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DoD Reaffirmed JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft, Amazon Complains

The ongoing drama between Amazon and the Department of Defense about the JEDI contract continues, after a pause in August. Today, the Department of Defense announced that it has re-evaluated its decision to award the JEDI Cloud to Microsoft, and reaffirmed that decision. The Department has completed its comprehensive re-evaluation of the JEDI Cloud proposals and determined that Microsoft's proposal

Amazon Tells Workers to Delete TikTok in Email Sent in Error

Amazon apparently sent its workers an email asking them to remove TikTok from their mobile devices. This was first reported by The New York Times, and several news sites have since posted about it as well. Later, Amazon changed its mind and said that the request had been sent in error. Taylor Lorenz, a reporter for The New York Times

Amazon Has An Oversupply Problem

During lockdown, I've been doing my very best to support local businesses and shop locally. However, sometimes the thing you want is simply too specialist to be carried by any emporium within a reasonable distance so inevitably I've fired up the browser and hopped on over to see what's available at world's largest online retailer, Amazon. And it hasn't always

Amazon is updating its Fire 8 tablets

It has been a while since Amazon updated its tablets, but that’s about to change. The company sort of snuck this by with no post to the official blog. They have, however, come up with an update to the Fire 8 tablets. In an announcement sent to us the company says it will be releasing new Fire tablets soon. The next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet

Pentagon Watchdog Says White House Didn’t Influence Decision on JEDI

The Defense Department's inspector general found that the White House “doesn't appear to have influenced” the decision on which company to award the JEDI contract to, CNBC reported. According to CNBC, the inspector general noted in the report that it had limited cooperation from White House officials throughout its review, and could not complete its assessment of allegations of ethical

Amazon is Out of Stock of Household Items Due to COVID-19

Are you finding it difficult to buy household items from Amazon? You aren't the only one! It turns out that Amazon itself is having trouble stocking products that became extremely popular after COVID-19 started spreading. Not even Amazon is immune to the problems that occur when people start hoarding toilet paper. Amazon posted an explanation about the situation it is

Tech Companies Want Staff to Work from Home Due to Coronavirus

It is a smart decision to do everything possible to limit the spread of coronavirus. Big tech companies are using the strategy of asking their employees to work from home. This may be a temporary decision, but I think the move could help normalize working from home. The Verge reported that numerous tech companies have asked their Seattle-based employees to