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  EBay sues Amazon for infiltrating its M2M system and stealing its traders Adevinta has agreed to purchase eBay’s Classifieds business unit in a deal worth roughly $9.2 billion.  Norway-based Adevinta will pay eBay $2.5 billion under the terms of the deal, and will also transfer approximately 540 million Adevinta shares, granting eBay an equity stake … Continue reading Adevinta acquires eBay’s Classifieds business for $9.2 billion Continue Reading →

More than iPads or Android phones, a cheap Google tablet is what the world needs right now. Eight years ago, Google released the Nexus 7, a 7-inch Android tablet, running a reference version of the Jelly Bean 4.3 OS. Produced in cooperation with Asus, it was fast, ran all Android smartphone apps, and — most significantly —  … Continue reading Why Google needs a $99 tablet Continue Reading →

A startup is addressing specific professional domains and vertical industry sectors not otherwise served by common relational, document, or key-value data models by stealing a page out of the cloud database handbook.   Ever since the revelation that not all data can be neatly stored in rows and columns, it seems that barely a day … Continue reading TileDB introduces canonical database storage format Continue Reading →

Its IoT product line will continue to hold the Altair brand, however.   (Image: Corinne Reichert/ZDNet) Altair Semiconductor has been renamed as Sony Semiconductor Israel, the company announced on Wednesday. It comes four years after the Israeli semiconductor company, founded by former Texas Instruments executives, was acquired for $212 million by the Japanese tech giant. “We have … Continue reading Altair renamed as Sony Semiconductor Israel after being acquired four years ago Continue Reading →

  Microsoft announced today the first public preview of a new Microsoft 365 security feature named Double Key Encryption. “Double Key Encryption enables you to protect your highly sensitive data while keeping full control of your encryption key,” Microsoft said today. “It uses two keys to protect your data – one key in your control, … Continue reading Microsoft Double Key Encryption enters public preview Continue Reading →

Microsoft is rolling out new Dynamics 365 retail capabilities and is introducing a new Power Platform-based template designed to help businesses return to work safely during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.   Credit: Microsoft   Microsoft is making a public preview of its Dynamics 365 Connected Store service available as of today, July 21. It’s also … Continue reading Microsoft releases preview of its Dynamics 365 Connected Store and Fraud Protection services Continue Reading →

  Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has been trying to improve the experience of meetings, both remote and in-person, for the past few years. Today, July 21, at its Inspire conference, officials are taking the wraps off two rebranded meeting-room-management services: Teams Rooms Standard and Teams Rooms Premium. Teams Rooms Standard (which Microsoft formerly called Meeting Room) is … Continue reading Microsoft now offers two Teams service options for managing meeting rooms Continue Reading →

Microsoft is rolling out a preview of Azure Stack HCI v2, which will enable users to run the service on their own servers and include built-in integration with Azure Arc, among other new features.   Credit: Microsoft   Microsoft users who aren’t ready or able to run Azure inside their own or partners’ datacenters have … Continue reading Microsoft releases the next-generation of its Azure Stack HCI service Continue Reading →

The Aton ebike utilizes Ped turn indicators F.lli Schiano There are now a lot of companies making ebikes, so if a particular model is going to stand out, it has to offer something a little different. The Aton fits the bill, as it features pedals with built-in turn indicators. Currently on Kickstarter, the Aton is the result … Continue reading Italian ebike has battery-less turn indicators in its pedals Continue Reading →

KFC’s existing Chicken Tenders, made directly from non-lab-grown chickens KFC Last year, we heard how KFC was introducing a plant-based chicken substitute on its menu. Now, the company is going a step further, by looking into bioprinted meat made from lab-grown chicken cells. Also known as cultured meat or in vitro meat, lab-grown meat has been around in experimental forms for … Continue reading KFC developing lab-grown chicken nuggets Continue Reading →