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Infra

Pandemic pullback: Remote-work investment won’t fully offset IT budget declines

By Mark Albertson Mar 20, 2020

Companies are spending to gear up work-from-home infrastructure as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, but signs currently point to flat or reduced information technology budgets for the remainder of the year. That’s…

Policy

AT&T scraps $4B stock buyback plan as carriers adjust to internet traffic demands

By Maria Deutscher Mar 20, 2020

AT&T Inc. has scrapped a plan to buy back $4 billion worth of shares in order to free up financial resources for coping with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact. The carrier disclosed the move…

Policy

AWS launches $20M diagnostics program to support coronavirus research

By Maria Deutscher Mar 20, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a $20 million program to support organizations that are working on new, better ways of diagnosing the coronavirus. The COVID-19 testing methods currently in use can require waiting…

Blockchain

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

The price of bitcoin bucked market trends and surged Thursday as investors flooded back into cryptocurrency markets. Recovering all of its losses in the last week, bitcoin surged to a high of $6,342.03 at…

Security

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

While news of hackers targeting hospitals with ransomware and others with COVID-19 phishing scams continues to make headlines, a new study has found that there is some honor among thieves in the darkest recesses…

Emerging Tech

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

Starsky Robotics Inc. is no more. The self-driving truck startup announced today that it’s closing down after failing to secure additional funding. Founded in 2015, Starsky Robotics had been developing driverless truck technology that involved…

Emerging Tech

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. surged 38% today after Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company has plenty of cash to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking at delivering medicine and other…

Apps

Report: Google’s Firebase platform comes under scrutiny in competition probe

By Mike Wheatley Mar 19, 2020

Google LLC has been accused by some app developers of pressuring them to embed its Firebase code into their products, giving it access to even more data on consumers and a significant advantage over…

AI

Alibaba Cloud offers free access to its AI tools to help fight the coronavirus

By Mike Wheatley Mar 19, 2020

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s cloud computing arm Alibaba Cloud is making several of its artificial intelligence-powered technologies available for free to medical professionals and researchers to help them fight the coronavirus outbreak. The tools…

AI

As coronavirus disrupts daily life, how AI can help manage remote workers

By Kristen Nicole and Cheryl Knight Mar 19, 2020

Can artificial intelligence help employers manage remote work forces in this dire time of economic distress resulting from the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus? The founder of one startup believes so, boasting machine-powered…

all stories

Pandemic pullback: Remote-work investment won’t fully offset IT budget declines

AT&T scraps $4B stock buyback plan as carriers adjust to internet traffic demands

AWS launches $20M diagnostics program to support coronavirus research

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

As coronavirus disrupts daily life, how AI can help manage remote workers

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