsoft offers the possibility to add a hard drive to a Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) distribution. This feature is available in Windows 10 Insider Preview build 20211.
This feature gives users access to Linux file systems, such as ext4, that are not nat...
ServiceNow launches Paris, faster response to transformation and IoT
ServiceNow made its Paris release available this week, a new version of the Now platform. With this new version, customers can respond more quickly to the transformation of their businesses, whether this is due to the coronavirus or the changing demand from customers and industry solutions. In this...
Snowflake shares doubled in value on first trading day
Snowflake's shares doubled in value after the first day on the stock exchange. At the end of the day, Snowflake shares had a price of $253.93 (215.20 euros), making the company worth around $70 billion.
The original price at the time of the IPO was $120 per share. This price was the result of pr...
Nvidia acquires ARM for 40 billion dollars
Nvidia has reached an agreement with investor Softbank on the acquisition of ARM. The deal is worth 40 billion U.S. dollars (33.7 billion euros).
With ARM, Nvidia wants to strengthen its focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, talks about a combined company that i...
Nutanix presents all-in-one Kubernetes platform
Nutanix holds a large virtual event this week to announce the latest developments within the company. The most important product innovations in our view are the Kubernetes PaaS platform; Nutanix Karbon Platform Services and a new collaboration with Microsoft to bring Nutanix Clusters to Azure.
W...
Tableau Software announces improved Tableau 2020.3
Analysis platform Tableau has received an update. With Tableau 2020.3, customers can store and update data directly on an external database via the Tableau Prep Builder. There appears to be more demand for options to prepare data. In addition, Tableau administrators are getting new tools to distrib...
Data scientists think Python is the best alternative for Julia
Python is seen as the best alternative according to data scientists who use the Julia programming language for big data and analytics. If Julia did not exist, they would choose Python. Developer Julia Computing concludes this in its most recent annual study on the use, advantages and disadvantages ...
Salesforce expands Field Service with ClickSoftware
Salesforce has recently added new functionality to its Field Service solution for field maintenance workers. With this extra functionality, companies can better manage and handle the backlog of maintenance activities.
Salesforce indicates that many of the updates are driven by the current pandem...