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Salesforce this week announced it would buy Vlocity -- a startup with all the markings of a unicorn, including a billion-dollar valuation -- for US$1.33 billion. A lot of other news came out of the company too, including co-CEO Keith Block stepping down and another record revenue and earnings announcement, but I'll focus here on the Vlocity story V...

Facebook is clamping down on ads and misinformation relating to coronavirus, implementing a policy Head of Health Kang-Xing Jin outlined last month. Criticism of social media platforms for spreading fear and confusion about coronavirus is rife....

As I write this, two things are happening simultaneously: The RSA Security Conference is in full swing and so is COVID-19 (coronavirus). It's a strange juxtaposition. There is geographic proximity in that the conference is going on undeterred just a few blocks from where the mayor declared a state of emergency (during the event) due to the ongoing spread of the virus.

Amazon on Tuesday opened its first large-scale fully automated Amazon Go grocery store in Seattle The 7,700-square-foot store offers baked goods sourced locally, fresh seasonal produce, meat, seafood, and ready-made meals, as well as beer, wine, and spirits....

Firefox users in the United States are getting an extra measure of privacy protection starting this week, the Mozilla Foundation announced Tuesday Firefox Desktop Product Development Vice President Selena Deckelmann heralded the rollout of encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default in Mozilla's browser....

We've been promised, repeatedly, that artificial intelligence would revolutionize e-commerce. Think about it for a moment. Has it lived up to expectations for you? If not, the problem may lie not in the technology you've deployed on your site but in the architecture and data that support it....

After several years of building and testing previews, Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of its Azure Sphere secure IoT service Microsoft first introduced Azure Sphere in 2018, opting to use its own version of a Linux operating system instead of Windows 10 to drive its new Azure Sphere OS to securely connect Internet of Things d...

Microsoft whetted demand for its Xbox Series X product line on Monday with the revelation of some impressive specs for its next-generation gaming console Xbox Head Phil Spencer spilled the following details:...

With the introduction of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this year and GDPR in 2018, the age of data privacy has begun, bringing the opportunity for businesses to harness it to gain a competitive advantage There are both challenges and opportunities for businesses that aim to deliver superior customer experiences while adhering to data p...

I have an electric car, the Jaguar I-Pace. Like a lot of non-Tesla electric car owners, I've been hoping efforts by Electrify America and others to proliferate chargers would take away the pain of owning an electric. That hasn't been happening. I'm the moderator for the Jaguar I-Pace forum, and I follow other U.S. forums on the car. Feedback on t...

There's a major myth about "going paperless" that needs to be dispelled. A paperless office doesn't mean that paper is outright banned. There likely will be a need for physical paper in business for a long time, so don't throw out your printer just yet. Rather, being paperless means being able to embrace a shift from traditional paperwork processes to those that take advantage of documents that can be in a digital state...

If you are tired of distro hopping and want a computing platform that works without drama, check out the latest Freespire Linux release. Freespire, a U.S.-based distribution built on Debian/Ubuntu, is a no-nonsense operating system that is uncomplicated to install and use Freespire is released biannually. Developers on Feb. 11 released the latest M...

Since Android's unveiling in 2007, the platform has stayed true to its commitment to providing open and free source code. The source code is freely available to developers and device manufacturers who can, at their own discretion, install the software without worrying about the hassles of licensing fees The consequent reduction in fees allows devic...

You've heard all the reasons why businesses fail: lack of capital, poor product execution, or too much competition seem to be the most frequent excuses. Lately, it's become more common to hear about retail stores closing due to competition with online stores and marketplaces such as Amazon. If e-commerce businesses are the killers of brick-and-mortar success, what makes an e-commerce store successful in the long term?...

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled several new artificial intelligence capabilities across Dynamics 365 applications and a new solution to help project-centric services organizations transform their operations The AI enhancements include first- and third-party data connections in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, Microsoft's customer data platform (CDP)...

A session on the role of emerging technologies in the courtroom was part of last month's New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York City "Emerging Technologies in Litigation" included a panel of local and federal judges as well as an e-discovery researcher and emerging technology attorney. The group discussed the use of artificial in...

Researchers at firmware security company Eclypsium on Tuesday released new research that identifies and confirms unsigned firmware in WiFi adapters, USB hubs, trackpads, and cameras used in Windows and Linux computer and server products from Lenovo, Dell, HP, and other major manufacturers Eclypsium also demonstrated a successful attack on a server ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday announced a commitment of US$10 billion of his personal money to the newly launched Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change "Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet," Bezos wrote. "This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs (non-governmental organizations) -- any effort that offers a rea...

A new extortion scheme targets users of Google's AdSense program The scam threatens to flood a website with bogus traffic until Google suspends the site's AdSense account unless the owner pays US$5,000 in bitcoin to avoid or stop the attack, security blogger Brian Krebs reported Monday....

That time of year is upon us once again, and stress levels for Amazon vendors are starting to build. The arrival of spring means renegotiating your vendor terms with Amazon, which seem to grow stricter year after year. However, with more than 50 percent of all Amazon sales coming from third-party sellers, the pressure is also on the other side of the table...