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Apple Pledges $430B Investment for 20,000 Jobs, 5G Gear

The company said the investment would target American suppliers, data center investments, capital expenditures in the U.S., and its Apple TV+ productions. Read more.

Dell Taps Secureworks XDR for Managed Detection, Response

The subscription-based, managed detection and response service targets organizations with 50 or more endpoints, and it combines Secureworks’ XDR with Dell Technologies’ security analysts. Read more.

Kubernetes Project Hits Maturity Plateau

The project has slowed its release cadence to three per year, a “sign of Kubernetes becoming boring/mature,” platform co-developer Joe Beda noted on Twitter. Read more.

When Beer, Cheese, and IoT Security Collide

“The interesting thing about those attacks, is they’re exactly what I was warning my board about three and a half years ago,” Armis CISO Curtis Simpson said. Read more.

Op-Ed: Nvidia’s CPU Isn’t the Harbinger of x86 Doom You Think It Is

The jolly green giant of the semiconductor industry has decided to wade into the CPU market, but Intel and AMD probably don’t have anything to worry about yet. Read more.

Can Huawei ‘Reinvent Itself’ as a Cloud Leader?

“It’s clear that U.S. sanctions, chip shortages, and general anti-Chinese vendor sentiment are forcing Huawei to find a way to stay in business and reinvent itself," analyst Stéphane Téral said. Read more.