Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot Corp., the company behind the Roomba robotic vacuum, in a deal worth $1.7 billion. Roomba will be added to Amazon’s already lengthy list of smart home…
Parler Just Part of Social Media Whack-a-Mole, Unless US Takes Big Steps
Parler, a social media platform popular with racists, homophobes and conspiracy theorists, has been cut off by Amazon, Google and Apple, and some believe the firm may be taken offline as a…
Tech Giants Open New Front Line in Battle Against White House
Fresh from their adversarial hearings, US tech’s biggest players are going in to bat against the White House again – this time over President Donald Trump’s ban on certain working visas. Apple,…
New York Preps New Antitrust Laws, with Big Tech in Sights
New York lawmakers have introduced a new antitrust bill that will make it simpler for authorities to sue big tech companies for alleged breaches of monopoly powers. The sultrily-named S8700A bill is…
Amazon Launches $2bn CleanTech Fund
Amazon has launched a $2 billion venture capital fund aimed at supporting companies working to combat climate change. The Climate Pledge Fund’s foundation follows an open letter sent by thousands of Amazon…
Swedish Logistics Startup Instabox Wins $39m Finance Round
Swedish logistics outfit Instabox has secured a €36 million ($39m) financing round, as it looks beyond its Scandinavian home market. The company, founded five years ago by Alexis Prifitis, Johan Lundin and…
Three Ways Tech Could Save the Rainforest
In the freshest apocalyptic omen since last month, the Amazon rainforest is current on fire—tens of thousands of fires, deliberately started, and greenlit by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right, populist leader. G7 heads…
Why HQ2 Could be Bad News for Queens
Thoughts and prayers to Business Insider‘s Graham Rapier, who braved fiercely lukewarm weather for a reportage from “the very edge” of Queens, New York, where Amazon plans to erect one half of its…
On International Literacy Day, Three Gadgets that Changed How We Read Forever
The written word has come a long, long way since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 16th century – from Shakespeare folios, through Gothic horror, feminist samizdat, modern journalism and,…
Tech Stock Plunge Wipes $10bn From Giants’ Value
The ten most valuable US tech companies have suffered a combined $82.7 billion value loss today, led by Facebook’s continued slide. The social media firm, whose value plummeted by a record $124bn…