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Amazon fires employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers

Amazon fires employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers

A worker handles a package at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters For the second time in a week, Amazon has acknowledged that its employees improperly accessed customer data. The company notified customers Friday that it fired several employees after they shared customer email addresses and phone […]

Microsoft has taken strides to make Surface devices easier to repair

Microsoft has taken strides to make Surface devices easier to repair

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the unveiling of the Surface Pro 3 at an event in New York on May 20, 2014. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty At Microsoft’s annual hardware event in October, product chief Panos Panay wanted to show the audience just how easy it is to […]

Apple announces iPhone XS battery case replacement program

Apple announces iPhone XS battery case replacement program

Apple CEO Tim Cook pose next to an image of the new iPhone 11. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Apple said on Friday that it will provide free replacements for some iPhone cases with built-in batteries because of charging problems.  Customers can replace malfunctioning iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR Smart Battery […]

Amazon says uninstall Honey, which PayPal just paid $4 million for

Amazon says uninstall Honey, which PayPal just paid $4 million for

Honey co-founders Ryan Hudson and George Ruan. PayPal Amazon has a beef with the start-up PayPal recently acquired, Honey. During the height of the holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant warned some users that the browser extension could be a “security issue.” “Honey tracks your private shopping behavior, collects data like your order history and […]

Sacconaghi knocks down theory Apple’s surge due to passive investing, buybacks

Sacconaghi knocks down theory Apple’s surge due to passive investing, buybacks

Apple CEO Tim Cook greets employees and customers on a surprise visit to the Georgetown Apple store in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Apple’s remarkable 12-month run is the real deal and not a technicality due to passive inflows and share buybacks, top tech analyst Toni Sacconaghi says. The […]