Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are relinquishing control of parent company Alphabet to current Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The news came via a joint press release. The two will remain employees of Alphabet and retain their seats on the board, but they will no longer oversee the company’s day to day needs going […]
Rackspace today announced the completion of its acquisition of Onica, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Premier Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Service Provider. The addition of Onica expands the firm’s professional and managed services portfolio, including expertise in Application Modernization, Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), Containers, and Serverless Computing. Adding Onica […]
Facebook has launched a tool that will enable members to transfer photos and videos they have uploaded to the platform to Google Photos. The service would initially roll out the feature to member in Ireland and then, in 2020, across the world, Facebook said. Facebook also plans to include other services in future as part […]
Intel today announced that it’s officially completed the sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple. The sale finalizes Intel’s exit from the 5G phone modem market. Last April the firm announced that it would no longer compete with other companies to supply the chips that would allow smartphones to access next-gen […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a settlement with T-Mobile over its proposed merger with Sprint. This news removes Texas from the list of states suing to stop the merger on antitrust grounds. Paxton was the only conservative attorney general participating on the suit. The settlement stipulates that Texans have access to rate plans […]
Oracle should increase the racial diversity of its board, a group of U.S. lawmakers said. This issues again put the firm in spotlight for its hiring and management practices. “The fact that African Americans make up 13% and Asian Americans make up 5.6% of the U.S. population but 0% of Oracle’s board and leadership team […]
Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel has said the company will fact-check political ads on its platform. The announcement comes as other social media firms face criticism for their policies ahead of the 2020 US presidential elections. Facebook has said that it will not fact-check political ads, while Twitter has banned them altogether. Mr Spiegel said Snapchat […]
Netgear today announced that John McHugh, its Senior Vice President, SMB Products and Services, plans to retire from the Company at the end of 2019. Netgear also named Vikram Mehta as Mr. McHugh’s successor, and plans to appoint Mr. Mehta Senior Vice President, SMB Products and Services effective as of January 2, 2020. “I want […]
The Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia by accessing account info on dissidents who use the social media network. in court papers the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA has concluded likely ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last year, is claimed […]
The College Board, the nonprofit group that owns the SAT, is using the college-admissions exam to sell test-takers’ names and personal information to universities, per a great report by The Wall Street Journal. The data is want by schools who then entice students to apply, thereby inflating their rejection rates and boosting their image […]
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