Microsoft speeds up its Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Walmart has just begun testing same-day grocery delivery called Walmart To Go in one of its stores in China, months after the American retail titan expanded grocery delivery in its homeland.

TechCrunch has attained an internal memo published by Facebook’s outgoing head of public policy Elliot Schrage in which he blames himself for hiring PR firm Definers. He admits to having the company push negative narratives about competitors,

In a short but amply-hyped interview with CNN, Facebook’s founder and chief executive again responded to criticism over the company’s most recent crisis. The interview, excerpted from a longer Q&A for a CNN series called “Human Code,

Since taking the reins as chief executive of Kindred at the beginning of the year, Jim Liefer has been focused on commercializing his company’s autonomous robots.

Shaun Moore and Nezare Chafni didn’t initially intend to develop a new standalone facial recognition technology, when they first got started developing the technology that would become their new company, Trueface.ai. When the two serial entrepreneurs were planning their next act five years ago,

The Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab, Morgan Stanley’s in-house accelerator focused on companies founded by multicultural and female entrepreneurs, hosted its second Annual Showcase and Demo Day.  The event also featured companies from accelerators HearstLab,

It was November 20, 1998, when an unprecedented international coalition of astronomers, engineers, and rocket scientists saw years of collaboration come to fruition with the launch of the International Space Station's first component.

Microsoft opened up the news floodgates this morning, in the kick off to its annual Inspire event in Paris. One of the more compelling announcements of the bunch is the addition of a free version of Teams. The Slack competitor has been kicking around in some form or other since late-2016,

Microsoft announced a number of new tools for its MyAnalytics tool for Office 365 users today that are geared toward giving employees more data about how they work, as well as ways to improve how teams work together. In today’s businesses, everybody has to be a team player, after all,

Microsoft previewed White Board last May, alongside the new Surface Pro, eventually rolling it out in public beta in December. The collaboration app just went live to all Windows users, as part of the deluge of announcements tied to the upcoming Inspire conference.

An anonymous reader writes "Columnist Jon Evans points out that the tech industry has been slowly getting stranger over the past several years. When you look at the headlines individually, they all seem to make sense,

Roku's new HDMI dongle is an impressive piece of compact streaming tech, offering plenty of content and hiding neatly away at the back of your TV.Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/reviews/hardware/roku-streaming-stick-hdmi-version-review/

Samsung's new flagship Galaxy S5 just went on sale today, and Verizon users can grab it for $100 from Amazon. Based on the Gizmodo review , this is the new best Android phone for a lot of people, especially if you value battery life and picture quality, which you should. [Amazon]Read more...

前言在厨房里，我们对食物的了解不应该只限于味道，从食材到烹饪方式，我们还应该注意到其背后的营养学。有了互联网的帮助，不用去实验室，在你自己的厨房里也能和食材有新的沟通与了解。

Microsoft released a statement warning users of Internet Explorer that a flaw in the software could allow attackers to “take complete control” of any computer. How worried should you be?Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2014/04/28/microsofts-internet-explorer-bug-how-worried-should-you-be/

There are finally quality games available for the Amazon Fire TV. The entire GTA III series just launched today on Amazon's Fire platform, finally giving owners a legitimate reason to buy Amazon's $40 gaming controller and use the box as a casual gaming machine. Read More

一转眼务农6年了，呆过大公司也去过小作坊，码农的人生除了抠腚还是抠腚。在所有呆过的公司里，感觉项目没有不延期的，真的是因为自己不努力吗？也没有呀！

援引市场调查机构TrendForce报道称2014年中国智能手机出货量将达到4.5亿台，占据全球智能手机出货量的38.6%，此外报告中还指出中国厂商自2011年进入国际市场后按照年增长率50%的速度快速增长。

The golden age of Sriracha-inspired food and drinks is a glorious time to be alive. The latest innovation in the condiment's world takeover is spicy beer — Rogue Ales is rolling out a Sriracha Hot Stout Beer on December 8, available for pre-order now. See also:

16光年以外的一颗恒星，正在与太阳相交的轨道上运行。有天文学家预测，未来几十万年内，它可能近距离掠过太阳，给太阳系外围造成严重影响。不过好消息是，现在生活在地球上的人类，无需为此担心。