Articles from 2018 – Page 70 of 161

According to Cisco, Amazon Web Services isn’t making a “commercial” networking switch. It still could be making a switch

A week after a report that Amazon Web Services was building its own bare-bones networking switch in a potential threat… Read More

Peak performance: At 11,500 feet, this town in India is Amazon’s most extreme delivery location

If you thought the steps up to your home’s front porch presented a significant challenge for anyone delivering you an… Read More

Amid the 20th anniversary of open source, Tim O’Reilly warns that platform companies built on open-source software have lost their way

PORTLAND – It’s rare to hear Chinese philosophy quoted on stage at a software-development conference. But O’Reilly Media founder and… Read More

How Microsoft is helping big retailers Walmart and Kroger compete with Amazon

Some of the world’s largest retailers staring down the juggernaut that is Amazon are turning to Microsoft to use its… Read More

White House says Boeing will get $3.9B for Air Force One jets in red, white and blue

The White House has confirmed that Boeing won a firm, fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver two… Read More

Funko lands another huge partner and will produce ‘Fortnite’ toys and collectibles

Make room, Marvel and Star Wars and many more. Funko, the pop culture consumer products company with a stable of… Read More

Millennials like companies that stand up for civil rights but aren’t likely to vote with their dollars, new report finds

Millennials are a cohort coveted by brands. The world’s largest generation, they have spending power and are early adopters of… Read More

Startup ID Genomics launches nonprofit ARMADA to fight deadly antibiotic-resistant infections

Antibiotics are one of the most effective and useful medicines on the market today, but the more these treatments are… Read More

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

As Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos watched, his Blue Origin space venture sent its reusable New Shepard spaceship to its highest-ever… Read More

Update: Microsoft says new Xbox hardware announcement was an error

Update, 3:50 p.m. PT: Microsoft said its blog post teasing new Xbox hardware was a “version control error.” It updated the… Read More

Google fined $5 billion by EU for abusing Android’s dominance to restrict competition

The European Union has hit Google with a $5 billion fine (€4.3 billion Euro) for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google… Read More

Ex-Amazon employees venture out and start Wanderlust Society, a tool for planning better trips

A team of ex-Amazon employees, who honed their skills around recommendations on the tech giant’s personalization team, have set out… Read More

Prime Day tops 100M products sold — ‘biggest shopping event in Amazon history’ despite glitches

Apparently this Amazon Prime Day didn’t go to the dogs after all. Amazon Prime members purchased more than 100 million… Read More

Zillow expanding home buying and selling program to Atlanta, its 3rd market so far

Starting this fall, homeowners in Atlanta will be able to request an offer from Seattle real estate giant Zillow Group… Read More

Chevron and Siemens venture arms invest $23M in industrial process data analytics platform Seeq

Seeq today announced a $23 million Series B round led by the Altira Group, a venture capital firm focused on… Read More

BlackSky teams up with ATLAS Space Operations for satellite communications

News Brief: Michigan-based ATLAS Space Operations says it will provide telemetry, commanding and data support for the Earth-observing satellite constellation… Read More

Blue Origin's New Shepard spaceship on pad

Blue Origin counts down to high-altitude escape test of New Shepard spaceship

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it’ll push its New Shepard suborbital spaceship “to… Read More

Discoveries boost Jupiter’s retinue to 79 moons — including a wrong-way oddball

Astronomers searching for signs of a hypothetical “Planet Nine” have instead come up with 12 new moons of Jupiter, including… Read More

TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools

Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007… Read More

Snap partners with news discovery organizations to help reporters find Snapchat content

Snap is teaming up with news discovery organizations to help push user-generated out beyond the confines of its Snapchat app.… Read More

Spotify, Snapchat taken offline by networking problems at Google Cloud

Google took a turn in the cloud doghouse Tuesday afternoon, after several issues forced popular consumer sites like Spotify, Snapchat,… Read More

Facebook-owned Oculus releases $299 business bundle for standalone Oculus Go VR headset

Facebook-owned Oculus is following up the release of its $199 standalone virtual reality headset with a new bundle targeting big… Read More

Why Amazon’s Prime Day glitches shouldn’t hurt future Amazon Web Services sales

If you overcook the roast, it’s not the oven’s fault. That’s one way to think about Amazon Web Services’ connection… Read More

This rocks: Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill thanks astronomer for naming an asteroid after him

Luke Skywalker was always looking to the stars. Stuck on a Tatooine farm with a dream of becoming a pilot,… Read More

Report: Walmart considers building streaming service to rival Netflix and Amazon Prime Video

Walmart is contemplating starting its own streaming service to compete with incumbent giants like Netflix and Amazon, according to a… Read More

TAE rearranges its leadership and gets ready for next chapter in fusion quest backed by Paul Allen

TAE Technologies, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and other heavy-hitters, is elevating Michl Binderbauer to… Read More

Report: If Howard Schultz runs for president, some fear possible damage to Starbucks brand

The average Joe may sometimes like his coffee black, but it’s never strictly red or blue. Starbucks has built itself… Read More

MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots

Deeper stats, predicted pitches, and live commentary produced by robots in the voice of iconic announcers — it could all… Read More

Investors including Bill Gates put $30M towards Alzheimer’s ‘venture philanthropy’ initiative

Alzheimer’s disease is both common and devastating. A predicted 14 million Americans will have the disease by 2050 and it… Read More

Facebook insists it’s not raiding academia through its research partnerships with top universities

Facebook has in recent months amped up a push to bring in professors from top-notch universities to work on long-term… Read More