Prabhakar is helping to guide the U.S. approach to safeguarding AI technology, relying in part on cooperation from big American tech firms like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta
Bezos, 59, is paying $68 million for the three-bedroom, waterfront home, which sits on 2.8 acres
Zoom, based in San Jose, California, saw explosive growth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic as companies scrambled to shift to remote work
Users can compare prices and response times before picking a telemedicine provider from several options
With “tweets,” Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted itself into the lexicon of America and the world
A league having an equity stake in a network like ESPN would be groundbreaking and would pose some questions about fairness and objectivity in coverage
Consumers in possession of the recalled Cupkin cups are urged to stop using them immediately and contact Soojimus for a full refund
Some of the guidelines call for third-party oversight of the workings of commercial AI systems, though they don’t detail who will audit the technology or hold the companies accountable
The famous conference on business and economy that is being held these days in Idaho is usually an excuse to close deals in a relaxed manner, while high-profile guests, from Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates, fly fish and play golf
The suspension of federal student loan payments, which took effect at the height of the pandemic in 2020, expires late this summer
PDD Holdings, the parent of e-commerce platform Pinduoduo and Temu app, moved its headquarters to Ireland due to growing American suspicion of China’s tech companies
Turning lights on and off, opening and closing the blinds, and making noise inside the house can keep burglars away. These gadgets allow you to do that from your cell phone
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused the tech giant of using deceptive designs, known as ‘dark patterns,’ to deceive consumers into enrolling and then made it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions
In a new study, more than 70 researchers quantified the value of conserving the Brazilian jungle and meeting environmental criteria by 2050
The Vermont senator sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday accusing the e-commerce giant of ‘egregious health and safety violations’
Just ahead of World Refugee Day on Tuesday, more than 40 corporations say they will hire, connect to work or train a total of 250,000 refugees
Ryan will be replaced at the Post on an interim basis by Patty Stonesifer, formerly chief executive of the Gates Foundation and a member of the Amazon board
The new rule could nearly triple average earnings for workers on apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash in the coming years
Taiwan’s TSMC, South Korea’s Samsung and U.S.-based Nvidia are leaders in a strategic sector where commercial and geopolitical interests overlap
The American company seeks to repeat its success in music and video, while squabbles over network usage fees divide Europe
The company is testing new products and services in the United States, which it plans to make available to the rest of the world as early as next year
We analyze what information the leading virtual assistants collect, and what security measures they take to maintain privacy
Amazon says it disagrees with the FTC’s claims on both matters and denies violating the law. But it says the settlements “put these matters behind us” and its devices and services aim to protect consumer privacy
The lunchtime protest on Wednesday comes a week after the company’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week
The protest on Wednesday follows widespread cost-cutting at Amazon, where layoffs have affected workers in numerous sectors. The company has cut 27,000 jobs since November
The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same and this time the disruption would be far greater
The penalty of €1.2 billion is the biggest since the EU’s strict data privacy regime took effect five years ago, surpassing Amazon’s €746 million fine in 2021 for data protection violations
