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FedEx to close data centers, retire all mainframes saving $400m

FedEx is to close its data centers and retire all of its remaining mainframes within the next two years. Speaking during the FedEx investor day, FedEx CIO Rob Carter said the company is aiming for a ‘zero data center, zero mainframe’ environment based in the cloud, which will result in $400 million in savings annually.

30 member tech team runs India's biggest stock broker

30 member tech team formed over seven years built India's largest stock broker. Unconventional setup. The long pending tech blog is finally here. Some backstory and context.

Amazon spending $465 million on season 1 of The Lord of the Rings series

Amazon has been working on a Lord of the Rings TV show for years, and they seem determined that it eclipse anything ever attempted on TV before. The company spent $250 million on the rights alone, and that’s before an actor was cast or a camera turned on. Now, Deadline confirms that the first season of the show will cost $465 million to produce.

Full remote tech jobs pay better

The Global Tech Talent Trends released by Landing.Jobs in an exclusive and virtual event shows the tech talent market has massively shifted.

How to animate multiplayer cursors

Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real‑world conditions are taken into account—here’s a quick introduction to a few different methods, plus some React snippets.

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