Amazon Expands in Brazil, Riding E-Commerce Boom Set Off by COVID-19

Amazon is taking advantage of the boost the COVID-19 pandemic has given to the e-commerce business in South America's largest economy. The company said on Monday that it had opened three more logistics centers in Brazil, which adds 75,000 square meters (807,000 square feet) of distribution space. It’s Amazon's biggest expansion since it began operating in Brazil in ...
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News Bits: AMD, MemSQL, OWC, Ivanti, Nasuni, & TEAMGROUP

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Microsoft 365 leverages AMD EPYC VMs for higher performance. MemSQL changes name to SingleStore. OWC acquires BRU. Ivanti updates its Unified Endpoint Manager. Nasuni named a Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Partner. TEAMGROUP launches T-FORCE TREASURE Touch External RGB SSD. (more…)
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TerraMaster F4-422 NAS Review

The TerraMaster F4-422 is a small desktop NAS that is touted as a high-speed NAS. The high-speed handle comes from the device being loaded with a quad-core 1.5GHz Intel Celeron J355 CPU, an onboard 10 Gigabit LAN port, and up to 8GB of memory supported. This hardware (combined with the proper drives in the proper configuration) can lead to speeds as high as 670MB/s. Faster speeds can translate to more use cases such as video editing or transferring large volumes of data. (more…)
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Podcast #71: British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is part of the UK's Natural Environment Research Council, which itself is part of United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI). They deliver "National Capability" to the UK which includes 5 Antarctic Bases, 5 aircraft, the current research vessel, RRS James Clark Ross which is being replaced by the RRS Sir David Attenborough over the next year; and they manage the UK's Arctic Research Station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. By its nature, the BAS has defined what it means to collect data and operate data centers at the extreme edge. (more…)
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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review: Hanging by a Thread

Our Spider-Man: Miles Morales review compares the game to Marvel’s Spider-Man, and looks at gameplay (what has changed and what hasn’t), the fun new Spider-Verse and Bodega Cat suits, Miles’ story and its themes, its PlayStation 4 performance, and price in India (Rs. 3,999). Spider-Man: Miles Morales release date is November 12 on PS4 and PS5.
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