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DOJ Opens Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies…

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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a new and broad review of on-line tech companies to investigate if their activity is violating antitrust laws. The DOJ announcement explains: “Review Focuses on Practices that Create or Maintain Structural Impediments to Greater Competition and User Benefits.” According to the Wall Street Journal, “The new antitrust inquiry […]

Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Google Assistant?…

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Google, Amazon, and Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home. Last month, a couple in the Waasmunster area of Belgium got an unexpected lesson in how these supposedly automated helpers really work. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED. Tim Verheyden, a journalist with […]

Why It’s Hard to Escape Amazon’s Long Reach…

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In 1994, soon after Jeff Bezos incorporated what would become Amazon, the entrepreneur briefly contemplated changing the company’s name. The nascent firm had been dubbed “Cadabra,” but Bezos wanted a less playful, more accurate alternative: “Relentless.” (Relentless.com redirects to Amazon.com to this day.) Twenty-four years later, perhaps no adjective better describes Bezos’ empire than the […]

WSJ Exposes Conflicts of Interest Involving Amazon, Pentagon Over $10B JEDI Contract…

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Amazon’s surging profits over the past few years have had little to do with the company’s core business of selling stuff – or allowing third parties to sell stuff – on its online marketplace. Instead, Jeff Bezos has built Amazon Web Services into a cloud computing behemoth, allowing tens of thousands of companies to outsource […]

CONFIRMED: Amazon Alexa Keeps Your Data with No Expiration Date, and Shares It Too…

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If you have hangups about Amazon and privacy on its smart assistant, Alexa, you’re not alone. Even after Amazon sent answers to a US senator who had questions about how the tech giant retains voice data and transcripts, the lawmaker remains concerned about Alexa’s privacy practices. Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, sent a […]

GOOGLE EMPLOYEE CALLS CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS NAZI’S…

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Project Veritas has obtained a newly leaked document from Google that appears to show a Google employee and member of Google “transparency-and-ethics” group calling conservative and libertarian commentators, including Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro, “nazis.” Project Veritas received this document after the release of its investigation into Google through the “Be Brave” campaign at VeritasTips@protonmail.com. […]

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