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Google LLC will open a cloud data center in Warsaw, Poland, to provide better service to Central and Eastern European companies, the company announced today. The search giant plans to build three so-called availability zones as part of the project. Availability zones …
Anonymous researcher publishes ‘unpatchable’ iOS exploit
A security researcher who goes by the pseudonym “axi0mX” has discovered a supposedly unpatchable iOS vulnerability affecting six generations of Apple Inc. devices. The anonymous exploit finder published code demonstrating the bug on GitHub earlier today, and, just hours later, members of …
Uber merges ride-hailing and food delivery into a single app
Uber Technologies Inc. is merging its food delivery service into its main ride-hailing app to provide users with a single destination for accessing on-demand transportation. The integration is one of several upcoming changes Uber previewed today at an event in San Francisco. The company …
Facebook now reportedly facing an antitrust probe from the DOJ
Officials at the U.S. Justice Department are preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Facebook Inc., it was reported Wednesday evening. The information comes by way of Bloomberg and Reuters, which both attributed the news to an unnamed “person familiar with the …
Salesforce, Slack join $22.5M round into cloud cost control startup Zylo
An underused Salesforce plan here or a superfluous Office 365 subscription there isn’t a big concern in a startup. But in a large enterprise with thousands of employees, wasteful cloud spending can add up to a major expense. Indianapolis-based Zylo Inc. today …
Alexa everywhere: Amazon intros Echo Loop ring, voice-controlled glasses and more
Every year in September, Amazon.com Inc. drops a slew of new Alexa-powered devices spanning multiple product categories. The 2018 lineup was difficult to top — the company introduced over a dozen gadgets — but the online retail and cloud giant still managed …
Amid pressure from activist investors, eBay CEO Devin Wenig steps down
The past few days have not been kind to top tech executives. On Tuesday, The We Co. Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann stepped down after reportedly facing pressure to resign from both the board and major investors. Fast forward to this morning, …
Alibaba bolsters AI capabilities with homegrown Hanguang 800 chip
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today pulled back the curtains on the Hanguang 800, a homegrown chip optimized for artificial intelligence that already helps power some of its services. The Chinese e-commerce firm joins an existing list of tech giants running internally designed …
WeWork’s Adam Neumann out as CEO, will reportedly give up majority control
The We Co. Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann will step down from the top post in response to the recent criticism around his leadership, the company said today. “While our business has never been stronger, in recent weeks, the scrutiny directed toward …
Europe’s top court sides with Google in high-profile ‘right to be forgotten’ case
Google LLC has successfully argued before the European Court of Justice that it isn’t obligated to enforce the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” regulation outside the region. The ECJ ruled today that the policy, which requires the search giant to scrub …