Ticketmaster gets grilled: 6 takeaways from hearing over Taylor Swift concert fiasco
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business A top executive at Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation Entertainment was grilled by lawmakers on…
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Ticketmaster under fire: 6 takeaways from hearing over Taylor Swift concert fiasco
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business A top executive at Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation Entertainment was grilled by lawmakers…
Continue ReadingDOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market
By Brian Fung, CNN The Justice Department and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition with its dominance in…
Continue Reading‘I cried all night’: Millions of Chinese lose access to ‘World of Warcraft’ and other hit games
By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic “World of Warcraft” franchise…
Continue ReadingUK’s Crown Estate sues Twitter over alleged non-payment of rent in London offices
By Lauren Kent and Amy Cassidy, CNN The Crown Estate, a British commercial property portfolio historically belonging to the monarch, began court…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft confirms it’s investing billions in the creator of ChatGPT
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Microsoft on Monday confirmed it is making a “multibillion dollar” investment in OpenAI, the…
Continue ReadingSpotify to cut 6% of its workforce
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its global workforce to reduce costs, joining tech companies including Amazon and…
Continue ReadingAsia’s richest man Gautam Adani is addicted to ChatGPT
By 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 ReadingHow Big Tech’s pandemic bubble burst
By 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…
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Iowa family sues Snapchat for fentanyl death
An Iowa family, whose loved one died after taking a Xanax laced with fentanyl, is suing Snap, the parent company of…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes made an ‘attempt to flee the country’ after her conviction, prosecutors say
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” by booking a one-way ticket to Mexico in January 2022,…
Continue ReadingFTC calls on federal court to hold ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli in contempt
By Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission on Friday called for a federal court to hold “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli in contempt…
Continue ReadingAfter a historic first mission, what does the future hold for this controversial rocket?
By 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 ReadingWho is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and…
Continue ReadingWho is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO
By 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 ReadingMeta, Twitter, Microsoft and others urge Supreme Court not to allow lawsuits against tech algorithms
By Brian Fung, CNN A wide range of businesses, internet users, academics and even human rights experts defended Big Tech’s liability shield…
Continue ReadingMeta, Twitter, Microsoft and others urge Supreme Court not to allow lawsuits against tech algorithms
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A wide range of businesses, internet users, academics and even human rights experts defended Big Tech’s liability shield…
Continue ReadingGoogle-parent Alphabet is cutting 12,000 jobs
By 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 Reading37 million T-Mobile customers were hacked
By David Goldman, CNN T-Mobile said a “bad actor” accessed personal data from 37 million current customers in a November data breach. In…
Continue ReadingCloudflare says White House asked tech firm to bypass Iran censorship, but US sanctions got in the way
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior White House official asked US tech company Cloudflare to help circumvent internet censorship in Iran after protests…
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