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Uber and Lyft ordered by judge to classify drivers in California as employees

By Duncan Riley Aug 10, 2020

A judge in California ruled today that Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. must classify their California-based drivers as employees to comply with state law. California Assembly Bill 5, signed into law Sept. 18…

Apps

Facebook investigation reveals QAnon groups have millions of members

By James Farrell Aug 10, 2020

Facebook Inc. has found that the QAnon community on its platform could have as many as 3 million members, according to an investigation that was reviewed today by NBC News. The top 10 of…

Cloud

IDC study reveals wide-ranging COVID-19 impact on tech spending

By Mike Wheatley Aug 10, 2020

A new study commissioned by Google LLC on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect information technology budgets has found that 60% of enterprises surveyed expect either no change or to increase their spending this…

Apps

Facebook forms new group to oversee payments and related financial efforts

By Duncan Riley Aug 10, 2020

Facebook Inc. today said it has formed a new product group to oversee its payments and related financial efforts. It’s called F2 internally, short for Facebook Financial. The group, led by David Marcus (pictured), who also…

Cloud

Pentagon asks for more time to consider JEDI contract reevaluation

By Mike Wheatley Aug 10, 2020

The U.S. Department of Defense has requested a 30-day extension before it makes a final decision about its $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure project. The JEDI project entails building cloud computing infrastructure for…

Big Data

Data storage solutions evolve to address ‘archival avalanche’

By Silvia Fregoni Aug 10, 2020

Data is being created at an unprecedented speed, posing many infrastructure challenges for businesses of all types and sizes. One primary challenge is effective storage of a data archive — data that is not accessed…

Apps

Google gives Android TV’s developer tooling an upgrade

By Maria Deutscher Aug 10, 2020

Google LLC today updated its developer tools to make it easier to build apps for smart TVs powered by Android TV, a platform with an increasingly big role in its consumer hardware strategy. Android…

AI

Researchers deploy Nvidia’s latest AI systems to battle COVID-19

By Mike Wheatley Aug 10, 2020

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging described today how they’re using Nvidia Corp.’s latest artificial intelligence systems to aid their fight against COVID-19. The researchers are using AI…

Security

Reddit hacked and defaced with pro-Trump messages in English and Chinese

By Duncan Riley Aug 9, 2020

Reddit Inc. is the latest company to be hacked, with some 70 groups on the site defaced with pro-Donald Trump messages. The hack occurred on Friday and involved those behind the attack accessing accounts…

Apps

Twitter shows interest in acquisition as TikTok plans to sue over ban

By Duncan Riley Aug 9, 2020

Twitter Inc. is reportedly the latest company interested in acquiring Chinese-owned social video app TikTok, just as app owner ByteDance Ltd. claims it will sue the Trump administration this week over a ban. The saga…

the latest

Uber and Lyft ordered by judge to classify drivers in California as employees

Facebook investigation reveals QAnon groups have millions of members

Facebook forms new group to oversee payments and related financial efforts

Google gives Android TV’s developer tooling an upgrade

Researchers deploy Nvidia’s latest AI systems to battle COVID-19

Reddit hacked and defaced with pro-Trump messages in English and Chinese

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