July, 2019

• 11 July

  Amazon plans $700 million retraining program for 100,000 US workers

  

  Amazon on Thursday pledged to spend $700 million over the next few years to retrain 100,000 of its US workers. The Upskilling 2025 program will be one of the largest retraining initiatives any US company has undertaken and follows similar efforts by corporations such as AT&T and Accenture.  The program is designed to help one-third of Amazon’s …

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• 11 July

  White House calls meeting over 5G tensions, report says

  

  On the same day US President Donald Trump held a social media summit without inviting the two biggest social media companies, Twitter and Facebook, the White House also reportedly held an in-house meeting on 5G policy. The discussion was meant to “combat infighting” about the new mobile network technology, Axios reported Thursday afternoon. 5G, already launched in some parts of the …

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• 11 July

  Taylor Swift concert: How to watch the replay (without all those annoying Prime Day ads)

  

  Prime Day starts at midnight on Monday, July 15, but the party got underway last night in New York with a free streamed concert from Taylor Swift. Hosted by Jane Lynch, the Prime Day concert also featured artists Dua Lipa, SZA and Becky G. Tay Tay headlined the show and performed her newest singles, ME! and You Need To Calm Down. …

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• 11 July

  Apple disables Walkie

  

  Apple deactivated the Walkie-Talkie app on its Apple Watch after being alerted to a vulnerability that potentially left iPhones open to eavesdroppers. The company confirmed the problem to TechCrunch and said it’s working on a fix. The Walkie-Talkie feature, which came with 2018’s WatchOS 5, lets you press a button and talk, then hear another person’s voice come back at …

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• 11 July

  Senate moves Blockchain Promotion Act forward

  

  The US Congress is moving forward on key piece of legislation designed to lay the regulatory framework for blockchain technology and to see how the government could benefit from its use. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Tuesday approved the Blockchain Promotion Act, bipartisan legislation that directs the Department of Commerce to come up with a standard definition …

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• 11 July

  YouTube’s product chief helps safeguard and expand the platform

  

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• 11 July

  See how easy it is to upgrade your garden lighting to LED

  

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• 11 July

  Nintendo debuts Switch Lite console, Ookla says AT&T is fastest carrier

  

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• 11 July

  The Acer Predator Triton 900 has a flippin’ practical design

  

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• 10 July

  Cut the cord with the AirTV dual

  

  Update, July 11: The refurb AirTV is sold out at the $50 price. You can pick up a new AirTV at Amazon for $80 ($40 off), or you can check out the similar Amazon Fire TV Recast for $130 ($100 off). That latter product costs more — and only works with a Fire TV streamer — but it includes a …

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