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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Saying ‘My Team Is Great and Everyone Else Sucks' Is Not Leadership
Satya Nadella’s Microsoft has been a kinder, gentler company than it was in the past, and that might have to do with the CEO’s more accommodating approach.
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Millennials, Gen Z Are Job-Hopping, But Contrary to Popular Belief, Maybe Not Enough
One in four workers will switch jobs in 2021, and many job hoppers are under 40. Labor economists say millennials, GenZ should seek new employment even more.
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I've Been Reviewing Resumes for 26 Years. These Are the 5 Biggest Mistakes That Make Candidates Look Weak
Hiring managers must go through hundreds of resumes before finding just a few good ones. Don’t want yours to get tossed? Avoid these biggest resume mistakes.
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IBM Is One of 20 Companies Joining The Climate Pledge, a Commitment to Reduce Carbon Emissions Started by Amazon and Jeff Bezos
Another 20 companies joined The Climate Pledge, a public commitment to reduce carbon emissions launched by Amazon and Jeff Bezos in 2019.
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Steve Ballmer Says He Wishes Microsoft Had Entered Cloud Computing Market Earlier
The comments come after Microsoft’s current CEO, Satya Nadella, expressed a similar sentiment.
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Amazon Announces Andy Jassy as New CEO — Here's What Investors and Former Employees Say About the Move
Amazon announces Andy Jassy from Amazon Web Services as the company’s new CEO in the third quarter. Former Amazon employees and investors weigh in.
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5 Changes to Watch for in Shopping as Major Retailers Innovate to Go ‘Green'
Climate change is transforming what consumers want and how businesses operate. Here are five major trends which are changing shopping as retailers ‘go green.’
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A Low-Profile Investor Who Bet on Snowflake Eight Years Ago Is Up More Than $12 Billion After IPO Pop
Mike Speiser, who helped create Snowflake and served as its first CEO, is generating massive returns from the software company’s IPO.
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U.S. Feds Say Russians Likely Behind SolarWinds Hack That Breached Government Networks
It’s the first time the government has publicly said it appears likely the attack was Russian in origin.
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IBM Snaps Up Finnish Cloud Firm Nordcloud as Battle With AWS, Microsoft and Google Heats Up
IBM said the acquisition will of Nordcloud will “turbocharge” its hybrid cloud consulting ability.
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50% of U.S. Tech Execs Say State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare Their Biggest Threat: CNBC Survey
A new CNBC survey found that most tech execs believe state-sponsored cyber attacks are the biggest threat to their company and should be Biden’s top priority.
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SolarWinds Hack Has Shaved 23% From Software Company's Stock This Week
The meltdown began on Dec. 13 when Reuters reported that hackers had gained access to email systems at government agencies via SolarWinds software updates.
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Managers That Use A.I. ‘Will Replace Those That Do Not,' IBM Executive Says
Last month, IBM said it would buy Instana, a firm that helps businesses manage data across a variety of cloud applications in different places.
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Google Researcher's Dismissal Is a Perfect Storm for Employee Unrest — and a Big Test for CEO Sundar Pichai
The Timnit Gebru affair touches four issues troubling Google employees in recent years: ethics in AI, treatment of women and Black employees, and transparency.
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Salesforce Deal to Buy Slack Expected to Be Announced Tuesday After Market Close
The deal is expected to be about half cash and half stock and will price Slack at a premium to its current price.
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Salesforce Is in Talks to Buy Slack, Deal Could Be Announced Next Week
The acquisition would be Saleforce’s largest to date if it goes through.
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Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM
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Amazon Bans Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology for One Year
Amazon said on Wednesday that it’s banning use of its facial recognition software by police for one year, as pressure on tech companies builds to respond to the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.
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Inventor of Ubiquitous Universal Product Code, George Laurer, Dies at 94
The inventor of the Universal Product Code has died. The ubiquitous black bars and 12-digit numbers transformed retail and other industries around the world. A funeral for George Laurer was held Monday in North Carolina, A funeral home confirmed Lauer’s death last week at age 94. Laurer was an electrical engineer with IBM in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park in...
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Esper Defends $10B Pentagon Contract Disputed by Amazon
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was done fairly. The Pentagon awarded the contract to Microsoft in late October, and Amazon said there was “unmistakable bias” on the government’s part and it intended to challenge the decision in court. Esper recused himself...