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Following NHTSA investigation, Tesla blocks gaming while cars are being driven

By Duncan Riley Dec 23, 2021

In response to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation, Tesla Inc. today said it has disabled the ability to play video games while their vehicles are being driven. As reported yesterday,…

Apps

Tencent distributes $16.4B worth of JD.com stock to its shareholders

By Mike Wheatley Dec 23, 2021

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is offloading its stake in JD.com Inc., the country’s second-largest e-commerce company. Shenzhen-based Tencent will reportedly hand out the 460 million ordinary shares of JD.com worth a reported…

Infra

Report: Intel to build new chip fab sites in Germany, France and Italy

By Mike Wheatley Dec 23, 2021

Intel Corp. has reportedly chosen to construct a new, multi-billion dollar chip fab in Germany, with supporting facilities to be built in France and Italy, as part of its plans to expand computer chip…

NEWS

Automation Anywhere buys FortressIQ for its AI-powered process discovery platform

By Maria Deutscher Dec 23, 2021

Robotic process automation provider Automation Anywhere Inc. today announced that it’s acquiring FortressIQ Inc., an artificial intelligence startup backed by investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft Corp.’s M12 fund. The deal’s financial terms were…

NEWS

Amazon reaches NLRB settlement that will let workers more easily organize

By Maria Deutscher Dec 23, 2021

Amazon.com Inc. has reached a nationwide settlement with the National Labor Relations Board that will give workers at the company’s warehouses greater flexibility to organize, the New York Times reported today. The agreement is…

NEWS

Report: FTC Chair Lina Khan is advancing an investigation into AWS

By Maria Deutscher Dec 23, 2021

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is advancing an investigation into Amazon Web Services Inc.’s business practices, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, Reuters reported that the FTC has asked several companies…

Blockchain

NFT-backed loan platform Arcade raises $15M

By Kyt Dotson Dec 23, 2021

Arcade, a platform that allows users to use nonfungible tokens as collateral for loans, announced Wednesday that it raised $15 million in new funding to expand its team and platform, which is already in…

NEWS

Lawmakers criticize Meta for its part in fomenting violent division in the US

By James Farrell Dec 22, 2021

A group of Democratic senators has sent a letter to Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to express their concern about his company’s seeming inability to stop misinformation from spreading on his platform…

Security

Data stolen in business email compromise attack on W. Virginia hospital operator

By Duncan Riley Dec 22, 2021

Monongalia Health System Inc., a company that runs three hospitals in West Virginia, has been struck by a business email compromise attack. Described Dec. 21 by the company as a “data security incident,” the attack…

Security

Vulnerability in Azure App Service exposed hundreds of source code repositories

By Duncan Riley Dec 22, 2021

A vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure App Service has been found to expose hundreds of source code repositories. Discovered by security researchers at Wiz Inc. and detailed Dec. 21, the vulnerability, dubbed “NotLegit,” involves…

Year: 2021

Following NHTSA investigation, Tesla blocks gaming while cars are being driven

Tencent distributes $16.4B worth of JD.com stock to its shareholders

Report: Intel to build new chip fab sites in Germany, France and Italy

Automation Anywhere buys FortressIQ for its AI-powered process discovery platform

Amazon reaches NLRB settlement that will let workers more easily organize

NFT-backed loan platform Arcade raises $15M

Lawmakers criticize Meta for its part in fomenting violent division in the US

Data stolen in business email compromise attack on W. Virginia hospital operator

Vulnerability in Azure App Service exposed hundreds of source code repositories

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