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Google Slows Hiring, Data Center Spend Due to COVID-19

“We are reevaluating the pace of our investment plans for the remainder of 2020,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees. Read more.

GSMA Sees ‘Strong Momentum’ for Future MWC Events

Barcelona will now host the event through 2024. The Catalonia region has reported nearly 7,100 deaths tied to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Read more.

Samsung Taps Xilinx for 5G Beamforming

Xilinx announced the Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform in September 2019 and said it will be generally available in Q4. Read more.

Vast Data Grows War Chest With $100M Funding Round

“Vast Data now has a $140 million war chest that we will spend like camels, not like unicorns,” co-founder Jeff Denworth said. Read more.

Coronavirus Stunts IoT Insurgence

The rapid reversal is significant because the convergence of 5G, networks especially suited for IoT, and device proliferation was expected to bolster the technology before the pandemic hit. Read more.

Telefónica’s Security Biz Taps Google Cloud’s Chronicle

The deal comes as Google Cloud makes an all-out push to support mobile network operators. Read more.

AWS Boosts Snowball Edge Device Performance

Snowball Edge Storage devices now feature 40 virtual CPUs compared to 24 in the previous version and 80 gigabytes of memory. Read more.

Feds Downplay JEDI Ethics Violations

The DoD report found the decision to award Microsoft the $10B JEDI cloud contract was “reasonable” and “consistent with applicable law.” Read more.