Magic Leap raised billions but its headset flopped. Now it’s trying again
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In 2018, Magic Leap released an augmented reality headset that could show crisp, three-dimensional images as though they…
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Tinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates
CNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable…
Continue ReadingAmazon may face criminal liability for lying to Congress, House lawmakers allege
By Brian Fung, CNN House lawmakers who spent much of 2019 and 2020 probing Amazon for possible antitrust violations now accuse the tech giant of…
Continue ReadingTinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal…
Continue ReadingApple unveils first budget 5G iPhone
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its first product event of the year on Tuesday, Apple unveiled an upgraded iPad Air, a…
Continue ReadingSpotify, Discord experience widespread disruption
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Spotify and Discord appear to be experiencing disruptions to their services. Several Spotify users on Tuesday reported…
Continue ReadingGoogle is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion
By Jennifer Korn Google on Tuesday announced it has agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion, one of the largest…
Continue ReadingApple unveils first budget 5G iPhone
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its first product event of the year on Tuesday, Apple unveiled an upgraded iPad Air, a new desktop computer…
Continue ReadingThe digital Iron Curtain: How Russia’s internet could soon start to look a lot like China’s
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Like much else about the country, Russia’s internet has long straddled East and West. Russian citizens, unlike…
Continue ReadingActivists pushed the IRS to drop facial recognition. They won, but they’re not done yet
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In mid-February, privacy and digital rights activists were buzzing about a recent victory: Earlier in the month, the…
Continue ReadingWeWork says it is finalizing plans to divest its Russia operations
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business WeWork said Monday that it is planning to divest its operations in Russia, one week after its CEO said the…
Continue ReadingWeWork says it is finalizing plans to divest its Russia operations
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business WeWork said Monday that it is planning to divest its operations in Russia, one week after…
Continue ReadingNetflix quits Russia and TikTok won’t allow new posts
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Netflix and TikTok are suspending all or part of their services in Russia, adding to a long list of companies…
Continue ReadingNetflix quits Russia and TikTok won’t allow new posts
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Netflix and TikTok are suspending all or part of their services in Russia, adding to a long list of companies boycotting…
Continue ReadingWhat to expect at Apple’s first product event of the year
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is about to hold its first big product event of 2022 and the focus will be on performance. That likely…
Continue ReadingRussia says it’s blocking access to Facebook
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Russia is blocking Facebook in the country, according to its communications regulator. “In March 2022, a decision…
Continue ReadingRussia says it’s blocking access to Facebook
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business Russia is blocking Facebook in the country, according to its communications regulator. “In March 2022, a…
Continue ReadingGoogle halts all advertising in Russia
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Google has suspended all advertising in Russia, the company confirmed to CNN Friday. “In light of the extraordinary…
Continue ReadingHow Mark Zuckerberg is trying to reduce his exposure to public scrutiny
By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business When Russia moved to “partially restrict” Facebook access in the country last week, drawing…
Continue ReadingRussia’s version of Google warns it may not be able to pay its debts
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia’s biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads. Yandex,…
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