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Huawei has hired a former Brazilian president as an advisor as a means to ensure its permanence in the local market as the auction for next-generation 5G wireless networks approaches. The country’s 5G auction was originally set to be held in March 2020, but it was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and should take…

(Google updated the name of its G Suite service to Google Workspace in October 2020 and added one new plan to its lineup. This article has been updated to include details of the new plan.) Both Microsoft and Google would like to be your one-stop shop for business productivity software. Their respective subscription offerings, Microsoft…

Paychex, an old-school payroll processing provider for small- to medium-sized businesses, is offering three free months of service as part of its latest promotion. Processing employee payroll — week after week, month after month, and year after year — is tedious, which is why many small businesses choose to use a payroll processing vendor so they…

Credit: ZDNet For the past several years, Microsoft and SAP have announced an extension to their ongoing strategic partnership. On January 22, the pair again pledged their mutual allegiance. And as part of this year’s update, the two companies said they are integrating Microsoft Teams with SAP business applications. On January 22, Microsoft and SAP…

For many of us, the bog-standard, default router supplied by our Internet Service Provider (ISP) at the time we signed up for broadband was once enough. However, in the past decade, the widespread adoption of mobile technology including smartphones and tablets, Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smart lighting and security cameras, and the popularity…

Path of Exile continues to grind out success more than seven years after its launch. Grinding Gear Games announced today that Echoes of Atlas is its most downloaded expansion. Echoes of Atlas is Path of Exile’s 35th expansion or update. The free-to-play online action-RPG (think Diablo) launched January 16 on PC and January 20 on…

Every company is now a software company, or so we’re told, meaning they have to employ designers and developers capable of building websites and apps. In tandem, the much-reported software developer shortage means companies across the spectrum are in a constant battle for top talent. This is opening the doors to more automated tools that…

I was a fanboy for Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One book and the 2018 Steven Spielberg movie based on it. And so when the sequel novel Ready Player Two came out in December, I was all over it. Critics panned it, and I understand this sequel isn’t as innovative as the first book. But amid…

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Self-driving car startup Cruise has just gotten a $2 billion infusion from Microsoft, according to a joint statement Tuesday from Cruise, its owner General Motors, and Microsoft. The investment will bring Cruise’s valuation to $30 billion and make Microsoft an official partner. Per Tuesday’s announcement: “To unlock the potential of cloud computing for self-driving vehicles, Cruise…