According to Amazon, Trump “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks to steer the JEDI Contract away from AWS to harm his perceived political enemy-Jeffrey P. Bezos.””Throughout the final year of the multi-year award process, the President of the United States and Commander in Chief of our military used his power to “screw Amazon” out of…
Microsoft bought Wunderlist creator 6Wunderkinder in 2015 and announced To Do (or To-Do, as it was known then) in April 2017. It launched a redesigned version of To Do in September, which brought the service closer in line with Wunderlist’s feature set while deepening its integration with several Microsoft services, including Outlook, Microsoft Planner and…
Bezos likewise made it clear that Amazon would continue to fight for more military business even after the Pentagon spurned it in favor of Microsoft for the JEDI contract. “We are going to support the Department of Defense, this country is important,” he said.The tech pioneer isn’t uniformly supportive of the government, and Amazon has…
Looking for a quick and easy way to avoid paying out an 8-figure class action sexual harassment claim? Don’t treat your workplace like it’s a stereotypical frat house from an ’80s teen comedy. It’s really not difficult.$25 million dollars. Roughly half of what it would cost to fix Flint Michigan’s water supply. And they’re spending…
Two of the world’s larger car makers were the victims of a sophisticated (but still not very successful) hacking campaign. Bayerricscher Rundfunk has learned that intruders from the hacking group OceanLotus slipped into the networks of BMW and Hyundai in an attempt to find trade secrets. BMW, at least, found the hackers quickly — instead,…
Tech companies have been caught in corruption scandals before, but seldom on this scale. Telecom giant Ericsson has settled with the US Justice Department and SEC for just under $1.1 billion over charges of extensive corruption in several countries, including China, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. The company had been accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt…
The digital currency will allow anonymity to users… but only to an extent.Analysts are predicting the government-backed crypto will be out early next year.Blockchain efforts by the People’s Bank of China have ramped up in recent weeks.China has brushed aside concerns that its planned government-backed crypto will be used to keep tabs on the activities…
China continues its crackdown on crypto exchanges.Binance and Bithumb raid rumors cause widespread FUD.Will China’s U-turn on crypto impact the market?The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has reiterated its position on crypto trading, vowing the immediate disposal of cryptocurrency exchanges.For weeks China’s strict attitude towards cryptocurrencies has seemingly morphed into something less stringent. Blockchain technology…
Cryptocurrency and blockchain platforms have always viewed mass adoption as the holy grail of achievement. While it is true that the new industry is constantly improving its image and increasing global presence, it is still a far cry from mainstream adoption. This is especially true when it comes to actual sovereign countries and their governments…
Bitcoin plunges to six-month low.Crypto markets fall below $200 billion for the first time since the spring.Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index prints “extreme fear.”Crypto markets plunged anew on Friday and are on track for their worst performance in two months, as bitcoin’s fear and greed index flipped to “extreme fear” following China’s stern warning targeting…
