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Google leaves no doubt: it will pursue DOD’s new cloud initiative The competition around “JEDI: The Sequel” is starting to heat up as more reports surface that the Defense Department is making progress on the restart of its enterprise cloud initiative formerly known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative. JEDI had an ignoble end as DOD cancelled the contract after nearly two years of protests and lawsuits. DOD appears to eschewing the Star Wars theme this time around…. Source link

Google has long been an also-ran in the smartphone world. But as of this week, the Alphabet Inc. unit may have finally figured out how to compete with its iPhone-making rival: custom silicon.  On Tuesday, Google unveiled the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro, both featuring a new Google-designed main processor called the Tensor. Along with the customary annual enhancements including a redesign, improved high refresh rate displays, longer battery life and better cameras, the two models can now… Source link

Sally M. Davis The author gets ready to push off his bike as he heads toward downtown Portland, Maine, from the Back Cove Trail. On the first morning of our vacation, I looked up from my phone — and saw my wife on hers. Before we set off 24 hours earlier, I vowed to go on a tech diet. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve spent an increasing amount time with my phone, laptop and television. Vacation was the chance to scale back and reconnect with the people who matter to… Source link

As the price of something precious, the dissemination of speech, declines steeply, society is facing some disquieting consequences of the cheap speech that the Internet enables. Among the anomalous responses are conservatives demanding new government regulations of privately owned but liberal-leaning businesses (Facebook, Google, Twitter). And liberals, who excoriated the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision that corporations and unions have a constitutional right to fund speech about… Source link

When confronted with demands from governments overseas, tech titans Apple and Google often respond that their policy is to obey local laws. Now, the Russian Internet censor has threatened them with fines and legal action if they refuse to eliminate from their app stores a “smart voting” app used by followers of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in advance of parliamentary elections this month. Apple and Google should show some spine and refuse. Last year, Russian security officers tried to… Source link

with Aaron Schaffer Welcome to The Technology 202! The newsletter is taking a brief summer break next week. We’ll be back in your inboxes full time after Labor Day. Thanks for reading. A proposal in South Korea aimed at reining in the power of Google’s and Apple’s app stores could serve as a test case for U.S. policymakers actively considering similar measures — or prove to be a cautionary tale.  A South Korean National Assembly committee on Wednesday voted to advance legislation that, if… Source link

WASHINGTON — For months, Apple and Google have been fighting a bill in the South Korean legislature that they say could imperil their lucrative app store businesses. The companies have appealed directly to South Korean lawmakers, government officials and the public to try to block the legislation, which is expected to face a crucial vote this week. The companies have also turned to an unlikely ally, one that is also trying to quash their power: The United States government. A group funded… Source link

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building on May 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) You’ll be hearing a lot about the debt ceiling in coming weeks. Tune it out. Learn something useful about real ceilings, instead. Or watch the latest Lil’ Nas X video in slo-mo. Or maybe try to get to know Matt Damon. You won’t, but it will still be time better spent than worrying about the debt ceiling. You shouldn’t be reading this story. Stop reading! I just told… Source link

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is warning of a possible violent militia rally on July 4 in Washington, D.C., according to a law enforcement document obtained by Yahoo News. The report, dated July 1 and produced by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, says that FBI reporting indicates that suspected violent extremists may be planning to attend a large public gathering for the July 4 holiday on Capitol Hill. As of mid-June, a private… Source link