Boeing set to retry test flight in bid to take on SpaceX
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business After several delays, Boeing is now slated to launch its long-anticipated Starliner spacecraft — which is built to…
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Afterpay lets you buy now and pay later. Square just bought it for $29 billion
By Rob McLean, CNN Business Jack Dorsey’s Square is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that…
Continue ReadingZoom settles ‘zoombombing’ and data privacy lawsuit for $85 million
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business Zoom Video Communications agreed to pay $85 million in a preliminary lawsuit settlement filed Saturday afternoon.…
Continue ReadingAmazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator…
Continue ReadingElon Musk asked Tim Cook to make him CEO of Apple, new book claims
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business As if Elon Musk isn’t running enough companies, he once may have suggested taking over as CEO of America’s…
Continue ReadingRover promises a network of ‘trusted sitters and dog walkers.’ That wasn’t enough to save these pets
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Like many new pandemic pet owners, Nia Morgan knew her puppy, Zorro, had grown very attached to her due to…
Continue ReadingInternational Space Station briefly loses control after new Russian module misfires
By Kristin Fisher, CNN An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked…
Continue ReadingAmazon sales growth slows as new CEO takes over
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Amazon’s final quarter with Jeff Bezos as CEO proved to be a disappointment for Wall Street. The e-commerce giant…
Continue ReadingFacebook doubles profit but braces for hit from Apple privacy changes
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook’s business is soaring, but the boom times may not last. Facebook on Wednesday reported revenue of nearly…
Continue ReadingGoogle and Facebook will require vaccinations for employees returning to the office
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google and Facebook on Wednesday became two of the first major Silicon Valley firms to say they will require employees…
Continue ReadingAmazon is everywhere. Here’s how the US could break it up
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On any given day, you might receive a package you ordered from Amazon, log onto a website hosted by Amazon, ask an…
Continue ReadingFacing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick admitted that the gaming company’s response to a California…
Continue ReadingFacing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’
Nowhere is the gaming industry growing faster than the Middle East, and Dubai-based PLG is producing gaming tournaments, talk shows and livestreams…
Continue ReadingApple posts a record June quarter thanks to iPhone sales
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business More than 14 years after they were first introduced, iPhones are still very much in demand. Apple on Tuesday announced a…
Continue ReadingGoogle revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business This time last year, Google was starting to feel the early pandemic slump as large parts of the global economy shut…
Continue ReadingGoogle revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising
In an interview with Bill O’Reilly, former President Donald Trump said he would sit for a deposition in his lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and…
Continue ReadingFacebook recalling 4 million Oculus Quest 2 headset components
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday announced it is temporarily pausing sales of its Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets and…
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In his first TV interview since leaving Facebook, former vice president of partnerships strategy Brian Boland reacts to President Biden’s statement…
Continue ReadingFacebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says social media companies have taken positive steps against the sharing of health misinformation but that “it’s…
Continue ReadingFacebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday reaffirmed its intention to build an Instagram for kids under 13, despite pressure from…
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