The US Department of Defense said Thursday it wants to reconsider its decision to award a multi-billion-dollar military cloud computing contract to Microsoft in a bidding process Amazon claims was tainted by politics. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-pentagon-reconsider-awarding-jedi-microsoft.html Views: 0
Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence Thursday suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-facebook-takedowns-reveal-sophistication-russian.html Views: 0
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-trump-bill-telecoms-huawei-equipment.html Views: 0
It is almost five years now since the Nutrition Decade was declared. It is time to reflect back on its achievements so far. FAO and WHO are convening an open and inclusive dialogue with stakeholders for the mid-term review of the Nutrition Decade. This review follows the ECOSOC Resolution 1989/84 regarding international decades, which provides…
A civil liberties watchdog sued the US government Thursday seeking the disclosure of records on the use of facial recognition technology being deployed at American airports. Read More Views: 0
Several big communications and entertainment companies are contributing giveaways for Italians stuck indoors because of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, the Italian government said Thursday. Read More Views: 0
Norwegian Air Shuttle said Thursday it would temporarily lay off up to half its staff, following the US travel ban and the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read More Views: 0
German carmaker BMW reported a 29-percent drop in profits in 2019 on Thursday, blaming heavy legal costs and high investments in a challenging economic environment. Read More Views: 0
Amazon is discussing with local public health leaders how its Amazon Care infrastructure—a medical system that was launched this year for employees in the Seattle area—can be used to support coronavirus response, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. Read More Views: 0
A security firm handling employee fingerprint identification for companies worldwide has exposed more than 2 million bits of data, including 76,000 fingerprints, according to a cyberthreat research group. Read More Views: 0