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Akamai | January 14, 2022

Akamai Technologies, Inc. , the world's most trusted solution to power and protect digital experiences, today participated in the White House Open Source Software Security Summit and released the following statement: Akamai was pleased to participate in the White House Open Source Software Security Summit today, and appreciated the opportunity to share our perspective and recommendations on this important topic. Improving the security of open source software is vital, as it is...

Facebook | March 02, 2020

Facebook on Monday disclosed it removed five online misinformation campaigns connected to foreign governments in February alone, highlighting the threat social media companies continue to face from governments seeking to sow discord and spread misinformation using Silicon Valley's most powerful networks. Facebook revealed the information, which it partially released last month, in its first monthly report about "coordinated inauthentic behavior," the platform's term for network...

Amazon | February 14, 2020

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft's work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awarding the contract to its rival. Amazon's lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump's bias against the company hurt its chances to win the project. Amazon and Microsoft were finalists for the lucrative contract, for which Amazon was considered an early front-runner. The project, known...

Tech Crunch | March 12, 2020

The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to ban federal departments and agencies from buying or using foreign-made drones, citing a risk to national security, TechCrunch has learned. The draft order, which was drafted in the past few weeks and seen by TechCrunch, would effectively ban both foreign-made drones or drones made with foreign components out of fear that sensitive data collected during their use could be transferred to adversarial nation-states. The order specifically c...