MSI launches a new line of business-class laptops named Summit series
MSI's past laptops for gaming have performed well, and now, it is time to see what their business-class laptop series will offer. Just last week, MSI hosted a virtual summit where they announced several new machines, driven by the 11th generation of Intel CPUs.
Most of what was discussed t... Read more
Progress Software plans to acquire the IaaS automation company Chef
Infrastructure automation firm Chef has raised about $105 million in funding. Now it is going to be acquired by Progress Software for $220 million. Progress is based in Bedford, Massachusetts, and said that Chef would contribute to Progress efforts.
Chef's usefulness will be in helping Progress ... Read more
Dell Boomi releases Boomi aXis for SAP
Boomi is adding something new to their portfolio for EiPaaS. They recently announced the Boomi aXis for SAP. With it, users will be able to rapidly and with ease, exchange SAP data on a single platform to ensure that business decisions can be made quickly.
Boomi aXis is an Enterprise Integration... Read more
Emotet attacks spike in France, Japan, and New Zealand
Cybersecurity agencies from Japan, France, and New Zealand have issued security alerts in recent publications. In the publications, they warn about a massive spike in Emotet malware attack. The Emotet activity involves email spam campaigns that are a product of the Emotet infrastructure.
They ha... Read more
The U.S. wants to ban more Chinese apps over national security
The Trump administration is looking to ban more Chinese apps that they claim are a national security threat. This, according to the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows. He made the comments on Thursday, aboard Air Force One, according to reports.
However, he did not mention anything about t... Read more
Amazon announces plan to recruit 10,000 more employees in Bellevue
Amazon.com announced on September 4 that they are going to employ 10,000 more people in Bellevue, Washington, in addition to the 15,000 workers they were already planning to hire in the city. Bellevue is home to 2,000 Amazon workers.
It is 15 minutes by car from Seattle, which is the home of Ama... Read more
Microsoft makes Lists generally available as an add-on to Teams
Microsoft has now made its Microsoft Lists app generally available as an add-on to the popular Teams app. This means that the Lists app, which recently announced a new Build, is available for Microsoft 365. Users will be able to deploy it on Teams.
The Lists app is a team-based tab app that trac... Read more
Millions of websites vulnerable due to zero-day in WordPress plugin
WordPress is under fire after hackers discovered a vulnerability in the popular plugin 'File Manager.' Millions of WordPress sites have been probed to find the weakness and exploit it this past week. According to Defiant, the company behind the Wordfence web firewall, the sites attacked could be mo... Read more
Nvidia unveils new 28B-transistor GPUs that are the fastest ever made
Nvidia unveiled a new flagship line of GPUS in the RTX 30 series, starting with the 28-billion transistor chip. They claim it is the fastest GPU ever built for gaming and creative work involving a lot of rendering.
Nvidia is one of the largest and major supplier of chips to data centers. They ar... Read more
Google Cloud adds new features to Contact Center AI and Document AI
Google Cloud announced that they are adding new capabilities to their Cloud AI portfolio. Contact Center AI and Document AI are getting lot smarter.
New features are added to the Contact Center AI and Document AI. They also announced that they would improve the AI Platform for practitioners in ... Read more