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Passengers livid after Uber charges them 100X more than advertised fare

By James Farrell Jul 18, 2019

Some passengers riding with Uber Technologies Inc. got the shock of their lives this week when their fare cost them more than $1,000 for just a short ride. People took to Twitter this week…

Cloud

SAP stock falls as earnings come up short, but execs say it’s a blip

By Paul Gillin Jul 18, 2019

SAP SE missed estimates on both profit and revenue in its fiscal second quarter, sending its stock down nearly 5% in early trading, but the company blamed the shortfalls on uncertainty caused by trade tensions…

Infra

Intel to optimize its data center hardware for SAP apps

By Mike Wheatley Jul 18, 2019

Intel Corp. and SAP SE said today they’re working together to optimize chipmaker’s infrastructure hardware for the German company’s enterprise software applications, including its popular S/4Hana database. The focus is on Intel technologies such…

Blockchain

Congressman compares Libra to 9/11 on second day of Facebook testimony

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2019

The second episode of the new reality show “Libra goes to Washington” aired Wednesday, but there wasn’t much suspense: Facebook Inc.’s planned new cryptocurrency did not find a friendly audience. David Marcus, the head…

Policy

Trump confirms he will look into JEDI cloud deal expected to go to AWS

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2019

Updated with Trump confirmation and letter from Republicans to Trump: U.S. President Donald Trump today confirmed a Bloomberg report that he will take a look at the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure project, the $10…

Security

800,000 systems remain exposed to BlueKeep Microsoft RDP vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2019

More than 800,000 systems remain vulnerable to BlueKeep, a vulnerability found in older versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Remote Desktop Protocol, according to a newly published report. Detailed today by cybersecurity ratings company BitSight Technologies…

Cloud

Cloud communications company 8×8 acquires Wavecell

By Mike Wheatley Jul 17, 2019

8×8 Inc. said today it’s acquiring Wavecell Co. Ltd., which sells a Communications Platform-as-a-Service offering, for about $125 million. 8×8 sells a variety of chat, contact center, voice and video communications tools to enterprises,…

Security

Viral Russian AI-powered photo editing app FaceApp raises privacy concerns

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2019

FaceApp, an viral application that uses artificial intelligence to allow users to edit their photos to make themselves look old among other features is raising privacy concerns. The new version of FaceApp, the original…

Cloud

Dropbox integrates with popular media services

By Mike Wheatley Jul 17, 2019

Cloud storage company Dropbox Inc. is expanding its strategy of closer collaboration with other service providers, announcing new integrations with various popular audio, video and transcription tools. The company said today that it’s integrating…

Policy

Google has abandoned Project Dragonfly, the censored search engine for China

By Mike Wheatley Jul 17, 2019

Google LLC this week revealed that the company has stopped working on Project Dragonfly, which was said to be an effort to build a censored version of its search engine specifically for China. The…

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Passengers livid after Uber charges them 100X more than advertised fare

Intel to optimize its data center hardware for SAP apps

Congressman compares Libra to 9/11 on second day of Facebook testimony

Trump confirms he will look into JEDI cloud deal expected to go to AWS

800,000 systems remain exposed to BlueKeep Microsoft RDP vulnerability

Viral Russian AI-powered photo editing app FaceApp raises privacy concerns

Google has abandoned Project Dragonfly, the censored search engine for China

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