🛬 Microsoft Flight Simulator' touches down on Xbox Series X/S on July 27th
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Microsoft Flight Simulator' touches down on Xbox Series X/S on July 27th. Xbox Series X/S owners who've been looking to take to the virtual skies can do just that when Microsoft Flight Simulator lands on the consoles on July 27th. The developers are promising "the same level of depth as the PC version," with features like a live weather system that aims to match real-world conditions. (Kris Holt via Engadget)
The great cloud computing surge. We reached a big milestone in 2020: Cloud services revenue finally surpassed enterprise spending on data centers, according to the Synergy Research Group. (Eric Knorr via InfoWorld)
Forget going back to the office-people are just quitting instead. More Americans are quitting their jobs than at any other time in at least two decades, adding to the struggle many companies face trying to keep up with the economic recovery. (Lauren Weber via Wall Street Journal)
Google Workspace and Google Chat are officially available to everybody. Google is announcing some changes to its Workspace suite of apps and services today, including availability for anybody who has a Google account. (Dieter Bohn via The Verge)
Novavax says its Covid vaccine is 90% effective, plans to submit data to FDA in third quarter. Biotech firm Novavax said Monday its Covid-19 vaccine was shown to be safe and 90.4% effective overall in a phase three clinical trial. It said it plans to file for authorization with the FDA in the third quarter of this year. (Berkeley Lovelace Jr. via CNBC)
How Trump's Trade War Built China's First Global Fashion Giant. On May 17, Shein — pronounced “she-in” — ended Amazon’s 152-day streak as the most downloaded shopping app in the U.S., a remarkable feat for any seven-year-old clothing brand, let alone one most Americans over 30 still haven’t heard of. (Bloomberg)
Inside the fight to reclaim AI from Big Tech's control. Gebru worried about how fast the technology was being deployed. In the paper she wound up writing with Bender and five others, she detailed the possible dangers. (Karen Hao via MIT Technology Review)
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