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By Brian Fung, CNN Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle US government allegations that the video game giant violated a whistleblower…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle US government allegations that the video game giant violated a whistleblower…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN A first-generation 2007 iPhone sold for more than $63,000 in an online auction Sunday, more than 100 times its original cost.…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN For years, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg invested heavily in growth, including in areas like virtual reality with unproven…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Wednesday it is piloting a $20 monthly subscription plan that…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A federal judge will not block Meta from buying a virtual reality tech startup, according to multiple reports, in a setback for…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its annual Unpacked event on Wednesday, Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S smartphones — and the…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In less than three months, four of the big five US tech companies have cut tens of thousands of employees combined,…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn A record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various services last year, with much of those thefts driven by North…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn A record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various services last year, with much of those thefts driven by North…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday took its biggest swipe yet at app stores run by Apple and Google, with a new report accusing…
Continue ReadingBy Rob McLean, CNN A tech CEO is apologizing after quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in a layoffs announcement. On January 24, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Snapchat’s parent company reported stalled revenue growth and a large net loss for the final three months of 2022, as it…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn More than four years after Instagram’s founders left the company, they’re back with a new app. Kevin Systrom and Mike…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Apple has illegally imposed rules on its employees that prohibit them from discussing their wages and engaging in other protected…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In the week before Microsoft publicly announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, thousands of workers at the tech giant who were…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China has hit back after reports that Washington is moving to further restrict sales of American…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Samsung’s quarterly profits have plunged to their lowest level in eight years as customers snapped up fewer cell phones…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify at an upcoming hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN ASML, a Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, says “rules are being finalized” on export controls, amid reports…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to compete with the viral…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business If you came across a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home listed for sale recently on a quiet cul-de-sac in Cedar…
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Audrey Ash and Zachary Cohen, CNN “There might be someone getting shot tomorrow.” That was the warning from…
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Audrey Ash and Zachary Cohen, CNN “There might be someone getting shot tomorrow.” That was the warning from…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Former president Donald Trump could soon make a return to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and reach the massive audiences on…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams — though not with particularly high…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams — though not with particularly high…
Continue ReadingSamantha Beech, CNN The chief executive of the Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation has doubled down on using facial recognition at its…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN IBM and SAP are the latest tech companies to slash thousands of jobs, as they reorganize businesses and profits…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams — though not with particularly high…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday that it will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and…
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were restored on Thursday, allowing the former president to once…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams — though not with particularly high…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN News outlet CNET said Wednesday it has issued corrections on a number of articles, including some that it described as…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN James Bond fans may be waiting on the next actor who will play the British spy onscreen, but a beloved Bond adventure of yore…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Microsoft on Tuesday posted weaker-than-expected revenue and a double-digit percentage drop in profit for the final three…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Lawmakers grilled a top executive of Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, on…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Lawmakers grilled a top executive of Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, on…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Justice Department and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition with its dominance in…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic “World of Warcraft” franchise…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent and Amy Cassidy, CNN The Crown Estate, a British commercial property portfolio historically belonging to the monarch, began court…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its workforce to reduce costs, joining tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Microsoft on Monday confirmed it is making a “multibillion dollar” investment in OpenAI, the…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani says he is addicted to ChatGPT, the powerful new AI tool that interacts with users in an…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN In January 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke in lofty terms about how the first year of the pandemic had sparked a…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” by booking a one-way ticket to Mexico departing in…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission on Friday called for a federal court to hold “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli in contempt…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN In the fervor-filled days leading up to the November 16 launch of the long-awaited Artemis I mission, an uncrewed trip around…
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN T-Mobile said a “bad actor” accessed personal data from 37 million current customers in a November data breach. In…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and brands that make up a…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and brands that make up a…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday took its biggest swipe yet at app stores run by Apple and Google, with a new report accusing…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A wide range of businesses, internet users, academics and even human rights experts defended Big Tech’s liability shield…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Google parent Alphabet is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to…
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior White House official asked US tech company Cloudflare to help circumvent internet censorship in Iran after protests…
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior White House official asked US tech company Cloudflare to help circumvent internet censorship in Iran after protests…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Jeff Maggioncalda, the CEO of online learning provider Coursera, said that when he first tried ChatGPT, he was…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with…
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Amazon is shutting down its “Smile” charity donation program as the company cuts costs and rethinks its strategy.…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Instagram on Thursday announced a new feature called “quiet mode,” which aims to help users focus…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Election Commission has tossed out claims by the Republican National Committee that Google’s spam filters in…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Amazon has been accused by federal safety regulators of failing to keep warehouse workers safe from workplace hazards at…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN IBM and SAP are the latest tech companies to slash thousands of jobs, as they reorganize businesses and profits…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The University of Texas at Austin blocked TikTok from its IT network on Wednesday under an earlier order by Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos has long been a lightning rod for conspiracy theories.…
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos has long been a lightning rod for conspiracy theories.…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke and Hanna Ziady, CNN Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 employees as part of broader cost-cutting measures, the company said in…
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging the tech…
Continue ReadingBy Reuters A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Global politics will be dominated by the availability, trade and investment in microchips for the next several decades, Intel CEO…
Continue ReadingBy Elliott Gotkine, CNN The red-headed man wearing what looks like the ultimate Christmas sweater walks up to the camera. A yellow quadrant surrounds…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Christopher Hickey, CNN More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Ride-hailing giant Didi received approval to resume new user registration in China, it said Monday, providing more evidence that…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Apple CEO Tim Cook recommended the company cut his pay this year after shareholders rebelled. The world’s largest tech…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Apple CEO Tim Cook recommended the company cut his pay this year after shareholders rebelled. The world’s largest tech…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Swedish mining company LKAB says it has found Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth oxides in the country’s north, a…
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is 30…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is 30…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Over the years, Apple has added touchscreens to almost every computing device imaginable, from phones and…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to…
Continue ReadingStory by Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy, Kristen Holmes, Gabby Orr and Brian Fung Video by Zach Wasser and John General Facebook-parent Meta is…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN A law firm representing dozens of former UK Twitter employees is accusing the company of “unlawful, unfair and completely…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN President Joe Biden called on members of Congress Wednesday to set aside partisan differences and pass groundbreaking legislation…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Workers at Apple’s first unionized retail store began collectively bargaining with management on Wednesday, in a…
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Jerome Yankey said he used to pull all-nighters when he was in college — not studying or partying, but scrolling on…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Christopher Hickey, CNN More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN After years of hearings, reports and stalled proposals, Congress ended 2022 without taking major steps to regulate Big Tech. But a…
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter has restored the accounts of two prominent election deniers who were banned from the…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, boosting the private company’s…
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN After months of uncertainty and feeling left in the dark, many former Twitter employees impacted by a mass layoff in early…
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