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Microsoft and Oracle gang up against Amazon in the cloud
Microsoft and Oracle have reached an agreement to make their two cloud computing services work together with high-speed links between their data centers. Read more…
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Who has more data on you than Facebook, Google or Amazon?
Who is this party that knows more about you and collects more of your data? Is it Facebook, Google, Amazon, governments, banks or your ISP? Think again! Read more…
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Amazon’s reported interest in US wireless market “batshit crazy”
One analyst called Amazon’s reported interest in the US wireless market “batshit crazy.” Another called it a “trojan horse” to kill off big wireless players. Read more…
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Amazon, Flipkart unlikely to participate in India antitrust study
Amazon.com and Walmart’s Flipkart are unlikely to fully participate in an Indian antitrust body’s study of the e-commerce sector. Read more…
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Amazon rejects curbing use of facial recognition tech
Amazon on Wednesday said shareholders rejected proposals to curb and audit its facial recognition service despite calls to regulate the technology. Read more…
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Amazon backlash in India – Hindu gods on toilet seat covers
Amazon.com faced a social media backlash in India after toilet seat covers and other items with images of Hindu gods were spotted on its website. Read more…
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Amazon introduces machines that pack orders, replace humans
Amazon.com is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its human workers: boxing up customer orders. Read more…
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US presidential candidate vows to break up big tech
Presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren vows to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook if elected to promote competition in the technology sector. Read more…
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India will ban e-commerce companies under new rules
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will ban e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com and Walmart-owned Flipkart Group from selling products from companies in which they have an equity interest. In a statement, the government also said Read more…
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Amazon builds its own machine-learning chip
(Reuters) – Amazon.com on Wednesday launched a microchip aimed at so-called machine learning, entering a market that both Intel and Nvidia are counting on to boost their earnings in the coming years. Amazon is one Read more…