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An Amazon.com Inc. team auditing Alexa users’ commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer’s home address, according to five employees familiar with the program. Continue reading Amazon's Alexa Reviewers Can Access Customers' Home Addresses
The e-commerce giant widened its lead over Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in Asia’s cloud computing market in 2018, and the company says its overseas cloud expansion will continue to outpace its domestic growth as the company pushes further into o… Continue reading Alibaba Cloud Mulls Global Push While Trouncing Amazon at Home
The Pentagon official who developed a controversial $10 billion cloud-computing project is stepping down after four years of efforts to upgrade the Defense Department’s information technology systems. Continue reading Pentagon’s Designer of $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Is Stepping Down
A vocal group of Microsoft Corp. employees is calling on the company to support a rare online protest from Chinese technology workers spawned on GitHub, the software code-sharing site Microsoft owns. Continue reading Microsoft Workers Criticize Block of GitHub Protest in China
Problems with the Fold screen would be a dealbreaker all on their own. But the issues go deeper. As a phone, it’s not good enough. Continue reading Why Samsung Had to Delay the Galaxy Foldable Phone
The Galaxy Fold, priced at almost $2,000, was hit by early reviews that showed several problems with test versions of the device. Continue reading Samsung to Delay Launch of Galaxy Fold Phone, WSJ Reports
IBM reported a decline in revenue from the cloud-computing, artificial intelligence and cognitive software unit that the company is hanging its future on. Continue reading IBM Falls Most Since October After Cloud Growth Disappoints
Apple needs chips that will connect the iPhone to the new, fifth-generation wireless networks being introduced now or risk falling behind its rivals. The company had bet on Intel Corp., but recently decided its would-be 5G supplier wasn’t up to the tas… Continue reading Apple Puts Need for 5G Ahead of Legal Fight in Qualcomm Deal
Microsoft Corp. is joining a climate advocacy group backed by big energy corporations and high-profile Republicans, an effort by the software giant to find middle ground on environmental issues that have polarized U.S. politics. Continue reading Microsoft Backs Carbon Tax With Republican-Backed Climate Group
Outreach Inc., a software maker that helps to automate essential, but mundane work for salespeople, crossed the billion-dollar valuation threshold. Outreach will use the new investment to make sure it can integrate with all communication channels, bols… Continue reading Microsoft-Backed Sales Software Maker Outreach Becomes a Unicorn