Pivotal Software VMware confirmed the speculation that it was buying its sister company Pivotal — and surprised Wall Street street by announcing a second multi-billion acquisition of Carbon Black, as well. The Pivotal deal is valued at $2.7 billion, and the Carbon Black deal is valued at $2.1 billion. Often when a billionaire has total […]
Nike Kobe AD NXT FF to Drop in “Vast Grey” Colorway
Nike‘s latest breakthrough in basketball footwear tech is set to receive an alternate colorway. The advanced Nike Kobe AD NXT FF is set to drop in a "Vast Grey" color scheme for those looking for a lighter alternative to the "Off Noir Clear" version. Utilizing Nike’s FastFit, QuadFit and REACT technologies all in a single […]
Glasgow University Pledges Millions for ‘Reparative Justice’ for Slavery Ties
One of Britain’s oldest universities has acknowledged its historical links to the slave trade and has pledged to raise £20 million for research. Source: NYT > Business – Palko Karasz
These 3 engineers are using their experience at Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and Tesla to help Intel move beyond PCs and beat its rivals to a $300 billion opportunity (INTC, AMD)
Walden Kirsch for Intel Intel has turned to 3 outsiders to lead the chip giant’s bid to expand beyond the PC and server markets it has dominated for decades. Murthy Renduchintala, Jim Keller and Raja Koduri are known as rock-star engineers who led innovation at companies like Apple, Qualcomm, AMD and Tesla. It’s an unusual […]
Here are the 5 biggest winners and losers of corporate earnings season
John Minchillo/AP Images Earnings season is coming to a close, and Markets Insider took a look at some of the biggest winners and losers from the most recent reporting cycle. Corporate earnings have been in focus over the last few weeks as investors have been presented with mounting signs of slowing global growth. Analysts were […]
The Amazon Rainforest is burning. Here’s why there are so many fires and what it all means for the planet.
Hans Silvester / Gamma-Rapho / Getty So far this year, Brazil has experienced more than 76,000 fires — nearly double the 2018 total of 40,000. Some 10,000 of these fires have started in the past few weeks, many of them in the Brazilian Amazon. Most of these fires were started by farmers and loggers to […]