By Dagny Taggart There is no doubt we are living in increasingly Orwellian times. Most of us are not surprised when it is revealed that yet…
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Speaking remotely at Web Summit, Snowden slams big tech companies, saying they make people vulnerable to surveillance. Six years after leaking documents about the National…
Amazon loses in a $10-billion upset decision after months of legal and Trump-fueled political controversy. After months of speculation, intrigue, lawsuits, and presidential leaning-in, Microsoft has won the…
Key Points Amazon’s third-quarter earnings disappointed investors on Thursday, driving its stock down as much as 9% in after hours trading. As a result, Amazon…
“You can’t trust anybody or anything anymore.” I don’t know how many times I’ve cited journeyman Johnny Whitmire‘s inelegant lament. America’s receding trust in institutions is well trod territory. Our…
Why anyone would put any of this “SMART” technology in their home is their business. You’ll never find it in mine. Business Insider reports that Amazon workers in…
A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts with the federal government because…
American tech giants Amazon, Facebook and Google joined forces on Monday to decry the French digital tax as retroactive and discriminatory. President Donald Trump is…
SAN FRANCISCO — In George Orwell’s “1984,” the classics of literature are rewritten into Newspeak, a revision and reduction of the language meant to make…