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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Chinese regulators have summoned companies to demand they play down profits and further clamp down on how minors can…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Chinese regulators have summoned companies to demand they play down profits and further clamp down on how minors can…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business PayPal is buying Japanese startup Paidy, marking the latest major tie-up in the fast-growing space of buy now, pay…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes and the US government faced off in a San Jose federal courtroom in the long-awaited…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos, was found guilty on…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Business Police in China have released a former Alibaba employee accused of sexually assaulting a co-worker after prosecutors…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ford on Tuesday announced that it has hired Doug Field away from Apple as it looks to bolster its self-driving and…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of failed biotech startup Theranos, went from being hailed as…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple will likely reveal its latest lineup of iPhones next week. The company sent out press invitations on…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions on Wednesday night, a small group…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions on Wednesday night, a small group…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business K-pop fans are the latest casualty of China’s crackdown on celebrity culture. Weibo, China’s heavily…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of researchers has developed a new material they say is as soft as cotton but as strong as Kevlar and as…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple made headlines — and not the good kind — last month when it announced a test of a…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of researchers has developed a new material they say is as soft as cotton but as strong as Kevlar and as…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Bumble and the CEO of rival dating platform Match Group are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Bumble and the CEO of rival dating platform Match Group are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Alibaba is pouring 100 billion yuan ($15.5 billion) into China’s drive to achieve “common…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China will set up a new stock exchange in Beijing, giving the nation’s capital and political center more influence in…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Fed up with torrents of racist and transphobic hate from viewers, a trio of Twitch users decided to take a day off from the…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A jury of seven men and five women has been selected for the long-awaited criminal trial of Elizabeth…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed late Wednesday it is investigating Richard Branson’s flight to…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed late Wednesday it is investigating Richard Branson’s flight to…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of China’s leading tech companies are setting up labor unions for their staff as the industry comes under…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China will set up a new stock exchange in Beijing, giving the nation’s capital and political center more influence in…
Continue ReadingBy Jill Disis, CNN Business Apple will allow companies such as Spotify and Netflix to direct customers to their own websites to make payments,…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong has reclaimed its status as the host of a marquee Asian tech conference it lost last year, as organizers cite…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business After days of controversy over its decision not to crack down on misinformation about Covid-19, Reddit is somewhat…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter is stepping up its efforts to help users experiencing harassment protect themselves. The social media company on…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business When Twitter suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for a week last month for posting misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines,…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Apple has enlisted eight states in a program that allows people to “seamlessly and securely” add their…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business After growing its workforce to more than 1.3 million people in 2020, Amazon is planning to hire another 55,000 employees…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business After growing its workforce to more than 1.3 million people in 2020, Amazon is planning to hire another 55,000 employees…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The $1 trillion infrastructure bill appears set to give passenger and freight rail $66 billion, an infusion that will…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple will have to allow app developers to use alternative payment systems under legislation…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Jury selection began Tuesday in a San Jose federal courtroom for the long-awaited trial of Elizabeth…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Google has yet again postponed a full return to the office, announcing that its employees can continue to work…
Continue ReadingBy Masoud Popalzai and Rob Picheta, CNN Four days after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, 20-year-old YouTuber Najma Sadeqi sat on her bed…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Microsoft is rolling out its newest operating system, Windows 11, earlier than expected for some PC users. Starting…
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Jill Disis, CNN Business The Chinese version of hit video game “Fortnite” is shutting down this month. The game…
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff, CNN Business China has barred online gamers under the age of 18 from playing on weekdays and limited their play to just three hours…
Continue ReadingBy Masoud Popalzai and Rob Picheta, CNN Four days after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, 20-year-old YouTuber Najma Sadeqi sat on her bed…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Your cousin knows for a fact that coronavirus vaccines have mind-controlling microchips. “Stop the steal”…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos, is set to go to trial this week, more…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A jury of seven men and five women has been selected for the long-awaited criminal trial of Elizabeth…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific. Less than…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Days after taking control of Afghanistan earlier this month, the Taliban used its first press conference to take a…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Days after taking control of Afghanistan earlier this month, the Taliban used its first press conference to take a…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos whose criminal trial is set to begin in…
Continue ReadingBy Jill Disis and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN Business China is putting companies that overwork their employees on notice. The country’s…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple is relaxing some restrictions on how iPhone app developers can communicate with customers outside its App Store,…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Fortnite users have long had concerts to attend and movies to watch as they wander around the video game through their…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you make a restaurant reservation through OpenTable, you may also be asked to prove you’re…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you make a restaurant reservation through OpenTable, you may also be asked to prove you’re…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global pandemic threw daily routines out the window; sleep schedules changed, so did diets, workout…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global pandemic threw daily routines out the window; sleep schedules changed, so did diets, workout…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s biggest tech firms has pledged to hand over its entire profit for the last quarter to rural…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Dozens of major companies, state and federal agencies and other organizations that misconfigured a setting in their…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business When Tim Cook took over as chief executive of Apple, it was a corporate transition unlike any other. He stepped out from…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple, like other device makers, issues software updates all the time, but the latest one may be more critical than…
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Airbnb has pledged to provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees. CEO Brian Chesky said Tuesday that the program…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After years of working to build their audiences on OnlyFans, a number of sex workers and adult content…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Thursday’s decision by the creator platform OnlyFans to soon stop hosting a wide swath of sexually explicit content…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he believes the company’s goal of a humanoid robot is the most…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Gopuff, a startup that originally launched to offer hookah deliveries for college students and later food…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Elon Musk said Thursday night at Tesla’s AI Day that the company is building a humanoid robot, and will…
Continue ReadingBy Steven Jiang and Jill Disis, CNN Business China has passed sweeping new rules about the collection and use of personal data as Beijing toughens…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Elon Musk said Thursday night at Tesla’s AI Day that the company is building a humanoid robot, and will…
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business OnlyFans is banning sexually explicit content starting in October, the company announced Thursday.…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two wealthiest people on this planet, both want to be center stage when NASA returns…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission renewed its bid to break up Facebook on Thursday by filing an amended complaint in federal…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China’s crackdown on private business has taken a new, more intrusive turn with government plans to dictate how…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called “disinformation dozen,” one…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called “disinformation dozen,” one…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla’s Autopilot feature could soon face its second federal probe of the month. The automaker’s…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has been leaked to…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business After years of accusations that it’s helped spread misinformation, Twitter is finally giving users an easy way to…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business In early August, Apple announced a major new program designed to help combat child exploitation and promote…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business T-Mobile confirmed on Monday that it has been hit by a data breach but declined to say whether any personal information…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The ransomware attack that forced Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest fuel pipelines in the United States, to go…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares. Transportation…
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares. Transportation…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business An anonymous hacker who stole more than $600 million from the decentralized finance platform Poly Network this week has…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business For those who don’t think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Starting any business is full of challenges. Starting one in the middle of a global pandemic is on a whole other…
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Facebook is the latest tech company to delay its employees’ return to the office until next year as the Delta…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The potential antitrust breakup of Facebook’s digital media empire could start with GIFs. Facebook could soon be…
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri, Diksha Madhok and Meenketan Jha, CNN Business India’s main opposition party is accusing Twitter of stifling freedom of speech…
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri, Diksha Madhok and Meenketan Jha, CNN Business India’s main opposition party is accusing Twitter of stifling freedom of speech…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business A new Senate bill targeting US app stores seeks to rein in the power of tech giants such as Apple and Google by banning…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Accenture, the global consulting firm, has been hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to the cybercriminal…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Samsung is still betting on a future where smartphones fold in half. But first it must convince users…
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