Pentagon hands Microsoft $10B ‘war cloud’ deal, snubs Amazon
Shawdesh Desk: he Pentagon awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract , snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose competitive bid drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals. ReadMore
Zuckerberg appears in Congress as Facebook faces scrutiny
Shawdesh Desk: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is again appearing before Congress to face questions about his company’s massive market power, privacy lapses and tolerance of speech deemed false or hateful. ReadMore
One-minute digital account service kicks off
Shawdesh Desk: Information and Communication Technology Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday launched one-minute digital savings account service. Joy inaugurated the service at a function ReadMore
Facebook to deliver News Corp stories following mass demand
Shawdesh Desk: Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be delivered at a new ‘tab’ planned at the leading social ReadMore
Netflix heads into showdown with slowing subscriber growth
Shawdesh Desk: Netflix’s subscriber growth is bogging down even before the leading video streaming service confronts high-powered threats from Apple and Walt Disney Co. The latest sign of the challenges ReadMore
Google touts privacy options, but still depends on your data
Shawdesh Desk: Google’s latest phone and smart-home devices came packaged with a not-so-subtle message: Google cares about your privacy. Does it? The tech company has had a complicated relationship with ReadMore
China’s blacklisted AI firms What you should know
Shawdesh desk: The Chinese high-tech companies blacklisted by Washington over alleged ties to rights abuses are rising stars in China’s ambitious drive to overtake the United States in the technology ReadMore
Two NASA astronauts complete nearly 7-hour spacewalk
Shawdesh Desk: Two U.S. astronauts wrapped up a spacewalk out of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, the second in a series of five spacewalks in October to replace ReadMore
