Matt OBrien, Author at Greenfield Recorder

In this Feb. 14 photo, people stand in the lobby of Amazon’s offices in New York.

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Amazon says Trump’s ‘improper pressure’ doomed Pentagon bid

by Matt OBrien Associated Press, and Joseph Pisani Associated PressDecember 9, 2019

Amazon says President Donald Trump’s “improper pressure” and behind-the-scenes attacks harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract.The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing contract to Microsoft in October.Amazon argues in a lawsuit…

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Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing

by Rachel Lerman Associated Press, and Matt OBrien Associated PressOctober 23, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJuly 9, 2019

An iRobot Terra lawn mower in Bedford. Building a robot lawn mower seemed the logical next step for iRobot, which invented the pioneering robotic vacuum Roomba. But the company’s decade-plus lawn mower project was a lot harder than anyone expected.

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Where’s my robot lawn mower? iRobot says it’s finally here

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019

Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's Vice President of People, speaks during an event about Apple's new campus announcement in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Dec, 13, 2018. Apple plans to build a 1 billion campus in Austin, that will create at least 5,000 jobs ranging from engineers to call-center agents while adding more luster to a Southwestern city that has already become a bustling tech hub. The decision, announced Thursday, comes 11 months after Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed plans to open a major office outside California on the heels of a massive tax break passed by Congress last year. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Boston one of Apple’s new tech hub locations

by Michael Liedtke Associated Press, Matt OBrien Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressDecember 14, 2018

Matty Nev Luby, standing in front of a ring light, has her hair brushed by her mother, Kerrylynn Mahoney, in Wethersfield, Conn., in this Feb. 28 photo. The high school gymnast’s popularity on the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, which merged this summer into the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, helped win her some modeling contracts. Luby said she’s learned to navigate Instagram and other social media apps by brushing aside the anonymous bullies.

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In poll, young say online bullying serious problem

by Matt OBrien AP Technology Writers, and Barbara Ortutay AP Technology WritersOctober 5, 2018

FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. In a blog post, Friday, Sept. 28, the company says hackers exploited its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach

by Matt OBrien Associated Press, and Mae Anderson Associated PressSeptember 28, 2018

FILE- In this Dec. 30, 2006, file photo with the Capitol in the background, American flags fly at half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument in Washington. Microsoft has uncovered new hacking attempts by Russia targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, that a group tied to the Russian government created fake websites that appeared to spoof two American conservative organizations: the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute. Three other fake sites were designed to look as if they belonged to the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Microsoft finds more Russian hacking ahead of midterms

by Matt OBrien Associated PressAugust 21, 2018

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 photo, Vatic Kuumba, of Providence, R.I. rides a BIRD electric scooter in downtown Providence. The rental vehicles began appearing in several New England cities last week without warning. Cambridge, Mass., sent a letter to Los Angeles-based startup Bird Rides Inc., warning that it's illegal to operate its business in the city without prior authorization. Providence is crafting a new policy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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N.E. cities scramble to regulate electric scooters

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJuly 25, 2018

In this Thursday, May 24, 2018, photo Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert shows the SpotMini robot during a robotics summit in Boston. It’s never been clear whether robotics company Boston Dynamics is making killing machines, household helpers, or something else entirely. For nine years, the secretive firm, which got its start with U.S. military funding, has unnerved people around the world with YouTube videos of experimental robots resembling animal predators. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Secretive Boston robotics firm emerging from stealth

by Matt OBrien Associated PressJune 5, 2018