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Amazon said it skipped a Congressional hearing about the SolarWinds hack because the e-commerce giant doesn't use the company's software13h ago ( February 25, 2021 at 2:25 PM ) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Amazon said it declined to attend a SolarWinds hearing since it wasn't impacted by the hack.
SolarWinds, Microsoft, and others appeared before the Senate in a Tuesday hearing.
Senators voiced concern over Amazon's absence, and one said the firm has an "obligation" to be there.
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Amazon has confirmed that it was not affected by the sweeping SolarWinds hack because it does not use the IT compa...Tags: Amazon, News, Enterprise, Microsoft, Congress, Senate, Russia, US, Trends, Cybersecurity, Hack, Fbi, Marco Rubio, Orion, Wall Street Journal, Solarwinds 141 people like this. Like Agencies scramble for billions in ad dollarsFebruary 23, 2021 at 6:22 PM Hi and welcome to this weekly edition of Insider Advertising, where we track the big stories in media and advertising.Remember you can sign up to get this newsletter daily here. This week: Ad billions in playMicrosoft, news savior?Trump's enablers
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Ad budgets up for grabs Billions in advertising will be up for grabs this year as brands that held back on changing their ad agencies last year restart the process, Lindsay Rittenhouse and Patr...Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Media, Microsoft, Australia, Advertising, Disney, US, Trends, Unilever, Fox, Netflix, Prudential, National Enquirer, Philips 83 people like this. Like Microsoft president asks Congress to force private-sector orgs to admit when they've been hackedFebruary 23, 2021 at 7:53 PM Senate intelligence committee hears ideas in light of SolarWinds disaster
The private sector should be legally obliged to disclose any major hacks of their systems, says Microsoft’s president and top lawyer Brad Smith.…Tags: Microsoft, Congress, Senate, Software, Brad Smith Microsoft president asks Congress to force private-sector orgs to publicly admit when they've been hackedFebruary 23, 2021 at 7:53 PM Senate intelligence committee hears ideas in light of SolarWinds disaster
The private sector should be legally obliged to disclose any major hacks of their systems, says Microsoft’s president and top lawyer Brad Smith.…Tags: Microsoft, Congress, Senate, Software, Brad Smith 42 people like this. Like The US Senate is grilling Microsoft and SolarWinds over last year's historic cyberattackFebruary 23, 2021 at 2:32 PM SolarWinds Corp. banner hangs at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the IPO day of the company in New York.
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US Senators are questioning the tech firms involved in last year's sweeping cyberattack.
SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, and CrowdStrike are all testifying in the Tuesday hearing, which you can livestream below.
Hackers installed malware into SolarWinds' software, which was then distributed to the firm's clients.
Visit the Business section of Insider for m...Tags: Amazon, Technology, Enterprise, Microsoft, Senate, White House, Ipo, Russia, US, Trends, Cybersecurity, Hack, US Senate, SEC, US Treasury, Nyse 51 people like this. Like The US Senate just grilled Microsoft and SolarWinds over last year's historic cyberattack. Here's what happened.February 23, 2021 at 2:32 PM SolarWinds Corp. banner hangs at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the IPO day of the company in New York.
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US senators questioned the tech firms involved in last year's sweeping cyberattack.
SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, and CrowdStrike all testified, while Amazon declined to attend.
Microsoft's president said evidence points to Russia, where officials suspect the attack originated.
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The US Senate questio...Tags: Amazon, Technology, Enterprise, Microsoft, Senate, White House, Ipo, Russia, US, Trends, Cybersecurity, Hack, US Senate, SEC, Silicon Valley, US Treasury 91 people like this. Like Black Lives Matter opens up about its financesFebruary 23, 2021 at 1:31 PM By AARON MORRISON | The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The foundation widely seen as a steward of the Black Lives Matter movement says it took in just over $90 million last year, according to a financial snapshot shared exclusively with The Associated Press.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is now building infrastructure to catch up to the speed of its funding and plans to use its endowment to become known for more than protests after Black Americans die at the hands of police or v...Tags: Florida, Politics, New York, News, Minneapolis, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Ap, Chicago, Soccer, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Associated Press, Prince, Black Lives Matter 46 people like this. Like Microsoft allies with European publishers to push for 'Australian-style' laws on news content, pitting itself against Facebook and GoogleFebruary 23, 2021 at 5:41 AM Microsoft president Brad Smith.
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Microsoft has allied with four publisher lobbying groups in Europe to push for new legislation targeting tech giants.
The Alliance wants to ensure Big Tech pays news publishers to host news content.
It comes as Australia prepares to force tech giants to pay publishers for hosting their content.
