Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google face a reckoning over their dominance. It’s fitting, though perhaps a bit anticlimactic, that when Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai convene on Wednesday for a highly anticipated congressional hearing, it will be over
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Nvidia is now worth more than Intel
Nvidia’s shares have soared this year What just happened? Thanks to a recent surge in its stock price, Nvidia has overtaken Intel to become the most valuable chipmaker in the US. Following a 2.3 percent jump yesterday afternoon, team green’s shares have
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Apple acquires Fleetsmith, a company that streamlines deployment of Apple devices in the workplace
Yet another way Apple can control the end user experience Why it matters: Apple has acquired Fleetsmith, a startup known for streamlining the process of managing Apple devices in an enterprise environment. While normally this is done through a third-party, Apple is
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Apple’s Tim Cook expected to join CEOs of Google, Amazon, and Facebook in testifying before Congress on antitrust issues
The pressure is on Tim Cook to do the right thing. In context: During the last few weeks, the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee has been pushing tech giants that are under investigation on the possibility of having their chief executives testify in
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Samsung’s new debit card is tightly integrated with Samsung Pay
Following Apple and Google into the financial services business In brief: Setting up an account is easy and you’ll gain access to a virtual card upon approval. Once you get your physical debit card in the mail and activate it within the
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Huawei ban timeline: UK starts new probe into Chinese company’s role in its future 5G plans
We break down the saga of the controversial Chinese telecom giant, day by day. Huawei is the world’s No. 1 telecom supplier and No. 2 phone manufacturer, but it’s a pariah in countries like the US. For more than a year,
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Google extending cloud reach with Cisco, Amazon and Microsoft connections
99% of organizations that leverage cloud computing use more than one public cloud provider In context: While it always sounds nice to talk about complete solutions that a single company can offer, in today’s reality of multi-vendor IT environments, it’s often better
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AT&T lost nearly 900,000 TV subscribers last quarter
Bringing the total down to 18.6 million subscribers What just happened? It’s no secret that video streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu are sapping subscribers away from traditional cable services, but the rate at which this is occurring might shock some. In
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Coronavirus cancelations and delays: Tokyo Olympics, Disney and more
Movies, music festivals, tech conferences and sports leagues: Here’s what has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc worldwide — not least
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Global stocks fall again despite virus rescue efforts
Financial markets in Europe and the US have continued to fall despite fresh action by the Federal Reserve to support the American economy. The US central bank said it would buy as much government debt as needed to soothe markets,
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