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| | | | | AMD Is Buying Xilinx for $35 Billion to Compete With Intel in the Datacenter | | VentureBeat | Processor and graphics firm Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy programmable chip maker Xilinx for $35 billion in stock. AMD also reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and raised its forecast for fourth-quarter results. The acquisition will help AMD stay competitive with archrival Intel in the datacenter, where programmable chips have become increasingly popular. | | Insight Alert 3: Why It’s Essential to Have Full App Visibility | | BetterCloud Monitor | Last week’s Insight Alert compared SaaSOps users and CASB users. And the week before that, we explored SaaS usage trends published in our 2020 State of SaaSOps report. In this third Insight Alert of the series, we explore what the State of SaaSOps survey data says about how enterprises have (or don’t have) full app visibility to discover all SaaS apps used throughout the organization. | | Microsoft: Teams Now at More Than 115 Million Daily Active Users | | ZDNet | During its Q1 FY'21 earnings call, Microsoft provided an updated number for its Teams collaboration platform. Teams is now at more than 115 million daily active users, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. That's up from 75 million daily active users -- a number Microsoft reached as of late April 2020. | | Google Quietly Pulls Chrome OS 86 Update After Multiple Reports of Issues | | Android Police | Although some people are enjoying OS 86 without problems, others are still anxiously waiting for the new update to land on their Chromebook. In a surprising move by Google, it silently pulled the build off the update server a couple of days before the update finished rolling out. |
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| | | Check Out These Best Practices for Emailing With Outlook on Windows 10 | | OnMSFT | The Microsoft Outlook app is a great way to manage your emails on Windows 10. With it, you can organize emails into folders, create Teams meetings, and so much more. That’s why in our latest Microsoft 365 piece, we will be explaining some of our best practices for Outlook on Windows. | | Early Bird or Night Owl? How to Win the Morning Either Way | | TechRepublic | We've all heard the bromide about the early bird getting the worm, or the famous figures from Benjamin Franklin to Oprah Winfrey who have cited an early rise as key to their success. Aside from dozens of anecdotes, scientific research bears out what we've intuited: The early bird really does get that worm. |
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