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Amazon announces new Echo Show 21 and Echo Show 15 smart displays
Amazon’s first wall-mounted smart display just got a big upgrade. Today, the company announced the launch of the Echo Show 21, an upgrade to the Echo Show 15 that debuted in 2022. The new model has a 21-inch screen with 1080p resolution for $399.99. Amazon says it has better audio quality than the original Show 15 and nearly doubles the…
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The demise of the floppy disk continues: Months after Japan ‘won the war’ on the legacy storage medium, San Francisco announces plans to spend millions overhauling its metro rail technology
Officials from the San Francisco transportation department have announced they will be replacing their floppy disk-based train control system, jumping on the bandwagon to do away with the legacy storage platform. The Municipal Transportation Agency board, which is responsible for overseeing San Francisco’s Muni Metro light rail network, signed a new $212 million contract with Hitachi Rail to overhaul its…
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iPhone 16 sales look to be off to a strong start, as Apple announces record revenues
The iPhone 16 may be off to a better start than some analysts had forecast — at least if you go by the sales figures Apple just posted for its final fiscal quarter of the year. For the three months that ended September 28, Apple posted a year-over-year gain in iPhone sales, and it’s pretty clear some of that was…
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Apple Announces New iMac with M4 Processor and 16GB RAM in New Colors
As promised, Apple today kicks off its “exciting week of announcements” with the introduction of an all-new iMac with M4 processor, which debuted with the iPad Pro earlier this year. The upgrade comes one year after Apple launched its iMac with M3 chipset. In addition to the upgraded M4 processor, the new 24-inch iMac comes in fresh colors, a nano…
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Microsoft announces EMEA leadership shakeup
Microsoft has announced a brace of regional leadership changes in a move the firm said reinforces its commitment to supporting customers and partners amid the ongoing shift to AI. The reshuffle sees Clare Barclay appointed as president of enterprise and industry for EMEA, while Darren Hardman steps into Barclay’s previous role of CEO of Microsoft’s UK business. “Clare and Darren…
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Infosys announces plans to open London AI lab
Infosys has unveiled plans to expand its Canary Wharf Living Lab alongside a partnership with the University of Cambridge to open a new London-based AI Lab. The Canary Wharf site – one of 12 run by the company around the world – is designed to give customers and partners solution accelerators, digital experiences, frameworks, and industry solutions to help them…
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Google Cloud announces data residency for machine learning in the UK
Google Cloud has unveiled a new data residency commitment in the UK that will allow users to conduct machine learning (ML) processing in region. Specifically, the move will enable UK businesses to conduct ML processing for Gemini 1.5 Flash, Google’s small language model designed to support high-volume, high-frequency tasks in a cost-efficient way. Anne-Marie Lamb, sales director UK & Ireland…
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Meta announces Movie Gen, an AI-powered video generator
A new AI-powered video generator from Meta produces high-definition footage complete with sound, the company announced today. The announcement comes several months after competitor OpenAI unveiled Sora, its text-to-video model — though public access to Movie Gen isn’t happening yet. Movie Gen uses text inputs to automatically generate new videos, as well as edit existing footage or still images. The…
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Nasuni announces new Microsoft 365 Copilot integration
Nasuni has announced a further integration between its File Data Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot that aims to expand data access for the tech giant’s AI services. As part of the move, Nasuni will integrate with Microsoft Graph Connector to help customers easily incorporate their data into Microsoft 365 and the Microsoft 365 Copilot generative AI assistant. Through Graph Connector,…
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Pure Storage announces VM assessment service – and it could please beleaguered VMware customers
Pure Storage has unveiled a new virtual machine (VM) assessment tool aimed at easing cost management for enterprise users in the wake of Broadcom’s VMware acquisition. The offering – generally available in FY2025 Q4 – will help IT decision makers (ITDMs) monitor performance, plan scenarios, and rightsize recommendations through the Pure1 platform. Optimizing VMs will be simplified with the tool,…
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