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Study: When employees don’t have to commute, they work
A new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows the majority of time saved by working from home and avoiding office commutes goes toward increased productivity.
Intel suffers double-digit revenue decline in Q4 2022
Intel’s two biggest business units were hit hard during the last three months of 2022, as the PC market continued to experience its biggest slump in decades.
Morgan Stanley fines some employees $1M for WhatsApp, iMessage use
After being fined more than $200 million last year for similar violations, Morgan Stanley has begun penalizing employees for using personal messaging apps for company business. But at least one expert said banning the tools won't work...
Tech jobs dominate the top 25 'best' jobs in the US, Indeed says
Online job site Indeed.com's latest report on the 25 best jobs in the US found that almost half of them are in tech — and layoffs by tech firms are doing little to offset a continuing dearth of tech talent.
How layoffs at Google could affect enterprise cloud services
Analysts are debating what effect the layoffs at Alphabet will have on the delivery of enterprise cloud services at its Google subsidiary, while investors call for deeper cuts.
Atlassian doubles down on automation with new capabilities for Confluence
Three years after adding no-code automation to its Jira platform, Atlassian is looking to bring those same benefits to Confluence to automate content management tasks.
Microsoft Teams and Outlook suffer global outages
Users across the globe were struggling to access multiple Microsoft products after the company implemented a network change.
Big banks' proposed digital wallet payment system likely to fail
Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and other banks are joining forces to create a digital wallet to compete with the likes of Apple Pay and Google Pay. But they have an uphill battle ahead.
Microsoft says cloud demand waning, plans to infuse AI into products
Cloud revenue growth has been slowing quarter-on-quarter for the Windows maker, which expects the growth to continue to decline through the year.
Apple marks Data Privacy Week with in-store privacy training, more
Apple is celebrating Data Privacy Week by helping iPhone users learn how to use the privacy protection tools they already have in hand.
Microsoft exec: AI will reinvent Windows user experience, define ‘our time’
At least one Microsoft executive has made it clear artificial intelligence will continue to play a big role in future Windows features.
Big tech backs Google in defending internet liability protections
Tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, and Twitter have filed briefs warning the Supreme Court against narrowing the Communications Decency Act's Section 230 to allow lawsuits against content-recommendation algorithms.
Google's parent company Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs
Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai, told employees on Friday that the company would be reducing its global workforce by around 6%.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms plan to lay off 10,000 workers
The chief executive chalked up the massive layoff to efforts to align Microsoft's cost and revenue structure while investing in areas that the company predicts will show long-term growth.
Apple now offers Wi-Fi 6E in Macs; what does it do?
Apple introduced Wi-Fi 6E to iPads in late 2022 and this week unveiled the first Macs to support the standard. What difference might it make?
Gen Zers and millennials split over the appeal of remote work
More than one in three employees want fully remote work this year, but that sentiment isn't shared equally among generations. Workers also feel pay hasn't kept up with inflation.
Enterprise software, services to boost 2023 IT spending by 2.3%: Gartner
While the slump in hardware device sales will take longer than expected to rebound, much of enterprise IT spending — for example on cloud technology — is locked in and inflation-proof.
