Facebook Takes Legal Action After Irish Regulator Threatens To Clamp Down On Transatlantic Data Transfers
LONDON — Facebook on Friday launched legal action against Ireland’s data regulator, in an attempt to halt a preliminary order…
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Samsung’s Latest $2,000 Folding Phone Actually Works This Time
Samsung bets that the future of phones looks a lot like this: You carry a device in your pocket that…
Apple’s Product-Launch Extravaganza Will Be Muted This Year Because Of Covid-19
Apple will begin its annual blitz of new products and updates next week, but the rollouts will look different this…
Marketing Will Take A Different Form As The NFL Returns In The Middle Of The Pandemic
ESPN puts it this way in describing its back-to-football-season ad that features fans and players lip syncing to Celine Dion’s…
Microsoft’s New Two-Screen Phone Looks Amazing But Has Lots Of Compromises
Microsoft and Samsung are betting that future phones look different than they do now. Samsung’s betting on foldable screens inside…
Tesla Shares Crater More Than 13% After S&P 500 Snub
Tesla shares tumbled Tuesday, after Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker was left out of the S&P 500 by the committee…
Apple Announces Sept. 15 Event Where It’s Expected To Announce New products, iPhone Coming Later
Apple just announced a digital-only event on Sept. 15 where it’s expected to reveal new products. Apple typically unveils its…
How Fall Guys, A Battle Royale Game With Jelly Beans, Became This Summer’s Mega Hit
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has rapidly become the hottest games of the summer, attracting millions of players within a month…
China Lands Its First Reusable Spacecraft As State Media Hails It As An ‘Important Breakthrough’
GUANGZHOU, China — China has successfully launched and landed an experimental reusable spacecraft, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency…
Italy Opens Competition Probe Into Apple, Google And Dropbox’s Cloud Storage Services
Italy’s competition authority announced Monday it’s looking into cloud storage services run by Apple, Dropbox and Google after hearing several…
China’s Driverless Car Upstarts See Robotaxis Scaling Up In 3 Years As Tech Firms Race To Get Ahead
China’s driverless car start-ups expect large-scale commercialization of self-driving taxis in 2023 as the country’s technology giants vie to get…
Wineries And Farms Decimated By Coronavirus Are Turning Their Land Into Campsites With Hipcamp
It’s been a devastating year for Alyse Hickman’s small family winery in northern California. Her 15-acre property in the tiny…
Pentagon Says It Will Stick With Microsoft For $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract
The Pentagon said Friday it will stick with Microsoft for a major cloud contract that has been disputed in court…
Tesla Falls After S&P 500 Adds Etsy And Two Others, Bypassing Carmaker
Shares of Tesla dropped more than 7% after hours on Friday after the S&P 500 Index Committee decided to move…
Tech Giants Are The ‘Winners’ Of The Coronavirus Crisis And Should Pay More Tax
Big Tech has to pay a “fair amount” of taxes in Europe, especially as they are the “real winners” of…
Twitter Slaps Warning Labels On Trump Tweets That Suggest Voting Twice
Twitter on Thursday slapped warning labels on several of President Donald Trump’s posts, suggesting the messages violated a policy against…
Apple Delays iPhone Change That’s Expected To Make It Harder For Facebook And Other Apps To Target Ads
Apple announced on Thursday that a planned change to the iPhone operating system that could impact how Facebook and other…
Apple Stock On Pace For Worst Day Since Mid-March
Shares of Apple dropped more than 6% Thursday afternoon, putting its stock on pace for its worst day since March…
Facebook To Ban New Political Ads In Week Before Presidential Election
Facebook announced Thursday it will ban new political ads from running in the week before the Nov. 3 presidential election.…
Covid-19 Forced Google To Change How It Predicts Traffic In Google Maps
Google on Thursday explained in a blog post how Covid-19 has forced it to rethink how it predicts driving conditions,…
Amazon Deletes Job Listings For Analysts To Track ‘Labor Organizing Threats’ Following Public Outcry
Amazon was looking to hire two intelligence analysts charged with tracking “labor organizing threats” inside the company, which drew criticism…
Samsung’s New $1,999 Folding Phone Launches On Sept. 18
Samsung on Tuesday announced that its new folding phone launches on Sept. 18 for $1,999. It will be sold by…
History Of Apple Stock Splits Says Investors Shouldn’t Rush In To Buy Lower-Priced Shares
Apple is having a great year, and its 4-for-1 stock split on Monday is expected to make the market’s most-valuable…
TikTok deal to sell U.S. business could be announced as soon as Tuesday
TikTok has chosen a bidder for its U.S., New Zealand and Australian businesses, and it could announce the deal as…
Amazon Wins FAA Approval For Prime Air Drone Delivery Fleet
Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, a milestone that allows it to expand…
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman Isn’t Worrying About Hurt Feelings As He Goes For IPO Three-Peat
In an era of founder-led tech companies, Snowflake’s Frank Slootman is a corporate throwback. Slootman, 61, is a professional CEO.…
Apple Suspends Fortnite Maker Epic Games’ App Store Account
Apple on Friday said it suspended Epic Games’ developer account. It follows a temporary restraining order on Monday evening, in…
Apple Rejects Facebook App That Tells Users That Apple Takes 30% Cut Of In-App Purchases
Apple rejected one of Facebook’s new app updates, according to Reuters. The app tried to inform users that Apple collects…
TikTok Interim CEO: We Already Have Synergies With Walmart In E-Commerce
Though many saw Walmart as an unusual potential buyer for TikTok, the social media app’s interim CEO Vanessa Pappas said…
Apple And Tesla Split Their Shares, But Does It Matter?
Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) will be less costly on Monday as pre-announced stock splits take…