Is this the laptop bubble? (Aaron Pressman/Fortune)

PC sales are the highest in a whole decade. This is the web version of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter on the business of tech. Sign up to get it... Read more »

IBM Planning 10,000 Job Cuts in Europe Ahead of Unit Sale (Slashdot)

International Business Machines is planning to cut about 10,000 jobs in Europe in an attempt to lower costs at its slow-growth services unit and prepare the business for a... Read more »

Dell reports green shoots in enterprise infrastructure biz after seven consecutive quarters of shrin (webmaster@theregister.co.uk (Paul Kunert)/The Register)

SMEs are spending again, claims tech giant It is now seven straight quarters since Dell’s infrastructure unit last grew but COO Jeff Clarke reckons he’s spotted some green shoots... Read more »

Intel Cisco: It Might Be A Great Time To Double Down On Value Tech Stocks (Trefis Team, Contributor/Forbes.com Market News)

Value Tech Stocks such as Oracle and Intel have had a mixed year. There was good reason for this, as the deep Covid-19 recession, abundant liquidity following interest rate... Read more »

Apple 3.0’s Zoom No. 3 is set for Dec. 5 @ 7 p.m. ET (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWitt)

Coming next month: A Zoom ask-me-anything with Loup Venture’s Gene Munster (subscribers only) Sign up instructions below (subscribers only). This Saturday’s Zoom No. 2 is fully booked; invitations are... Read more »

Apple: Wedbush sees ‘surge of demand’ for AirPods (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWitt)

From a note to clients by analyst Daniel Ives that landed on my desktop Wednesday. As we head into Black Friday and the start of holiday shopping season we... Read more »

Technology-Enabled Self Tours Helping Fill COVID-Era Apartments (Jeffrey Steele, Contributor/Forbes Business News)

During some of the most difficult weeks of a pandemic, apartment building owners and operators are increasingly dependent on technology tools that enable self touring, to help ensure occupancy... Read more »

Creator Of Amazon’s Zoox Robotaxi Unit Has A New Self-Driving Startup (Alan Ohnsman, Forbes Staff/Forbes Business News)

Tim Kentley Klay is re-emerging with a new startup developing AI-enabled software he hopes will allow cars to teach themselves to drive.Tim Kentley Klay is re-emerging with a new... Read more »

Black Businesses Receive Tech Industry Push Ahead Of Holiday Shopping Bonanza (Ruth Umoh, Forbes Staff/Forbes Business News)

As the pandemic threatens the most important shopping day of the year, companies are taking steps to put the Black in Black Friday.As the pandemic threatens the most important... Read more »

Linus Torvalds wants Linux running on Apples new M1 Macs (Mark Wyci?lik-Wilson/Betanews)

When Apple launched its new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini systems, there was much excitement about the performance boost the M1 chips are bringing to the table.... Read more »
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