Microsoft closes cloud deal with Volkswagen for connected cars
Microsoft has signed a large-scale agreement with Volkswagen in the field of cloud computing. The two companies are going to create a software platform on Azure together, on which Volkswagen's connected cars (hereafter connected cars) will have to run.
The services provided via the "Automotive Clou...
Possibly again no USB-C on Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6.
Microsoft presents new Surface hardware tomorrow evening. We are already expecting a Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6. Contrary to expectations, they will probably not contain any USB-C connections again.
At least this is apparent from the leaked information and images that WinFuture publishes. Th...
Oracle CEO Thomas Kurian does not come back from leave, but resigns
Thomas Kurian, who is in charge of expanding the company's cloud computing at Oracle, has resigned. Kurian said in September that he was going on extended leave.
An Oracle spokesman said in September that Kurian was expected to return soon. It is unknown why he then decided to take leave. T.K. Anan...
In addition to KPN, VodafoneZiggo must also open up its fixed network.
Like KPN, VodafoneZiggo must open up its fixed network to competition. That is what the Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) has decided. The rule will enter into force on 1 October 2018 and forms part of the Wholesale Fixed Access market analysis decision.
Until now, alternative providers without t...
Intel invests 1 billion U.S. dollars in expansion chip plants
Currently, there is a worldwide shortage of processors for computers. Most likely for that reason, Intel today announced that it is investing 1 billion U.S. dollars in its chip factories, in an attempt to increase production.
The investment will be spread over three plants: in Ireland, Israel and th...
Elon Musk resigns as chairman of the board of Tesla in settlement with SEC
Elon Musk stepped down as chairman of Tesla's board of directors. In addition, he pays a fine of twenty million dollars. This is the settlement that Musk reached with the U.S. market regulator SEC on a previous complaint about the CEO's claims that he could take the car manufacturer off the stock ex...
“Slack wants to go public at the beginning of 2019.
Slack Technologies is expected to be listed on the stock exchange within the next few months. At the moment, a team from the company seems to be actively preparing for this IPO. The intention would be to enter the stock market in the first half of 2019.
That's what the Wall Street Journal reports t...
Hackers capture data from 50 million Facebook users
Last weekend, Facebook announced that, in the event of a security problem, the data of almost fifty million users had been captured. It is not yet entirely clear how the hack exactly took place, but it has to do with a vulnerability in the way the View as function works.
In a blog, Guy Rosen, vice p...
Google is working on Windows 10 support for new Pixel device.
Rumour has it that Google is working on a Chrome OS tablet. It would not only run on Chrome OS, but might also support Windows 10. That's what the 9to5Google team discovered in code that appeared on Chromium.
According to 9to5Google there is a reference to Windows 10 in code on Chromium. The advent ...
Users report connection and charging issues with iPhone XS and XS Max
The iPhone XS and XS Max are the new top devices from Apple. But in some cases they are already affected by problems. It turns out that the devices do not always charge well and quickly and there are other problems.
The problem does not affect all devices. It seems, as business magazine Forbes write...
Asana now has 50,000 paying customers and over a million free users.
Asana, a startup of Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, has announced that it has 50,000 paying customers. As a result, the number of customers has increased by 30,000 people in six quarters. Probably over a million people are using the free version of Asana.
"2018 really seems to be a turning poi...
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, is now also selling rocket motors.
Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon-CEO Jeff Bezos, now also sells rocket motors. The rocket maker United Launch Alliance has announced that it has chosen the company's BE-4 rocket motor for its new Vulcan Centaur rocket. In doing so, Bezos' company defeated the better-known Aerojet Rocketdyne,...