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Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Teams comes to Linux in public preview today with all of the core capabilities available to users.
Microsoft says Teams is the “Office app that is coming to Linux desktops.” The tech giant didn’t specify which Office apps will follow.
Teams rival Slack (NYSE:WORK) already had a Linux client.
Slack shares closed today down 3.4% to $22.21.
Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) receives a three-year contract extension from the California State Lottery.
SGMS will continue as the lottery’s primary provider of instant games and associated services through November 2022 with optional extensions through 2025.
Scientific Games shares are up 0.2% after hours to $27.30.
Barclays analysts say Uber (UBER +0.9%) and Lyft (LYFT -0.5%) are well-positioned to achieve profitability.
The group of analysts cites a Barclays analysis of about 2.4B taxi and ride-hailing trips in NYC and how raising prices affected the number of rides. The introduction of a congestion tax in the city provided a natural experiment for the price elasticity of demand.
Barclays says the companies can raise prices to achieve a profit with only a small impact on volumes, which disproves “a key piece of the bear case.”
Amazon (AMZN -0.4%) has issued a fix for security flaws in the Blink XT2 camera systems.
Security researchers at Tenable had discovered seven severe vulnerabilities that could let hackers take full control of the device and access the camera footage remotely.
Amazon: “Customers have received automatic security updates addressing these issues for impacted device.”
Hungary’s 4iG has called for an end to talks over buying the IT arm of Deutsche Telekom’s (DTEGY -0.5%) local division, Bloomberg notes from regulatory filings.
Commitments on shared projects remain valid, but they have canceled a nonbinding agreement made in July.
