Amazon's outage rekindled a debate on how to minimize the impact of an outage. An emerging company called HashiCorp went public two days after the Amazon snafu. The company's software helps engineers set up resources in multiple clouds. Hashi Corp. closed its second day of trading with a market cap of over $15 billion.

Google has warned apps which fail to comply with its data policy face being banned. Huq admitted to BBC that at least two app partners had not sought correct permissions. App partnerships and sharing of data with third-parties under increased scrutiny. Google introduced a new user data policy in October informing apps of how data is used.

Erica Cloud, an assembly line worker at Tesla, filed a lawsuit in California’s Alameda County Superior Court. She claims that she experienced “continuous and pervasive” sexual harassment in the factory where she worked. This comes just one month after Jessica Barraza, a production associate at Tesla filed a suit accusing the company of ‘rampant sexual harassment’

Metaverse is the buzzword of the season. Facebook kicked off the craze with a video at its Connect conference in October. Dedric Reid has been selling his own version of the metaverse for the past five years. He describes it as a persistent, decentralized space filled with life and change.

Microsoft's M12 Venture Fund is leading a $27 million bet on NFT studio Palm. The funding will be used to scale the company's operations with new hires. Palm works with companies and brands to help them create NFT projects. It's exactly the type of service that Microsoft sees potential in – on an enterprise level.

Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) reported upbeat second-quarter results on Thursday, as the IT-services turned cloud solutions player benefited from a rebound in tech spending from businesses looking to support hybrid work.

TikTok is investing in social e-commerce in the UK. It's already held some livestream shopping with brands over the Black Friday weekend. It is now producing and hosting its own two-day event anchored by Rylan Clark-Neal. TikTok already has more than a billion monthly global users.

Imagine that we’re living in 2030. Now try to imagine how different things will be. Do you picture flying cars, supersonic travel, robots walking among us, spending big parts of our days in the metaverse?

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the $2 trillion crypto market. The hearing was called to improve lawmakers’ understanding of the sector and how it fits into existing regulations.

Hundreds of posts promoting dangerous white supremacist ideologies are still readily available on Instagram. Anti Defamation League researchers searched for terms on Instagram related to white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements. The posts included references to "accelerationism," an extremist ideology cited in the manifestos of mass shooters.

Tinder is partnering with Spotify to launch a new “Music Mode” feature. Users will hear a 30-second looped preview of a potential match’s chosen song while checking out their profile. Music Mode will be rolling out to Tinder users globally, in all markets where Spotify is available.

Italy's antitrust watchdog says Amazon abused its dominant market position. The watchdog says the company pushed third-party sellers to use its logistics service Fulfillment by Amazon. Third-party seller who use FBA have a better chance of getting featured in Amazon's buy box.