Matt Day
@mattmday
danger and dance. Reporting for @technology in Seattle, mostly covering Amazon and Microsoft. Previously: Seattle Times, WSJ, Dow Jones. [email protected]
Amazon has scooped up the maker of a wristband that records and transcribes the owner’s activities, using the info to make to-do lists, summarize conversations, etc: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"In a blog post on Tuesday, the tech giant identified two groups supported by the Chinese government, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, as leveraging flaws in SharePoint software." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
More layoffs at Amazon, this time in AWS: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Amazon's carbon emissions rose last year for the first time since 2021 on increased data center construction and fuel use by its delivery contractors: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
scoop: Microsoft is using more AI for customer service, sales, and coding as it slashes thousands of jobs. $msft bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
i talked to a lot of people who have a lot of mixed feelings about working at microsoft -- and quite a few who have some mixed feelings about being laid off by microsoft seattletimes.com/business/micro…
Not a good time, Windows. Rough morning in Redmond: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
scoop: as Microsoft gears up for another round of layoffs, its sales chief is planning a sabbatical. w/ @dinabass $msft bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW: Oracle signed one of the biggest cloud contracts ever. $30 billion per year, larger than its entire cloud biz today. $ORCL bloomberg.com/news/articles/…