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Amazon is getting in on cryptocurrency, posting a job opening for a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead.” Cryptocurrency has been gaining mainstream support, with companies across a range of industries accepting it as payment. Its increased acceptance makes it somewhat...

United Airlines and Mesa Air Group are each buying 100 electric aircraft from Swedish company Heart Aerospace. Electric automobiles may get the bulk of the the media’s attention, but electric aircraft are on the verge of going mainstream. Mesa and United Airlines Ventures, along...

A coalition of 37 states, plus the District of Columbia, have sued Google over alleged antitrust violations with its Play Store. Google is facing numerous lawsuits and investigations, being accused of abusing its dominant search and advertising position. The company is also being...

Amazon is touting its most recent Prime Day as the “two biggest days ever for small & medium-sized businesses.” Prime Day is the company’s answer to Black Friday, a sales event where prices are slashed and deals abound. The company says this year’s Prime Day was the best...

Dish Network is gearing up to launch its 5G network, launching a website to inform users when it’s available. Dish Network is preparing to be the fourth nationwide carrier, thanks in large part to the T-Mobile buyout of Sprint. While Sprint was in dire shape financially,...

The end of an era has arrived as eBay is ending its support for PayPal for sellers. eBay first bought PayPal in 2002 before splitting the company off in 2015. The two companies continued to work together, but that appears to be coming to an end, at least for eBay sellers....

A new Competitive Assessment report puts Microsoft Azure and AWS leading the pack in IoT deployment. AWS and Microsoft Azure are the two largest cloud platforms, and the two companies play an important role in IoT. According to ABI Research, the two companies are also leading the...

Coinbase has announced it is closing its San Francisco office, the company’s former headquarters, in an effort to be fully decentralized. In late February, the company announced it was transitioning to a decentralized company, going remote first. As part of the move, it relegated...

Microsoft has upped its commitment to EU data privacy, promising to keep EU data within the bloc. Data privacy is a bigger concern than ever before, as individuals and lawmakers start holding companies accountable. As part of the shift toward more data responsibility, some...

AI-powered robots may soon be responsible for critiquing coffee, replacing human experts. Coffee grading is an important part of the industry, and helps determine the quality and value of coffee. According to Bloomberg, however, the days of humans conducting that task may be...