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Google said on Tuesday it would reopen buildings in more cities at roughly 10 percent of their capacity beginning July 6 and scale it up to 30 percent in September, if conditions permit.

Amazon is in talks to buy robo-taxi startup Zoox, accelerating its efforts when it comes to self-driving vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Facebook's virtual wallet for yet-to-be-minted Libra digital coins was renamed "Novi" on Tuesday. The rebranding replaces the original name of "Calibra" for the Facebook digital wallet which would work with the planned virtual currency.

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have.  StorONE publishes storage pricing. Actifio announces best first quarter. Netlist adds an M.2 SSD to its portfolio. FUJIFILM announces Object Archive software. CTERA Files Services available for SimpliVity. Portworx sees triple digit growth In the first quarter of 2020. Samsung Magician upgraded to 6.1. Seagate FireCuda 120 SATA SSD released. (more…)

To walk around freely, people in China must have a green rating and since February they have been asked to present their health QR codes to gain entry into restaurants, parks, and other venues.

Today Kingston Digital, Inc. announced that they are shipping 7.68TB SATA SSDs in the form of the Data Center 500R (DC500R) and 450R (DC450R). The 8TB Kingston DC500R & DC450R are said to provide additional storage and implement strict QoS ensuring predictable IO and low latency for data centers leveraging the SATA interface. Kingston is also releasing the DC1000M 7.68TB U.2 NVMe that is set to ship next month. (more…)

QNAP has announced the immediate availability of the TS-431KX, a quad-core 1.7 GHz consumer NAS with 10GbE SFP+ connectivity. The QNAP TS-431KX is ideal for SMB and start-ups looking for an affordable solution that can easily backup, restore, and synchronize their data. The TS-431KX is equipped with a quad-core 1.7 GHz processor, up to 8GB of RAM, and one 10GbE SFP+ and two 1GbE network ports. The new QNAP NAS also features tool-less and lockable drive bays, making drive installation and removal quick and easy. (more…)

Xiaomi has finally launched its three new RedmiBook models in China. The RedmiBook 13, RedmiBook 14, and RedmiBook 16 are all powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series processors and come in multiple configurations with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

BSNL has implemented a new DNS or Domain Name System to provide faster internet to its broadband and Fiber-to-the-home users. The AnyCast DNS 61.1.1.1 implementation was shared by several BSNL executives on Twitter.

We have the first trailer for Dark season 3, and it’s releasing June 27 — as nearly everyone predicted. Netflix unveiled the Dark season 3 release date in a short one-minute teaser trailer for the show’s final season.