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Tech billionaires take center stage at Trump inauguration
AFP, Published on 21/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US tech multibillionaires -- including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos -- were given prime positions at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, in an unprecedented demonstration of their power and influence in the White House.
US House to vote to provide $3bn to remove Chinese telecoms equipment
Reuters, Published on 08/12/2024
» WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives is set to vote next week on an annual defense bill that includes just over $3 billion for U.S. telecom companies to remove equipment made by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE from American wireless networks to address security risks.
Conservative social network Parler sues Amazon over web shutdown
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» NEW YORK - The social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday after the tech giant's web division forced the conservative-friendly network offline for failing to rein in incitements to violence.
Massive outage hits Google services worldwide
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» NEW YORK - A massive outage knocked Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe Monday.
Pentagon 'wishes to reconsider' awarding JEDI contract to Microsoft
AFP, Published on 13/03/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US Department of Defense said Thursday it wants to reconsider its decision to award a multi-billion-dollar military cloud computing contract to Microsoft in a bidding process Amazon claims was tainted by politics.
Cloud computing: invisible, versatile and highly profitable
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - With each passing quarter, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have been setting new records, while cloud computing has become the invisible backbone supporting much of our daily lives. Its potential to become an even bigger part of people's daily existence is sky-high.
Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon
AFP, Published on 26/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - The Pentagon said Friday it is awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, following a highly scrutinized bidding process which Amazon had been favored to win.
Amazon pays a price for one-day delivery as profit growth slows
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Amazon appeared to pay a hefty price for its move to speedy shipping, as the online giant reported profits below expectations as it ramped up for one-day deliveries.
Amazon to pull plug on China retail operations
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» SHANGHAI - Amazon is planning to close down online retail operations catering to consumers in China, in an apparent admission of defeat to local e-commerce rivals such as Alibaba, a report said on Thursday.
'The new oil': Dublin strikes it rich as Europe's data hub
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» DUBLIN - A new industrial revolution is under way on the outskirts of Dublin.