Customer ‘paranoia’ over Amazon Web Services could help Microsoft unseat it as the dominant cloud in the market, analyst says
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A group of small tech firms told Congress that Google, Apple and Amazon used bullying tactics to try to crush them.
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Joe Biden slams Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook for having too much power: ‘I’ve never been a big Zuckerberg fan. I think he’s a real problem’
AOC slams facial recognition: "This is some real life Black Mirror stuff"
Google is buying an Irish retail search startup called Pointy
Apple has reignited a privacy battle with the Trump administration by declining to unlock a mass shooter’s iPhone
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US military members are still posting to TikTok despite China spy risk
A secretive spyware company is selling cameras and listening devices disguised as tombstones and car seats to police and federal agencies like the FBI and ICE
‘This airplane is designed by clowns’: Damning Boeing emails reveal internal complaints made about 737 Max safety and information being covered up.
A police department collected 65,000 face scans — but the system hasn’t been connected to a single arrest
Authorities in Hong Kong seized nearly 4,000 cell phones from protesters, and activists are concerned that police are reading their messages and installing spyware
Lawmakers hammered a Facebook VP over misinformation on its platform and loopholes in its ban on deepfakes
Teen Vogue story on Facebook prompts sponsored content fears, vanishes
PayPal's $4B Honey acquisition is a bet on the affiliate model and loyalty programs, as it aims to control the starting point of a transaction alongside payment
Elon Musk says a device resembling a ‘UFO on a stick’ will connect people to SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service
The head of CES defended inviting Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker by saying she’s done ‘great work’
Sony surprises with electric concept car unveiling at CES 2020
Facebook just banned deepfakes, but the policy has loopholes — and a widely-circulated deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg is allowed to stay up
Airbnb has patented software that digs through social media to root out people who display ‘narcissism or psychopathy’
Sacha Baron Cohen satirically described Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a ‘naive, misguided child who spreads Nazi propaganda’
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roasted Apple for its ‘Chinese sweatshops’ in front of hordes of celebrities as Tim Cook watched from the audience
Samsung made a super-ultrawide monitor that even the most powerful gaming PC probably can’t keep up with
12 AI Startups That Will Boom in 2019, According to VCs
Apple will need to reckon with Russia in 2020, thanks to a new law forcing pre-installation of Kremlin-approved apps
Tesla delivered 367,500 cars in 2019 — beating its own guidance
Samsung just announced cheaper versions of the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 — and it’s further evidence the industry is changing as smartphone prices have skyrocketed
Iran’s ‘forceful revenge’ against the US is likely to include cyber warfare, and experts warn cyberattacks could bring US infrastructure to a grinding halt
Former Google exec says he was ‘sidelined’ as the company refused to implement human rights policies while pushing into China
TikTok’s first transparency report says China made 0 censorship or information requests in the first half of 2019, while the US made 85
New law lets you tell websites not to sell your personal data — here’s how to exercise your rights
Microsoft researchers used a laser to encode Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ on a piece of glass
Thousands of Google cafeteria staff have unionized, and it’s the latest group of Google’s ‘shadow workforce’ to join a union
Elon Musk says SpaceX hopes to launch its revolutionary rocket system that could eventually put people on Mars within ‘2 to 3 months’
Amazon is set to open a homeless shelter in its Seattle HQ with the capacity to serve 275 people, through an expanded partnership with nonprofit Mary's Place
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Obama’s ‘favourite books of 2019’ list includes a title that slammed his administration’s incestuous relationship with Google
Ring and Amazon get slammed with a federal lawsuit that claims the companies failed to secure cameras against hackers
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The CEO of $48B Shopify says long hours aren't necessary for success
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Newly released documents show T-Mobile considered a merger with the media giant Comcast, in addition to its merger with Sprint, in a plan to create one of the biggest companies in the world
Bill Gates played secret Santa for a lucky person on the internet — here’s everything she got in her 81-pound package
Huawei attacks Wall Street Journal for report on $75bn China state aid
Elon Musk said you don’t need a college degree to work at Tesla
Uniqlo’s robots have already replaced 90% of its human workers at its flagship warehouse, now they have cracked the difficult task of folding T-shirts
Amazon’s algorithms keep labelling illegal drugs and diet supplements as ‘Amazon’s Choice’ products, even when they violate the marketplace’s own rules
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