Amazon's Ring home security devices have been installed in hundreds of thousands of homes and have been advertised as a way to secure homes by providing video footage whenever someone rings the …
Saudi Prince Courted Amazon’s Bezos Before Bitter Split
Throughout 2018, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Inc. founder, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman engaged in friendly conversation through the popular messaging app WhatsApp. The pair planned for Amazon to …
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NASA And Amazon Are Teaming Up To Build An App That Can Predict Solar Superstorms
Amazon announced a collaboration with NASA that aims to predict solar superstorms through machine learning applications. Superstorms are rare, therefore there are very few historical examples that can …
Amazon Expands Its Lead With Smart CE Devices At CES 2020
Amazon has recently taken over consumer electronics with popular products such as Alexa voice assistant, Kindle, Echo, and Fire TV solutions. At CES Las Vegas last week, Amazon announced a significant …
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4 Ring Employees Fired For Spying on Customers
The company Ring, owned by Amazon, released a statement that declared it had fired four employees after they exhibited inappropriate access to customers' video feeds. The letter was sent to senators …
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Cisco Wins Legal Challenge in Battle Against Chinese Counterfeits
Cisco Systems has secured an injunction that requires marketplaces like Amazon and Alibaba to stop selling certain knockoffs of key networking equipment. Cisco argues that counterfeit items could …
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Why Ring Doorbells Perfectly Exemplify the IoT Security Crisis
Recently, there has been an influx of concerning news about how Amazon stores video surveillance data from its Ring smart doorbell systems, sparking concern among consumers and experts alike. This …
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Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Year After HQ2 Pullout
Amazon and Facebook are planning to expand into new office spaces in New York City, with the goal of fueling an expansion of tech companies in Manhattan just a year after Amazon denounced its plans to …
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Blink Cameras Found with Multiple Vulnerabilities
Researchers at the company Tenable found three broad types of vulnerabilities in Amazon's popular home security cameras, Blink. The three vulnerabilities include one that is not practical, one that is …
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EFF warns of ‘one-way mirror’ in the world of corporate online spying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently published an extensive study that examines techniques used by online service providers to collect and track data on consumers' personal information …
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