Weather disasters from climate change are pushing some companies to Amazon’s cloud, says CTO

Amazon Web Services has been winning business worldwide from companies that are stripping down their data centers and taking advantage of emerging cloud technologies. Some clients are signing on for a different reason: climate change. From New Jersey to Japan, massive...

Health Insurers Make Case for Subsidies, but Get Little Assurance From Administration

By REED ABELSON April 18, 2017 Health insurers pressed Trump administration officials on Tuesday to continue billions of dollars in subsidies for low-income people buying plans under the federal health care law, but left with nothing that would dissipate the...

Japan government fund, bank mull bid with Broadcom for Toshiba chip unit: Media

A Japanese government-backed fund and policy bank are considering a joint bid with Broadcom for Toshiba’s semiconductor business, a move that would vault the U.S. chipmaker into the lead to buy the prized unit, the Asahi newspaper said on Wednesday. A bid by...

Japan government fund, bank mull bid with Broadcom for Toshiba chip unit: Media

A Japanese government-backed fund and policy bank are considering a joint bid with Broadcom for Toshiba’s semiconductor business, a move that would vault the U.S. chipmaker into the lead to buy the prized unit, the Asahi newspaper said on Wednesday. A bid by...

Mark Zuckerberg stayed away from hot-button issues in his speech today – and the audience liked it

At the start of his keynote address to Facebook’s annual developer conference in San Jose, CA, on Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg held up a copy of the 6,000-word letter he wrote in February — in which he laid out his vision for creating a better global...