In brief: Amazon thinks President Donald Trump was uniquely responsible for rigging the evaluation process that ruled it out of a multi-billion dollar cloud contract with the Pentagon, just as it was well-positioned to win. The tech giant has managed to block the federal government's decision to hire Microsoft, pending a close review that is unlikely to lead to a different conclusion.

Back in November 2019, Microsoft was awarded an intensely sought-after contract to supply the Defense Department's Joint Enterprise Defense

In a nutshell: Both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are due to arrive this holiday season, but for Sony, deciding what price its machine will sell for is proving difficult. Because of component shortages and their high cost, the build price of the console is said to be around $450, meaning the MSRP could be around $470 or more.

Bloomberg reports that Sony usually finalizes a console’s launch price in February of the release year, with mass production starting in the spring

Why it matters: Big tech has come under fire recently for improper use of consumer data. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced legislation to create the Data Protection Agency, a new federal government agency charged with protecting consumer data and investigating any mishandling of that data. While this legislation has little chance of bipartisan support, it is yet another indication of the increased scrutiny placed upon companies that rely on customer data for revenue.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation called the Data Protection Act. This act establishes the creation

Highly anticipated: VR gamers don't have many truly-amazing system sellers to brag about (though there are a few -- Beat Saber and Boneworks, for example), but that might change in the near future. Half-Life: Alyx, Valve's VR-focused return to the Half-Life franchise, finally has a specific release date: March 23.

We've always known the game would launch in March, but Valve kept the exact day under wraps -- given how many

Bottom line: One of China's most prominent companies is doing well financially, but its short term prospects have worsened due to the coronavirus outbreak. Investors seem to think the company will weather the storm just fine, but its CEO is worried about the recent plunge in sales.

Alibaba's latest quarterly report shows the company has managed to hit record revenues for its cloud business, fuelled by increased demand that has also benefitted other companies such as Intel.

The Chinese company raked in 10.7 billion yuan (

Why it matters: The fabled Nintendo PlayStation is arguably one of the most significant artifacts in video game history and soon, it'll come under new ownership. And to think, it had been sitting in an attic for years before being "discovered."

The owner of the ultra rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype has made good on a promise put forth last year, finally putting the mythical machine up for

In context: How fast do you think companies would cease robocalling you if you sued them every time they called? Robot-lawyer startup DoNotPay wants to find out by making it easy for you to do just that with its Robo Revenge service.

The fight against robocalls is real. We have documented the government’s efforts to curtail these annoying telephone spammers many times in recent months. Laws have been strengthened , and the FCC and FTC have been given broader authority to institute higher fines against companies that spam out tens of

In a nutshell: The US government is notoriously mistrustful of Chinese corporations, particularly those involved in the telecommunications industry, like Huawei or ZTE. We're seeing further evidence of that today: the US Justice Department has charged Huawei and two of its US-based subsidiaries with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets, among other things.

This news comes straight from the horse's mouth -- the DOJ published a press release discussing its decision today. The alleged Huawei subsidiaries impacted by

In brief: Adam Savage of MythBusters fame may have just found the best use yet for Boston Dynamics’ robotic dog, Spot (ok, probably not, but it’s still neat nevertheless).

In a video published to YouTube on Thursday for Tested, Savage said he spent roughly five days building the carriage for his personal rickshaw which is based on a wheelchair chassis. The real star of the show, however, is Spot and the true challenge was creating an interface between the rickshaw and the robot.

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