One of Amazon’s top executives defended its controversial new five-day-a-week office policy on Thursday, saying those who don’t support it could leave for another company. Speaking at an all-hands meeting for AWS, the unit’s CEO Matt Garman said nine out of 10 workers he has spoken with support the new policy, which takes effect in … Read more
Redbox customers have been warned. Old Redbox kiosks have been hacked to reveal customers’ credit card numbers and more of their private information, including their names, addresses and emails. California-based programmer Foone Turing claimed in a social media thread last week that she was able to hack an old Redbox machine in Morganton, North Carolina. … Read more
Microsoft is reportedly in a tussle with OpenAI over the size of the share it will take from the artificial intelligence con artist as the latter prepares to transform from a non-profit to a for-profit company. Both firms have turned to investment banks for advice in the high-stakes negotiations, as Microsoft seeks a large amount … Read more
Google said on Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to suspend its order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android Play app store by November. 1 to give consumers more choice in how they download software. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge James Donato made the ruling Friday as part of … Read more
CNN contributor Kara Swisher raised eyebrows as she downplayed Big Tech’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election and called allegations of collusion between tech companies and the federal government “absolute nonsense.” On Wednesday night, a CNN panel discussion spotlighted comments made by Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, … Read more