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Zoom’s revenue growth from online customers has been slowing notably over the last few quarters. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images…

It is not math or physicsThe secret ingredient to quantum computing mastery is not a degree in physics — unless you want to develop hardware, of course.But if you want to use quantum computing to solve problems no classical computer can solve, you don’t need to be a physicist. It is nice to have, but it is not mandatory.Sure, quantum computing builds upon the strange phenomena of the subatomic only a sublime group of physicists understand. But how could someone use a technology he doesn’t understand?I don’t know about…

DAVOS, Switzerland—Fears of an economic downturn have lately gathered steam. Corporate executives at the World Economic Forum here struck a mostly gloomy tone to match.“There is a cycle of mood,” said Alex Karp, chief executive of Palantir Technologies Inc. “You walk around and everyone thinks it’s going to be bad, so it’s going to be bad.” Mr. Karp isn’t alone, but the pessimism he says he’s picking up among other CEOs also isn’t uniform. “It will be…

Zoom Video Communications Inc. ZM -0.46% sales continued to slow as work life returns to normal and the demand for the company’s videoconferencing services winds down. The San Jose, Calif.-based company on Monday said that sales rose 12% in its first quarter, the slowest growth rate on record, and that the top line is expected to rise less than 10% in the current period. While it maintained its sales view for the year,…

A small number of workers at one of Activision ATVI -0.26% Blizzard Inc.’s studios has voted in favor of unionizing with the Communications Workers of America, a first for a major U.S. videogame publisher and another example of new groups organizing amid a labor crunch. Twenty-two quality-assurance testers at the studio—Middleton, Wis.-based Raven—took part in the vote Monday in the face of opposition from Activision management. They…

Broadcom Inc. AVGO -3.10% is in talks to pay around $60 billion for VMware Inc., VMW 24.78% people familiar with the matter said, in what would be one of the biggest takeover deals of the year.The two technology companies are aiming to announce a cash-and-stock deal worth about $140 a share on Thursday, assuming the talks don’t fall apart, the people said. The price wasn’t yet set and could still move around, some of…

GameStop Corp. GME 0.34% launched a digital wallet for cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens, pushing further into a buzzy area as it looks to turn around its core videogame business. The company said Monday that the move will allow gamers and others to store, send, receive and use cryptocurrencies and NFTs across decentralized apps without having to leave their web browsers. The Wall Street Journal in January reported…

Broadcom Inc. AVGO -0.55% is in advanced talks to buy VMware Inc., VMW 0.80% according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for what would be one of the year’s biggest deals. The technology companies are discussing a cash-and-stock deal that could come soon, assuming the talks don’t fall apart, the people said. VMware has a market value of $40 billion, while…

Both the number of parameters and size of models (see Figure 1) that refers to width and depth of the neural networks is skyrocketing.  Richer data means better predictive capabilities for businesses to anticipate customer preferences, trends, fraud, the climate – anything, really. But to analyze the data more effectively, companies need more computing power. Accelerated computing provides the computing power businesses need. In this article, we will introduce accelerated computing and its challenges in detail. Figure 1.…

TOKYO— Apple Inc. AAPL 0.17% has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing Beijing’s strict anti-Covid policy among other reasons, people involved in the discussions said.India and Vietnam, already sites for a small portion of Apple’s global production, are among the countries getting a closer look from the company as alternatives to China, the people said. More than 90% of Apple products such as iPhones, iPads and…