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Microsoft 9,873 articles

Microsoft to pay $25m to DOJ and SEC in Hungary bribery and kickback case

Microsoft to pay $8,751,795 to the DOJ, and $16,565,151 to the SEC.

35 minutes ago by Catalin Cimpanu in Microsoft

Innovation 29,932 articles

5 trends driving end of ownership and growth of subscription economy

Changing customer preferences are leading to a new era defined by "the end of ownership." A new global study by The Harris Group shows that 57% of the people surveyed wish that they could own less stuff.

2 hours ago by Vala Afshar in Innovation

Enterprise Software 41,798 articles

Microsoft is set to shake up Dynamics 365 pricing and packaging again

Microsoft plans to make some pricing and licensing changes to its Dynamics 365 CRM and ERP family as of October 1, according to information it shared with its partners recently.

2 hours ago by Mary Jo Foley in Enterprise Software

Cloud 7,950 articles

SUSE names Melissa Di Donato new CEO

Former SAP COO moves to the top job at SUSE, the oldest Linux business and more recently an open-source cloud power.

2 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols in Cloud

Security 31,976 articles

Siemens contractor pleads guilty to planting logic bomb in company spreadsheets

Logic bomb would crash spreadsheets after a certain date, resulting in Siemens hiring the contractor to fix the latest bugs.

2 hours ago by Catalin Cimpanu in Security

5G 310 articles

UK still can't make a decision about Huawei and 5G

Despite warning that the delay is hurting its international standing, the UK still not ready to make a decision about the use of Huawei technologies in 5G networks.

3 hours ago by Steve Ranger in 5G

Robotics 714 articles

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Turning empty parking lots into micro-fulfillment centers for fast urban deliveries

The closer the distribution center, the faster the delivery. Why not look underfoot?

3 hours ago by ZDNet Editors in Robotics

Mobility 30,495 articles

Apple releases iOS 12.4 with wireless data transfer, fixes Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie app

Apple Card, however, appears to be missing.

3 hours ago by Jason Cipriani in Mobility

SMBs 1,625 articles

Etsy is acquiring music instrument marketplace Reverb

Etsy plans to pull from its own playbook to help Reverb improve site search and discovery and optimize its buying and selling processes.

5 hours ago by Natalie Gagliordi in SMBs

Artificial Intelligence 1,259 articles

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How the latest gaming AI beat world champions of poker

ZDNet's Tiernan Ray tells TechRepublic's Karen Roby that traditional theoretical math approaches break down in multi-person Texas Hold’em poker. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Facebook figured out smart search strategies to get around that problem. Read more: https://zd.net/2Y3DRbb

5 hours ago by Karen Roby in Artificial Intelligence

Collaboration 2,673 articles

Slack's desktop client gets major performance improvements after codebase rewrite

Slack said its desktop and web client now launches 33% faster and uses 50% less memory.

6 hours ago by Natalie Gagliordi in Collaboration

Big Data Analytics 2,295 articles

SAP data and analytics: in with the new, don't squander the old

SAP uses its Enterprise software heritage, buying power and guile to offer a highly-competitive data and analytics platform. Part of SAP's analytics approach is respecting the power of classic technology, even as it continually modernizes its platform.

6 hours ago by Andrew Brust in Big Data Analytics