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As Facebook and Google brace themselves to start paying news publishers in Australia, r...Tags: Google, Facebook, Europe, Microsoft, Australia, Trends, Eu, Canada, Biden, Rupert Murdoch, Bing, Publishers, Brad Smith, Alliance, Big Tech, Tech Insider 61 people like this. Like 10 things in tech you need to know todayFebruary 23, 2021 at 3:10 AM Nick Wass/Associated Press
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching "Business Insider" in your flash briefing settings.Facebook reversed its Australian news ban. The move comes after a weekend of negotiations with the government over its proposed media code.Spotify will launch higher quality streaming. The firm announced a slew of updates, inc...Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Bruce Springsteen, Microsoft, Australia, Barack Obama, Trends, Biden, Skype, Cnbc, Black, Niklas Zennstrom, Alex Jones, Brad Smith 147 people like this. Like Why Microsoft is bullish on Australia's clamp down on mediaFebruary 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM Hello and welcome to Insider Advertising for February 23. I'm senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here's what's going on:Microsoft sides with publishersHow Mattel revamped Barbie.Roark Capital's bet on nostalgia.If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here for your daily insider's guide to advertising and media.Tips, comments, suggestions? Drop me a line at [email protected] or on Twitter at @LaurenJohnson.
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Microsoft's B...Tags: Facebook, Media, Microsoft, Australia, Advertising, Marketing, Trends, Digital Media, Nbcuniversal, Barbie, Cnbc, Mattel, Capitol, Arby, Brad Smith, Jamba Juice 143 people like this. Like 10 things in tech you need to know todayFebruary 22, 2021 at 3:00 AM Epic Games' attack ad on Apple.
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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching "Business Insider" in your flash briefing settings.Google fired a second AI ethicist. The firm fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead on its ethical AI team, following an extended investigation that has kept Mitchell locked out of her corpora...Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, UK, Microsoft, Trends, Sequoia Capital, Sundar Pichai, Mitchell, Brad Smith, Margaret Mitchell, Amazon Alexa, Mark Zuckerberg Jack Dorsey, Tech Insider, Ben Chestnut, Shona Ghosh 103 people like this. Like Facebook took the nuclear option in Australia. It may be on a collision course with at least 7 other countries.February 18, 2021 at 9:38 AM Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019.
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Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing news articles on its platform.
The move comes after months of wrangling with Australian officials.
But the tech giant also faces pressure from a growing number of governments on how it handles news.
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Facebook blocked Australian ...Tags: Google, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, UK, Instagram, Microsoft, Australia, Washington, France, Germany, Angela Merkel, Berlin, US, Trends, Eu, Spain 54 people like this. Like Why Facebook blocked all news content in Australia - and why Google didn'tFebruary 17, 2021 at 11:59 PM Carsten Koall/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images
Australia wants to pass a bill forcing Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content.
In response, Facebook banned news content in the country, while Google made deals with publishers.
But the situation is much more complicated. Here's what you need to know.
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Facebook made huge waves on Wednesday by blocking all news content for its Australian users and all content post...Tags: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Australia, Senate, Trends, Eu, Spain, News Corp, Brad Smith, France Germany, Casey Newton, Alex Wong Getty, Australia Facebook, Carsten Koall Getty, Tyler Sonnemaker 110 people like this. Like Doing Good is “Hot” at CESFebruary 15, 2021 at 8:00 AM What was hot at CES this year? The folks at WundermanThompson (WT) fill us in on the latest CES trends. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show “marked a drastic departure from past norms,” WT reports. “New product launches took a back seat to acknowledgment of the industry’s shared, societal responsibility.”
They highlight the keynote of Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, who said, “In 2020, one thing became very obvious, very quickly, as COVID-19 began to spread around the world: we leapfrogged five to ...Tags: Verizon, Business, Microsoft, Samsung, Trends, John F Kennedy, Philips, Smith, Consumer Electronics Show, Right Now, Brad Smith, Hans Vestberg, CompareCards, Tatch, WundermanThompson WT 39 people like this. Like SolarWinds Hack Was 'Largest and Most Sophisticated Attack' Ever, Microsoft President SaysFebruary 15, 2021 at 9:02 AM A hacking campaign that used a U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft Corp President Brad Smith said. From a report: The operation, which was identified in December and that the U.S. government has said was likely orchestrated by Russia, breached software made by SolarWinds Corp, giving hackers access to thousands of companies and government offices that used its product...Tags: Microsoft, Russia, Tech, Orion, Cbs, Smith, Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp, SolarWinds Corp, U S Treasury Justice and Commerce 112 people like this. Like Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers' fingerprints on the SolarWinds attackFebruary 15, 2021 at 12:57 AM As FireEye reveals how suspicious second phone signed up for 2FA gave the game away
Microsoft president Brad Smith says the software giant’s analysis of the SolarWinds hack suggests the code behind the crack was the work of a thousand or more developers.…Tags: Microsoft, Software, Brad Smith 50 people like this. Like Microsoft Urges America to Force Google and Facebook to Pay for NewsFebruary 14, 2021 at 12:34 PM "Microsoft has said the USA should copy Australia's plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for links to news content," reports The Register, "and suggested that doing so will help improve social cohesion and strengthen democracy."
