FTC takes on Amazon
A major anti-trust battle
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."
Google moans to FTC about Microsoft cloud
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Google has formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission, publicly alleging that Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers toward Vole's cloud services.
US antics divide subsea cable market into East and West
Returning to the cold war
The subsea cable market is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocs as the US is putting pressure on companies to avoid Chinese ties.
Amazon releases mysterious Snow
You know nothing about Snow
Amazon Web Services has announced a new member of its "Snow" family of on-prem hardware -- but the machine’s specs appear not to be available to eyes outside the US military.
Amazon slow on ChatGPT-style technology
It's not Wonder Woman
Amazon is slow to let its customers test the ChatGPT-style technology it unveiled six weeks ago.
AI will kill off search engines
Gates predicts
Software King of the World Sir William Gates III claims that AI will soon create personal digital agents for humans so that they never have to go to a productivity site or Amazon again.
Amazon wants to invest $12.7 billion in Indian clouds
In time for the monsoon
Amazon plans to invest $12.7 billion into its cloud business in India by 2030, the e-commerce group said.
Amazon unveils four new Echo devices
Echo Pop, Show 5, Show 5 Kids, and new Echo Buds
Amazon has announced and launched four new Echo devices, the all-new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, Echo Show 5 Kids, and the all-new Echo Buds. In addition, Amazon has announced that its Echo Auto is now available to customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Telcos wants Big Tech help to pay for 5G upgrades
Want EU to make it happen
Big tech companies accounting for more than five per cent of a telecoms provider's peak average internet traffic should help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband across Europe, according to a draft proposal by the telecoms industry.
Open saucers have job security
No one wants to fire them
While tech companies are laying off staff claiming that they are cutting costs because of “economic headwinds” they do not seem that keen to let their open saucers go.