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Mozilla, Nvidia team up with $1.5 mil investment into voice data project

Popular web browsing developer Mozilla announced on Monday a $1.5 million investment into their voice recognition project called ‘Common Voice’ from U.S. chipmaker Nvidia. Both tech companies consider that over the next decade, speech is expected to become the primary way people interact with devices — from laptops and phones to digital assistants and retail […]

High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle

Technology companies sighed with relief Monday after the Supreme Court sided with Google in a copyright dispute with Oracle. The high court said Google did nothing wrong in copying code to develop the Android operating system now used on most smartphones. To create Android, which was released in 2007, Google wrote millions of lines of […]

Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army

Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday. The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which were originally intended for the video game and entertainment industries. Pentagon officials have described the futuristic technology — which […]

EXPLAINER: California's net neutrality law springs to life

More than three years ago, Trump-era regulators killed federal net neutrality regulations designed to prevent AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other major internet providers from exploiting their dominance to favor certain services or apps over others. In response, seven states and Puerto Rico enacted their own net neutrality policies. The most expansive effort of this sort […]

Google, Viber to investigate military-backed telco ads in Myanmar

Search engine giant Google and Rakuten-owned messaging app Viber announced on Wednesday that they are investigating ads published and ran by Myanmar military-backed telecoms operator Mytel following the February 1 junta coup, according to Reuters. The two tech companies acted following calls from activists to restrict access to the telco’s services following dozens of demonstrator […]

Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming the Republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Days after the deadly January insurrection, Paxton announced an investigation into Twitter and four other major technology companies […]

CompTIA report shows strong growth for IT employment

Job openings in emerging technologies or positions requiring emerging tech skills increased significantly in the last month.  A CompTIA analysis, the non-profit association for the IT industry and workforce, showed positive momentum for IT employment in the U.S. in February, with key indicators pointing to strong current and future employer demand for tech talent. According […]

Online review platform Trustpilot chooses London for IPO

Online review platform Trustpilot said Monday it plans to sell shares in London, in a stock offering that helps shore up the city’s status as a financial hub and destination for tech companies after Brexit. Trustpilot, which is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, said it will hold an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange […]

Google, Intel team up to help telcos with cloud-native 5G

Search engine giant Google announced earlier this week a partnership with Intel to bolster its efforts to work alongside the telecom industry on both their 5G and edge strategies. According to Google, the semiconductor company will aid in developing telco cloud reference architectures for wireless carriers to develop the fifth generation of mobile networks across […]