But Google has fired back with a statement asserting that Microsoft's motives are impure. "Of course they'd be eager to impose an unworkable levy on a rival and increase their market share," wrote Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer.
Microsoft's suggestion t...Tags: Google, Facebook, Usa, Craigslist, Microsoft, Australia, Tech, Scott Morrison, Biden, Smith, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Brad Smith, Force Google, Kent Walker Google 73 people like this. Like Microsoft Wants U.S. to Adopt Internet Rules From Australia That Google HatesFebruary 12, 2021 at 4:30 AM Microsoft would like the U.S. government to adopt media rules that would force big tech companies to share profits with newspapers when they link to news content, according to a new blog post by Microsoft president Brad Smith. And the entire concept is controversial, to say the least.Read more...Tags: Google, Science, Microsoft, Australia, Companies, Computing, Search Engine, Websites, Microsoft Bing, Brad Smith, Alphabet Inc, Disinformation, Internet Search Engines, Technology Internet, The Microsoft, Criticism Of Google 130 people like this. Like Google swipes at Microsoft for supporting Australia's 'unworkable' levy on tech giantsFebruary 12, 2021 at 5:58 AM Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during Google I/O 2016
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Google and Microsoft are in a firefight over Australia's code mandating payments to news publishers.
Microsoft has supported the new code, while Google threatened to leave Australia over it.
Google legal chief Kent Walker on Thursday accused Microsoft of maneuvering to bolster its market share.
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Google and Microsoft are duking it out after the latter su...Tags: Google, Technology, Microsoft, Australia, Satya Nadella, Trends, Scott Morrison, Rupert Murdoch, Bing, Sundar Pichai, Tim Berners Lee, Brad Smith, Walker, Justin Sullivan, Kent Walker, Tech Insider 92 people like this. Like United States: Evaluation Of Innovation Center Models - Sheppard Mullin Richter & HamptonFebruary 8, 2021 at 5:37 AM On January 13, 2021, Brad Smith, the current (and fourth) director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the "Center"), published an article...Tags: News, United States, Hampton, Brad Smith, Center for Medicare, Mullin Richter, Medicaid Innovation the Center 41 people like this. Like Microsoft Offers To Break The Web In A Desperate Attempt To Get Somebody To Use Its Widely-Ignored Bing Search Engine (techdirt)February 5, 2021 at 7:21 PM One of the key battles surrounding the EU Copyright Directive involves the threshold at which upload filters will block the use of copyright material in things like memes and mashups. A year ago, Germany was proposing ridiculously tight restrictions: 128-by-128 pixel images, and three-second videos. Now, it is framing the issue in terms of uses that aren't "automatically" blocked by upload filters. The proposed limits here are 15 seconds of video or audio, 125K graphics, and 160 -- yes, 160 -- c...Tags: Google, Facebook, News, Microsoft, Australia, Germany, Eu, Scott Morrison, Rupert Murdoch, Bing, Sundar Pichai, Tim Berners Lee, Brad Smith, Australia New Zealand, Glyn Moody, Bing Microsoft 9 people like this. Like Microsoft will pause political giving through 2022 to lawmakers who voted against certifying the presidential electionFebruary 5, 2021 at 3:54 PM Microsoft also changed the name of its PAC to the Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC.
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Microsoft contributions to Congress members denying election results will be paused through 2022.
Microsoft will also change its political action committee name to show it's voluntary for employees.
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Microsoft will suspend contributions from its PAC through the 2022 election cycle to federal legislators who denied...Tags: Politics, Microsoft, Congress, US, Trends, Joe Biden, PAC, Donald Trump, Brad Smith, Political Action Committee, Tech Insider, Insurrection, Fred Humphries, Natasha Dailey, Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC, PAC Microsoft 58 people like this. Like Microsoft Slams Google Over Threat To Shut Search Engine in AustraliaFebruary 3, 2021 at 11:11 AM Microsoft has moved to capitalise on Google's threat to shut its search engine in Australia, throwing its weight behind efforts to make Big Tech pay for news content and offering to transfer small businesses to its rival service Bing at no cost. From a report: The Seattle-based company on Wednesday slammed Google's threat to exit Australia [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] over the news media bargaining code and said it fully supported a draft law aimed at forcing te...Tags: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Australia, Tech, Canberra, Seattle, Bing, Brad Smith, Australia Microsoft, Mel Silva 61 people like this. Like 10 things in tech you need to know todayJanuary 25, 2021 at 3:03 AM Elon Musk talks to journalists at the construction site of the Tesla Giga-Factory in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany, September 3, 2020.
