AWS brings M1 Mac minis to its cloud

At today’s AWS re:Invent keynote, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels announced that AWS will now offer M1 Mac minis as part of its EC2 compute service. It was only last year that AWS first brought Mac minis to its cloud. Using the Thunderbolt port, these minis connect to the AWS Nitro System, which hel

Taiwan's bargaining chips?

The technewss Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. Over four days at the beginning of October, almost 150 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone, provoking criticism from Tai

Here's what's happening today at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021

And we're off to the data races! Yes, today iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021 dives deep into the data science solutions that power artificial intelligence and machine learning. It's shaping up to be a productive and opportunity-filled day. Don't have a pass yet? No problem — they're

Daily Crunch: Spotify packs its 2021 year-end recap with new sharing, social features

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for December 1, 2021! Yes, we've made it to the final inning of the year, which means that the news cycle will slow and we a

Gift Guide: The smarter home

If you’re just starting to build out a smart home, look no further than Zack Whittaker’s excellent starter kit guide, which should lay the groundwork for a connected home experience. But if you’ve already taken the plunge and find yourself with the key ingredients in place for a s

How to execute an amplified marketing strategy

Content marketers today face a constant struggle between keeping up with the volume of content they're expected to produce and getting creative to produce rich, quality work that deeply impacts their audience. Content marketing is recognized as a powerful tool, driving higher conversions than t

AWS launches SageMaker Studio Lab, a free tool for learning machine learning

At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced SageMaker Studio Lab, a free service to help developers learn machine learning techniques and experiment with the technology. Studio Lab provides users with all of the basics to get started, including a JupyterLab IDE, model training on CPUs and GPUs

Don't miss what's happening tomorrow at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021

Tomorrow's the day, folks! Join more than 1,600 attendees at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021, a free, day-long series of masterclasses focused on AI, ML and the data solutions that power and improve them. If you don't have your pass yet, register here to reserve your seat. If your slice o

Cannabis and banking vets launch credit card for dispensaries

Most consumer cannabis transactions are done in cash, legal or not. Since the United States classifies cannabis as a Title IV drug, the banking industry is unwilling and unable to provide services to cannabis operations. That leaves dispensaries managing and protecting massive sums of cash, and the

Republic acquires the UK's Seedrs in $100M deal to push into Europe

UK equity crowdfunding business Seedrs – who's merger with rival Crowdcube was earlier blocked by competition regulators – has been acquired by start-up investing platform Republic in a $100m deal.The move comes after Seedrs criticised the the UK's Competition and Markets Author

Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs

With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75% of European companies across the EU and the U.K., the regulatory environment is evolving fast. Non-financial data, such as carbon emissions, is catching up with

Daily Crunch: AWS unveils new open source autoscaling tool Karpenter at customer conference

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, November 30, 2021! This is the last newsletter of the month, which means that tomorrow is December. Get ready for t

Gift Guide: 15 gift ideas for gamers when the next-gen consoles aren’t an option

Welcome to technewss's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We've got lots of them. Looking for our other guides? Find them here! The giving season has arrived, but an ample supply of next-gen consoles has not. Between chip shortages and resellers/bots, the chances of someon

Developers and designers can help businesses manage the semiconductor shortage

Matt Murphy, the CEO of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology, predicted in October that the semiconductor shortage will extend into 2022 and beyond. The shortage is already having a huge impact across the world, with German carmaker Opel announcing the pause of some of its operations until the start o