A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to investigate Amazon over a potentially criminal obstruction of Congress, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited the politicians’ letter. The letter reportedly accuses Amazon of refusing to provide the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust group with information as it investigated the e-commerce …
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The Apple Store went offline Tuesday, ahead of Apple’s “Peek Performance” event. The March 8 virtual event begins at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. UK, March 9 at 5 a.m. AEDT), and is likely to reveal new iPads, an upgraded iPhone SE and a Mac. “Be right back,” a message on the store states. “Updates are coming to …
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This story is part of War in Ukraine, CNET’s coverage of events there and of the wider effects on the world. Microsoft has suspended sales of its products and services in Russia in the wake of the country’s “unjustified, unprovoked and unlawful invasion” of Ukraine, the company said in a blog post Friday. It’s also stopping other aspects of its business …
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Facebook tried to return to its roots with the 2020 launch of Campus, a niche designed for college students. But the pilot for this private section of the social network wasn’t a success and will shut down March 10, the company confirmed to CNET. All Campus profiles, groups, posts, events and other content will be permanently deleted and people who …
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This story is part of War in Ukraine, CNET’s coverage of events there and of the wider effects on the world. Google Maps over the weekend temporarily disabled tools offering live information about traffic conditions and how busy stores and restaurants are in Ukraine, the search giant confirmed to CNET via email. The move comes after Russian forces invaded the …
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AT&T’s 3G service is ending Tuesday, as the carrier decommissions its network for the aging wireless mobile telecoms tech. The end comes at a time when “less than 1%” of its mobile data traffic runs on 3G, the company said in an email to CNET. “For nearly two years, we’ve proactively sent numerous communications via direct mail, bill messaging, emails …
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The delayed 5G BlackBerry phone is dead, OnwardMobility has confirmed on its website. “It is with great sadness that we announce that OnwardMobility will be shutting down, and we will no longer be proceeding with the development of an ultra-secure smartphone with a physical keyboard,” OnwardMobility said in a message posted Friday, as spotted earlier by CrackBerry. “Please know that …
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Apple Store employees at locations across the US are taking steps toward unionization, The Washington Post reported Friday. It’s apparently a result of hourly worker wages stagnating below the rate of inflation. Workers from at least two stores are close to filing paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board, the Post noted, and at least six other locations are making …
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Samsung on Thursday offered a tease of the press event it’ll hold the day before Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona. The Korean consumer electronics company will reveal the next generation of its Galaxy Book line of laptops at the Feb. 27 event, it said in a blog post. It didn’t offer any hard details ahead of the reveal, …
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Apple and Broadcom on Friday won a fresh trial in a patent case that would have forced them to pay $1.1 billion to California Institute of Technology, as earlier reported by Reuters. This comes after a jury ruled in 2020 that the companies infringed patents linked to Wi-Fi tech in iPhones, iPads, Macs and other devices from 2010 to 2017. On Friday, the …
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