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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching "Business Insider" in your flash briefing settings.Exclusive: Sources told us how Google decided to pull Parler. After the...Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Elon Musk, Microsoft, Germany, Trends, Tesla, Iran, PAC, Berlin Germany, Brad Smith, Amazon Alexa, US Capitol, Simon Wolfson, Tech Insider 111 people like this. Like Microsoft president Brad Smith candidly confesses politics are pay-to-play in response to criticism over the company's donations to lawmakers who objected to US election resultsJanuary 23, 2021 at 2:48 AM Microsoft president Brad Smith.
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Microsoft president Brad Smith defended the company's political contributions, reported.
Microsoft paused donations amid criticism of its gifts to GOP lawmakers who objected to election results.
But Smith said donations are vital for getting invited to events so Microsoft can lobby lawmakers.
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Microsoft CEO Brad Smith offered his employees a candid take this week on why the company g...Tags: Politics, News, Enterprise, Supreme Court, Microsoft, Congress, US, America, Trends, Markets, Joe Biden, Gop, United States, Citizens United, PACs, Money In Politics 108 people like this. Like If tech companies don't want to deal in violence, they should stop partnering with US military and intelligenceJanuary 19, 2021 at 2:14 PM A U.S. Air Force pilot (L), and a censor operator (R), prepare to launch a MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.
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Affirming their opposition to violence and incitement, Silicon Valley corporations led the way removing President Donald Trump from their platforms and shutting down Parler, an app popular with his supporters.
But these same firms have deep relationsh...Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Indonesia, Satya Nadella, US, Trends, Department Of Defense, United States, Silicon Valley, South America, Pentagon, Cia, Jeff Bezos 141 people like this. Like CES Daily: New adventures in the new normalJanuary 14, 2021 at 8:30 AM Today is the final day of CES 2021. First billed as a virtual conference that would replicate, to the best of its ability, the camaraderie and awe that define its annual in-person Las Vegas event, many attendees have been left divided as to whether this year’s show hit the spot or missed the mark. In reality, CES was more akin to a series of back-to-back Zoom calls—one that cost exhibitors hefty sums that aren’t too far off from the price of showcasing themselves at the real event. You may be yo...Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Washington, Advertising, Ces, Nvidia, Dell, Las Vegas, Lg, Barry, Esports, Cannes, Cannes Lions, Las Vegas Strip, Trump, Miramax 38 people like this. Like CES 2021: How to follow the year's biggest tech conferenceJanuary 12, 2021 at 12:03 PM When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more.
CES is typically held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, but the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the event online this year.
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CES 2021, the largest annual tech industry conference, will run from January 11 to January 14 using an online-only format due to COVID-19.CES 2021 will deliver major announcements from hundreds of leading tech companies, including Microsoft, Samsu...Tags: Microsoft, Samsung, Trends, Walmart, Cta, Ces, Sony, Las Vegas, Amd, Cnet, Brad Smith, Las Vegas Convention Center, Lisa Su, Robyn Beck, Doug McMillon, New York City Check 87 people like this. Like While CEOs across America decry the rampage in Washington, Jeff Bezos is silent and Elon Musk is posting memesJanuary 7, 2021 at 3:42 PM Jeff Bezos (left) and Elon Musk.
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Following Wednesday's attack on the US Capitol, business leaders from a range of industries, including finance, tech, and automotive, have condemned the rampage.
But two of the world's most powerful CEOs — Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — have yet to issue a statement denouncing the insurrection.
While Bezos has been silent on social media, Musk has tweeted multiple memes, one of which was a Burning Man joke. He also seemed to partially b...Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Spacex, Elon Musk, News, Instagram, Washington, US, America, Trends, General Motors, Tesla, Thailand, Harvard University 107 people like this. Like Microsoft employees slam the company for urging Congress to accept Biden's win while also donating to senators who want to overturn the election resultJanuary 6, 2021 at 6:46 AM Microsoft president Brad Smith.
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Microsoft CEO Brad Smith on Monday signed an open letter urging Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden's election win, and said in a statement that Microsoft believes in the "peaceful transition of power" and "democratic principles."
Microsoft employees publicly weighed in, saying that Microsoft should stop funding political candidates who undermine those principles.
One employee pointed out that the Microsoft's lobbying vehicle...Tags: Microsoft, Congress, Trends, Joe Biden, Ohio, Fox News, Biden, Smith, Donald Trump, Cnbc, Jim Jordan, Neill, Brad Smith, Friedman, Roger Marshall, Electoral College 149 people like this. Like |