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Former Cisco VP Stella Low Joins Apple as new VP Worldwide Corporate Communications   It's being reported today that Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco for the past two years, will take on the role, which has been unfilled since late 2019. The news is so hot off the press that Low's LinkedIn Profile, as presented below, is still listing her as SVP and Chief Communications Officer at Cisco.   BuzzFeed's John Paczkowski reports that as "A tech industry veteran, Low has done stints at Uni...

Quarterly reports yesterday from Alphabet and Microsoft underscore how the industry is continuing to benefit from the digital transformation ushered in by widespread stay-at-home policies.

“We all need to [be] vigilant during this time to keep one another and our facilities safe.” Management has warned Amazon data center staff to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity following a comment on Parler that suggested “someone with explosives training” could “pay a visit to some AWS data centers,” Business Insider reported. The comment was under a post about the cloud provider’s decision over the weekend to discontinue providing hosting services to the social network. AWS also put on hold any big changes or updates to its services Monday and Tuesday, requi...

The moves reflect Amazon's heightened awareness of the threat facing the company after its decision to sever ties with Parler.

A screenshot included in Amazon's letter to Parler Amazon notified Parler that it would be cutting off the social network favored by conservatives and extremists from its cloud hosting service Amazon Web Services, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. The suspension, which will go into effect on Sunday just before midnight, means that Parler will be unable to operate and will go offline unless it can find another hosting service. People on Parler used the social network to stoke fear, spread hate, and allegedly coordinate the insurrection at the Capitol building on Wednesday. The a...