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The sound system maker will not allow existing customers to opt-out of the new privacy policy. Sonos has confirmed that existing customers will not be given an option to opt out of its new privacy policy, leaving customers with sound systems that may eventually "cease to function". It comes as the home sound system maker prepares to  begin collecting  audio settings, error data, and other account data before the  launch of its smart speaker integration  in the near future. A spokesperson for the home sound system maker told that, "if a customer chooses not to acknowledge the privacy statement, the customer will not be able to update the software on their Sonos system, and over time the functionality of the product will decrease." "The customer can choose to acknowledge the policy, or can accept that over time their product may cease to function," the spokesperson said. News of the changes was announced to customers in an email last week.

Microsoft is buying Cycle Computing, which develops software for orchestrating workloads in the Azure, Amazon, and Google clouds, for an undisclosed amount. Microsoft announced intentions to buy cloud-computing orchestration vendor Cycle Computing for an undisclosed amount. Microsoft is positioning the deal, announced on August 15, as a way for it to enable its customers to use high-performance computing and other "Big Computing" capabilities in the public cloud. From  Microsoft's blog post about the acquisition of Cycle Computing  from Azure corporate vice president Jason Zander: "As customers continue to look for faster, more efficient ways to run their workloads, Cycle Computing's depth and expertise around massively scalable applications make them a great fit to join our Microsoft team. Their technology will further enhance our support of Linux HPC workloads and make it easier to extend on-premise workloads to the cloud." Cycle Computin

The newly formed IT services giant reported $245 million in earnings before interest and tax during its first quarter as DXC Technology. DXC Technology has reported its first quarter earnings for fiscal 2018, posting earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $245 million and $173 million in net income on revenue of $5.9 billion. Global Business Services profit was $282 million on revenue of $2.267 billion, Global Infrastructure Services profit was $290 million on revenue of $2.969 billion, while the company's United States Public Sector segment brought in $77 million in profit off the back of $677 million in revenue. Overall, income before tax was $185 million in the first quarter, after outlaying $190 million in restructuring costs, $124 million in transaction and integration-related costs, and $120 million from the amortisation of acquired intangibles, the company said in its  report . The results are the first since the formation of DXC Technology in April, whi

Facebook will start ranking faster loading pages higher in News Feed, while showing fewer stories that take longer to load. Facebook has made yet another tweak to its News Feed algorithm as part of its ongoing effort to keep users interested in the content they see on the site. The social media giant said Wednesday that it will start ranking faster loading web pages higher in News Feed while showing fewer stories that might take longer to load. Facebook says the change will allow people to "spend more time reading the stories they find relevant," but it's also a way to push publishers to its Instant Articles format. Launched in 2016, Instant Articles lets publishers create faster-loading, interactive articles on the social network. The program has been somewhat controversial from the beginning, as publishers voiced concerns over how ad revenue would be shared between Facebook and those who produce the content. Facebook has recently tried to make Instant Arti