CNN – Social Media/Technology

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Google on Wednesday said it plans to invest $9.5 billion in US offices and data centers around the country this year, up from more than $7 billion in 2021. The big bet on office space comes as Google is embracing a hybrid work model. The Alphabet-owned company has called for

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business One of Apple’s top suppliers is stopping work at its factories in and around Shanghai as the city of 25 million people remains under a strict Covid lockdown. Pegatron announced Tuesday that it had suspended production at its facility in China’s largest city, as well as the nearby city of

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The rate of serious injuries at Amazon warehouses in the United States is more than twice as high as those at other, non-Amazon warehouses, according to a new study that examines injury data supplied to the federal agency that oversees workplace safety. Amazon employed 33% of all US warehouse

By Brian Fung, CNN Business Apple CEO Tim Cook blasted regulatory proposals by Congress and in the European Union on Tuesday, arguing that legislation aimed at cracking open the company’s app store will hurt user security and privacy. The remarks show how Apple is bringing out its heaviest hitters in opposing government policies that could

By Laura He, CNN Business One of the regulators behind China’s dramatic crackdown on private enterprise has tried to quell growing concerns about the impact on employment, saying the country’s biggest tech companies have added nearly 80,000 jobs since July and are “full of confidence.” In a rare, direct response by a top government agency

By Rob McLean and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter’s largest individual shareholder, has decided not to join the social media company’s board. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted the news Sunday night. “Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business One week after Amazon workers at a New York City warehouse made history by voting to form a union, the tech giant is calling for a do-over election in filing Friday that lays out 25 objections that form the basis of its appeal. In its filing to the National

By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Bejiing bureau Chinese food delivery service Meituan has sent almost 1,000 extra workers to Shanghai to help supply groceries to millions of residents struggling with life under a strict Covid lockdown. The company announced Thursday that it had rolled out a host of new measures in China’s financial hub, where

By Laura He, CNN Business Tencent is shutting down its game streaming service, the latest retreat by Big Tech in the face of a sweeping crackdown by Chinese regulators that has sharply slowed growth at some of the country’s most powerful internet companies. The streaming platform, Penguin Esports, announced Thursday that it would terminate all

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX is heading back to the launch pad, this time to put a group of four private citizens into orbit for a first-of-its-kind trip to the International Space Station. The trip was put together by Axiom Space, a private startup that’s booking rides with SpaceX and coordinating flights to the

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Google wants to make it easier to search for things that are hard to describe with just a few words or an image. On Thursday, Google rolled out a new search option that lets you combine text and images in a single query. With this feature, you could search for

By Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Facebook parent company Meta detailed Thursday an array of shady cyber tactics that it says groups linked to Russia and Belarus are using to target Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. The tactics the groups are using, according to Meta, include posing as journalists and independent news outlets online

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business JD.com’s billionaire founder is stepping down as CEO, in the latest leadership reshuffle at a major Chinese tech company. The Chinese tech giant announced Thursday that Richard Liu would pass the baton to Lei Xu, JD.com’s current president, effective immediately. Liu, who owns a controlling stake with about 77% of

By Jon Sarlin, CNN Business Sky Mavis, makers of the crypto “play-to-earn” game “Axie Infinity,” announced on Wednesday it had raised a $150 million investment. The news comes on the heels of recent and widely-publicized hack of the company in which around $625 million in assets were stolen. The company says the additional money will

Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In a historic first, a crew of four civilians are set to launch to the International Space Station this week as part of an inaugural mission for the commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space. They’ll be riding on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and docking at the station via a SpaceX Dragon

By Eric Cheung, CNN Business Taiwan plays a crucial role in making sure the world gets its cutting-edge technology devices, from laptops to advanced weapons, on time. That’s because the self-governed democratic island of 24 million people is a global leader in the supply of semiconductor chips. But as tensions escalate between Taipei and Beijing,

By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter said Tuesday it will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts on its platform, bringing its stance on Kremlin-linked accounts closer in line with its approach to Russian state media. Twitter accounts operated by the Russian government will no longer “be amplified or recommended to people on Twitter, including

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Instacart is once again tweaking its tipping policy in a bid to address the effects on its workers of a practice known as “tip baiting,” where customers zero out a tip after an order is delivered. The company said Tuesday that it will cover the cost of a shopper’s