The Pentagon, which had planned to start work on the contract on Friday, said it was disappointed in the ruling.

Saskatchewan’s main service provider of health information, eHealth, reported a ransomware attack on their computer systems on Jan. 5.

The lawsuit seeks damages from Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Tesla and Alphabet, the parent company of Google.

In a statement, Amazon said that “numerous aspects” of the bidding process involved “clear deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias.” It did not elaborate.

A high-speed rail corridor has long been discussed between the three major cities in Cascadia, providing travellers with a potential one-hour trip between Vancouver and Seattle.

Bidding for the huge project, known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, pitted leading tech titans Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and IBM against one another.

Investors were already taking up defensive positions following a dismal manufacturing report on Tuesday that sent the market to its sharpest loss in five weeks.

At 16 years old, Gnanamoorthy is the youngest augmented reality developer with Microsoft. He said his hope is to help create technology that could be easily integrated into everyday life.

The move comes as competition has intensified among global technology companies to dominate the market for voice assistants.

In a statement, LinkedIn said it was disappointed with the decision and evaluating its options, and will "fight to protect our members and the information they entrust" to it.