Category: business

Judge dismisses Huawei lawsuit against ‘unconstitutional’ federal ban

[ad_1] In 2018 the US government banned government personnel from using Huawei and ZTE devices, and a few months later, Huawei sued on the basis that such restrictions were unconstitutional. Since then, Huawei’s situation and ability to do business in the US has continued to deteriorate, and now a judge has ruled against the company. […]

Blue Apron considers selling itself as it bleeds customers

[ad_1] Recent subscriber data explains just why Blue Apron is exploring mergers and sales. The company’s customers dropped from about 557,000 at the end of 2018 to 351,000 a year later — that’s a drop of nearly 37 percent in the space of a year. Orders dropped by nearly a third, too. And while Blue […]

Facebook’s gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico

[ad_1] San Juan’s infrastructure and UNESCO world heritage sites have made it challenging to provide fiber connectivity through Old San Juan. But that makes it an ideal city to test Facebook’s Terragraph system, the 60GHz millimeter-wave wireless tech that blasts internet through buildings along a network of short-distance cell towers. This offers an alternative to […]

Kickstarter employees vote to unionize

[ad_1] Kickstarter chief Aziz Hasan said his company would “support and respect” the decision, although there are signs that it might have opposed the move. The crowdfunding site’s early stance was “disappointing,” OPEIU said. Former employees have also accused Kickstarter of union-busting by firing people trying to organize unions, although the company has disputed those […]

‘Frontline’ documentary tackles Jeff Bezos and the ‘Amazon Empire’

[ad_1] The two-hour film touches on various facets of Amazon’s vast empire, from Alexa and its massively successful Amazon Web Services cloud division through to entertainment on Prime Video and its bricks-and-mortar retail exploits such as Whole Foods. Twitch is perhaps the most prominent division that doesn’t really come under the spotlight. The filmmakers devote […]

Now ‘League of Legends’ star Faker is a part-owner of his esports team

[ad_1] Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok has been an esports superstar and key member of the T1 League of Legends team since 2013, and a new three-year contract with the squad adds “part owner” to his title. As first reported by ESPN, while the talented mid laner has said he received “blank check” offers from teams outside […]

Apple warns of iPhone ‘supply shortages’ due to coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] Apple is expecting a hit to its bottom line as a result of the supply shortages. On top of this, retail demand is a problem. Many official and third-party stores have closed, and those that are open have reduced schedules and “very low” traffic. Apple is slowly reopening stores, but there’s little doubt that […]

Google is ending its Station free public WiFi program

[ad_1] In an interview with TechCrunch, Google’s Caesar Sengupta said the company is ending the program because it was running into issues scaling it. Each of the partners Google worked with to provide public WiFi had different technical and infrastructure needs, which made developing Station into a sustainable business challenging. Google had tried to monetize […]

It doesn’t matter if China hacked Equifax

[ad_1] It was a message of PR reprieve for the skinsuits at Equifax, who spend their life cycles profiting from tracking and trading our personal and financial information (and we’re powerless to stop them). Especially now as we’re seeing reports about how four Chinese hackers “took down Equifax.” That sure sounds a lot better (for […]