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Facebook Takes Down Exposed User Data On Amazon Server

Mexican firm responsible however refuses to accept 540 million records on Facebook users was sensitive

6 years ago

Apple Takes On Media Giants, Banks In Services Push

The Apple TV+ streaming service focuses on original content, while Apple also launches paid gaming and news services – and…

6 years ago

Government Review Urges Law Overhaul To Tackle Facebook, Google Domination

Competition laws need overhaul to tackle dominance of tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Amazon

6 years ago

French Digital Tax To Swell Government Coffers

Nice little earner. French finance minister predicts its digital tax could bring in half a billion pounds a year

6 years ago

Amazon Ditches Plans For New York HQ2

Online giant cancels its plans to build campus in Queens, after tax break opposition and questions about unions

6 years ago

Amazon Go Food Store To Open In Central London – Report

Check-out free supermarket to open in capital after Amazon secures retail space in central London

6 years ago

IBM Brings Watson AI To Rival Clouds

Watson AI services are set to become available on almost any infrastructure, including private clouds and multiple clouds, as IBM…

6 years ago

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Hits Surprise Roadblock

Political opposition to the company's plans for a second heaquarters in Queens unexpectedly gains ground over 'secretive' £2.3bn deal

6 years ago

Amazon Urges ‘Transparency’ In Law Enforcement Use Of Face Recognition

Amazon's AWS and others face a backlash against the use of AI-powered face identification tools, with privacy groups saying they…

6 years ago

Amazon Tax Pay Reignites Digital Tax Row

Tax dodging accusations fly as Amazon allegedly only paid £62m corporation tax over past 20 years

6 years ago

Alexa Urges User To ‘Kill Foster Parents’ In Unsettling Incident

Amazon's use of experimental chatbots on its Alexa AI platform has led to some disturbing conversations and a security breach,…

6 years ago

Former NASA Engineer Tricks Parcel Thieves With High-Tech Glitter Bomb

The engineer's practical joke comes as Amazon invests heavily into improving the security of parcel deliveries

6 years ago

Biggest NHS GP IT Supplier To Shift 40m Patient Records To Amazon Cloud

Emis Group, used by six in 10 GPs, plans to shift the back-end of its dominant web software to UK-based…

6 years ago

Amazon Adds Apple Music To Echo Devices In Time For Christmas Season

Apple's popular music service, said to be neck-in-neck with Spotify in the US, debuts on Amazon's smart speakers in mid-December

6 years ago

Proposed EU Digital Tax Plans Face Defeat This Week

Ireland and Scandinavian countries oppose plans for an interim tax on the biggest digital companies, while troubles also beset a…

6 years ago

Amazon Customer Data Leaked Ahead Of Black Friday

Blames 'technical error' for disclosure of customer names and email address, as it fixes flaw

6 years ago

Amazon Selects New York, Virginia For HQ2

Go east! Amazon has headed to the US East coast and will split its second headquarters between two locations

6 years ago

US Judge Asks Amazon For Echo Data In Murder Case

Did Amazon Echo device hear the murder of two US women? Police ask Amazon for the audio recordings

6 years ago

France, Germany Pull Back On Plans For Tax On US Digital Giants

Under a new compromise, the EU now aims to implement its 3 percent tax on large digital companies' revenues by…

6 years ago

Super Micro To Test For Chinese Spy Chips

World's largest motherboard maker is to review its hardware to check reports on Chinese spy chips

6 years ago

France’s Le Maire: European Tax On Tech Giants Is Question Of ‘Sovereignty’

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire argues the only thing holding the tax on Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and the…

6 years ago

Amazon Latest In EU Regulatory Spotlight With Commission Data Probe

The Commission's preliminary investigation is to focus on Amazon's use of data from its third-party sellers, and whether it could…

6 years ago

Snap Trials Amazon Visual Search On Snapchat

The feature, in testing with a few initial US users, allows shoppers to link to Amazon listings by snapping a…

6 years ago

Amazon Joins Apple After It Reaches $1 Trillion Value

Former bookseller briefly crosses $1 billion market valuation threshold as broadening portfolio drives growth

6 years ago

Document Scanning Firm Exposes More Than 140 Gigabytes Of Corporate Documents

Scanning and optical character recognition firm Abbyy left an Amazon-hosted server open for anyone to access

6 years ago

Labour Proposes Tax On Tech Giants To Boost Media Independence

A 'digital licence fee' paid for by the biggest tech firms could help fund investigative, public interest journalism, Jeremy Corbyn…

6 years ago

Apple Reaches $1 Trillion Valuation In Market First

Apple is the first publicly traded US company to be worth $1tn, following ten years of stellar smartphone expansion

6 years ago

Amazon Profits From Cloud, Advertising Growth

Profits ahoy. Amazon's positive outlook cheers investors after Facebook disappointment

6 years ago

Microsoft, Walmart Join Forces Against Amazon

Walmart is to use Microsoft's cloud services as it looks for ways to fend off pressure from Amazon

6 years ago

Alexa Chip Takes Aim At The Internet Of Things

DSP's ultra-low-power Alexa-enabled voice processor aims to put Amazon's assistant into battery-powered gadgets

6 years ago