Andy Jassy becomes Amazon CEO as scrutiny over labor, antitrust practices grows – CNET
An architect of cloud juggernaut Amazon Web Services will serve as the face of Amazon as he takes over for Jeff Bezos on Monday.
Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Like most Internet-of-things (IoT) devices these days, Amazon’s Echo Dot gives users a way to perform a factory reset so, as the corporate behemoth says, users…
Robinhood ordered to pay $70m penalty to US regulator
Enlarge A Wall Street regulator has ordered the retail trading platform Robinhood to pay more than $70m in penalties for causing what it described as “widespread and significant” harm to…
Starlink’s “next-generation” user terminal will cost a lot less, Musk says
Enlarge SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company’s Starlink division is trying to cut the price of its user terminal from $500 to as low as $250. Starlink has been charging…
Wimbledon: The tech behind the world’s top tennis tournament
The first of Wimbledon’s tech bunkers, operated by IBM. This is the data ingestion room. For more data on the IBM tech bunker, read our story from a couple of…
Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users’ Facebook passwords
Enlarge (credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Google has given the boot to nine Android apps downloaded more than 5.8 million times from the company’s Play marketplace after researchers said…
Buzz Capital invests $594K to finance 2 game projects
Buzz Capital has raised $594,000 to finance games from the developers Fundamentally Games and Dream Harvest.Read More
HPE acquires Zerto for $374M to automate data protection
HPE acquires Zerto for $374 million to automate data protection via a service that spans a wide range of IT infrastructure platforms.Read More
Applause: 69% say digital accessibility is high priority
The push for digital accessibility is growing, with 69% of respondents saying their company is prioritizing accessibility, Applause said.Read More
Three really exciting engineering jobs open at the moment
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. SPONSORED JOBS: After what feels like a lifetime of lockdowns, restrictions, and hitting…