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Senior executives from Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Twitter Inc. will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept. 5 to discuss their efforts to prevent Russian meddling in November elections. Continue reading Facebook, Twitter, Google Executives to Testify Before Senate
CEO Tim Cook told analysts that Apple is on track to meet a goal of doubling fiscal 2016 services revenue by 2020. “We feel great about hitting our objectives and maybe even doing a little better,” he added. Continue reading Apple Looks to Services to Move Beyond iPhone Price Ceiling
Corporate America’s love affair with all things blockchain may be cooling. A number of software projects based on the distributed ledger technology will be wound down this year. Continue reading Blockchain, Once Seen as a Corporate Cure-All, Suffers Slowdown
China, Russia and Iran pose the biggest threats of computer attacks to spy on U.S. companies and steal their trade secrets, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The three countries have conducted sophisticated… Continue reading China, Russia, Iran Top Cyber Threats, U.S. Intelligence Finds
Amid a plummeting share price, Facebook Inc. wants panicked investors to believe Europe’s strict General Data Protection Regulation is to blame for fewer people using the social network in the region. EU lawmakers disagree. Continue reading Facebook, Twitter Say Europe's Privacy Law Causing User Drop
Revenue from Amazon Web Services, its profitable cloud-computing division, jumped 49 percent to $6.1 billion. Continue reading Amazon’s New Businesses Push Profit to a Record
The U.S. Defense Department issued a final request for proposals for a cloud services contract valued at as much as $10 billion. Continue reading Pentagon’s Winner-Take-All Move on Cloud Contract Expected to Favor Amazon
U.S. law enforcement agencies are increasingly asking technology companies for access to digital evidence on mobile phones and apps, with about 80 percent of the requests granted, a new study found. Continue reading Police Are Seeking More Digital Evidence From Tech Companies
Tech companies hire contractors to keep the official headcount low — a move that pleases investors and frees up millions of dollars to retain superstars in fields like artificial intelligence. But what does that mean for everyday IT workers? Continue reading Inside Google's Shadow Workforce of Contract Laborers
Behind the scenes, big tech companies are funding secret projects to develop robots. Continue reading Big Tech is Throwing Money and Talent at Robots for the Home