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Microsoft Q1: revenue of $37.2B, up 12% YoY, net income of $13.9B, up 30% YoY, revenue for Intelligent Cloud was $13.0B, up 20% YoY (Microsoft)

Microsoft: Microsoft Q1: revenue of $37.2B, up 12% YoY, net income of $13.9B, up 30% YoY, revenue for Intelligent Cloud was $13.0B, up 20% YoY  —  REDMOND, Wash. — October 27, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last

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AMD reports Q3 revenue of $2.8B, up 56% YoY, net income of $390M, up from $120M YoY; Computing and Graphics revenue was $1.67B, up 31% YoY on better Ryzen sales (Ryan Smith/AnandTech)

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: AMD reports Q3 revenue of $2.8B, up 56% YoY, net income of $390M, up from $120M YoY; Computing and Graphics revenue was $1.67B, up 31% YoY on better Ryzen sales  —  As part of this morning’s announcement from AMD that the company would be buying FPGA maker Xilinx for $35 billion

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What’s In A USB-C Connector?

Anyone who’s ever put together a bill-of-materials for an electronic device will be familiar with the process of scouring supplier catalogs and data sheets for the best choice of components. The trick is to score the best combination of price and performance for the final product, and for those unused to the process, there are

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Sources: Apple acquired Barcelona-based Vilynx, a startup specializing in AI and computer vision tech, earlier this year for about $50M (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple acquired Barcelona-based Vilynx, a startup specializing in AI and computer vision tech, earlier this year for about $50M  —  – Barcelona-based Vilynx’s technology makes video search easier  — Apple has purchased several AI startups to buttress Siri, apps Sources: Apple acquired Barcelona-based Vilynx, a startup specializing in AI and

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Reddit says that moving forward it will let employees work from home, with some exceptions, and that it won't lower pay for US staff if they move within the US (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Reddit says that moving forward it will let employees work from home, with some exceptions, and that it won’t lower pay for US staff if they move within the US  —  Spurred on by the seemingly endless COVID-19 pandemic — and no doubt inspired by similar moves from companies like Twitter

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