SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon’s machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new AI-powered recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants’ resumes with Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements from Apple and Amazon that have denied a Bloomberg report that their supply chains were Read more…
(Reuters) – Apple and Amazon denied a Bloomberg Businessweek report on Thursday that said their systems had been infiltrated by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence agents. Bloomberg cited 17 unidentified sources from intelligence Read more…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Amazon is in talks with Chile to house and mine massive amounts of data generated by the country’s giant telescopes, which could prove fertile ground for the company to develop new artificial Read more…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com plans to launch an advertising-supported video service for users of its Fire TV streaming devices, news website The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Highly profitable ad sales were a bright Read more…
You have to wonder if – finally – the fortunes of three of the four (maybe five) digital giants are beginning to properly suffer and whether scrutiny from regulators is beginning to bite. Facebook seems Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon to Toyota Motor Corp and Alcoa are working to counter the effect of the Trump administration’s trade policies and to head off new Read more…
(Reuters) – Amazon said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Marriott International to help increase guest access to amenities with Alexa, through its voice-controlled device Echo, in an attempt to expand its presence in Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon’s automated grocery shop, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Redmond, Read more…
(Reuters) – Microsoft said on Monday it would buy privately held coding website GitHub for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing business and challenge market leader Amazon. The deal Read more…
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