Internet/e-commerce

Intel taps Alex Katouzian, an ex-Qualcomm EVP, to lead Client Computing & Physical AI group, and names Pushkar Ranade as CTO, after serving on an interim basis (www.crn.com)
22 days ago Intel AI

GameStop Offers to Buy eBay for $56 Billion (slashdot.org)
23 days ago eBay

Nearly 20 US state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data like race and citizenship info to companies like Meta, TikTok, Google (www.bloomberg.com)
23 days ago Google Insurance

eBay's stock jumps 6%+ to ~$111, below GameStop's $125/share acquisition offer, in a sign investors see hurdles to completing a deal; GameStop's stock drops ~4% (www.bloomberg.com)
23 days ago eBay

Microsoft confirms April Windows updates cause backup failures (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
23 days ago Microsoft

Amazon debuts Supply Chain Services, allowing other companies to use its logistics network to move, store, and deliver raw materials, final products, and more (www.reuters.com)
23 days ago Amazon Logistics

A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition (www.businessinsider.com)
23 days ago Twitter Elon Musk

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says he is making an unsolicited ~$56B offer to buy eBay and will take the offer to shareholders if the company is not receptive (www.wsj.com)
23 days ago eBay

Former Nintendo Executive Says Amazon Once Requested 'Illegal' Price Discounts (games.slashdot.org)
23 days ago Amazon Nintendo

Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
23 days ago Microsoft

How Amazon's expansion into fashion helped Jeff Bezos enter fashion's inner circle, as he and Lauren Sánchez Bezos become underwriters for this year's Met Gala (www.wsj.com)
24 days ago Amazon Jeff Bezos

Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby (slashdot.org)
24 days ago Microsoft

Ask.com shutters, as its owner IAC “continues to sharpen its focus”; a dot-com era icon, Ask Jeeves launched in 1997, a year before Google (mashable.com)
24 days ago Google

Ask Slashdot: Are YouTube's Subtitles 'Appallingly Bad'? (news.slashdot.org)
24 days ago YouTube

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player “whales” spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms (www.bloomberg.com)
25 days ago Google Apple

GameStop Is Preparing Offer For eBay (slashdot.org)
25 days ago eBay

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (www.wsj.com)
25 days ago Microsoft IPO

Amazon Stuck With Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes On Data Centers (news.slashdot.org)
25 days ago Amazon Drone

Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B (www.wsj.com)
25 days ago eBay

Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it's faster than legacy dialog (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
25 days ago Microsoft

Microsoft's Xbox Mode Is Now Available For All Windows 11 PCs (games.slashdot.org)
25 days ago Microsoft Xbox

“Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows (www.bloomberg.com)
25 days ago AI Spotify

Pushing back on AI job loss fears, AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, a figure in line with recent years (www.businessinsider.com)
25 days ago Amazon AI

Spotify Adds 'Verified' Badges To Distinguish Human Artists From AI (entertainment.slashdot.org)
26 days ago AI Spotify

Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
26 days ago Microsoft

Amazon launches “Join the chat”, an AI-powered feature that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses in real time (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago Amazon AI

Sources: the US DOD strikes agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection AI, and AWS to use their AI tools on classified military networks for “lawful” use (www.bloomberg.com)
26 days ago Microsoft AI Nvidia

Microsoft now lets admins choose pre-installed Store apps to uninstall (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
26 days ago Microsoft

Intel shares jumped 114% in April, hitting a record on April 24 and lifting its market cap past $470B, closing out the chipmaker's best month on record (www.cnbc.com)
26 days ago Intel

Reddit reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to $663M, vs. $611M est., DAUq up 17% to 126.8M, vs. 125.9M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (www.cnbc.com)
26 days ago Reddit

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