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Amazon VP resigns from ‘chickenshit’ company over protester firings
By Brett Wilkins A senior engineer and vice president at Amazon announced on Monday that he is resigning “in dismay” over the company’s termination of employees who speak out against dangerous and potentially deadly working
Chinese army deploys ‘Sharp Claw I’ killer robot
By Brett Wilkins The Chinese army has deployed an “improved” killer robot designed for ground combat. The People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) recently announced that the Sharp Claw I unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), manufactured
To Whom Is Jeff Bezos Bestowed?
Amazon is the most customer-centric company in the world! But who is the customer? By Vahid Razavi Everyone is familiar with Amazon retail business and how small merchants that participate in its marketplace are leveraged
Partnering with Amazon Web Services — The Kiss of Death for Your ISV.
By Vahid Razavi Amazon Web Services (AWS) has tremendous market share when it comes to the cloud customer base and cloud offerings. I am not here to argue its success, but rather to show that
If you use Zoom — and who doesn’t these days? — you’re surely familiar with at least some of all the headline-grabbing privacy issues plaguing the popular video conferencing app. And if you, like countless millions of
Surveillance in — and after — the time of coronavirus
By Brett Wilkins In times of great crisis, it is often necessary for governments to curtail civil liberties for the sake of security. This is especially true when the crisis at hand is a global
Facebook blocking links to legitimate coronavirus news; claims anti-spam ‘bug’
By Brett Wilkins I’m a journalist, so you can be assured that if I post a news link on Facebook, it’s legit. No fake news here. And so you can imagine my reaction when I
How Amazon is responding to coronavirus price-gouging and fake cures
Even as Amazon works out how to best protect its massive workforce from the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic, the tech titan is taking measures to deal with price-gouging and fake cures being offered for sale on
Pentagon AI ‘ethics principles’ met with skepticism
By Brett Wilkins The US military is adopting new principles for what it calls the ethical use of artificial intelligence technology in warfare, sparking widespread skepticism from ethics advocates and other critics. Defense Secretary Mark