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Microsoft confirms it was breached by hacker group

March 23, 2022 8:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft has confirmed it was breached by the hacker group Lapsus$, adding to the cyber gang’s growing list of victims. In…

Okta concedes hundreds of clients could be affected by breach

March 22, 2022 10:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A January cybersecurity incident at popular identity authentication provider Okta may have affected hundreds of the firm’s…

‘It’s absolutely critical.’ Ex-Trump official backs Biden’s computer chip push

March 22, 2022 11:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster is calling on Congress to swiftly fund investments in American…

DC sues Grubhub for allegedly employing deceptive practices

March 22, 2022 10:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business The attorney general of Washington, D.C. announced Monday he is suing Grubhub, alleging that the company harmed consumers…

The dark side of Discord for teens

March 22, 2022 7:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When a mother in Washington state learned her teenage daughter was on Discord, a popular social media…

Google settles with 6 engineers who alleged they faced retaliation for organizing

March 21, 2022 2:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Google has reached a settlement with six engineers who alleged the company unlawfully retaliated against…

Blue Origin announces replacement for Pete Davidson on next space tourism mission

March 21, 2022 12:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, said it will replace Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson with a…

Apple services including App Store, Apple Music and iCloud hit by brief outage

March 21, 2022 11:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business A number of Apple services were hit by a short-lived outage for some users on Monday afternoon. Reports began to…

Court halts construction of Amazon’s Africa HQ on sacred land

March 21, 2022 10:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business A South African judge has put the brakes on a $270 million real estate project that includes a regional headquarters for…

SpaceX will now launch satellites for top space broadband competitor, OneWeb

March 21, 2022 9:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles and Jennifer Korn, CNN SpaceX has a new deal to launch internet-beaming satellites for its chief competitor in the satellite…

Match launches new dating app for single parents

March 21, 2022 8:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Match on Monday rolled out a new service called Stir that aims to remove some of the barriers around dating as…

Why WhatsApp wants to convince Americans to stop sending text messages

March 21, 2022 7:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Since the start of this year, a series of advertisements have appeared on television screens and billboards across the…

Social media platforms tread carefully when it comes to the Russian government

March 18, 2022 12:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business As its troops have gotten bogged down in Ukraine, the Russian government has been fueling a conspiracy theory on social…

PayPal enables Ukrainian accounts to send and receive money

March 18, 2022 8:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business PayPal said Thursday it is expanding its services for Ukrainian accounts and allowing them to send and receive money from…

‘We come for our own’: How Black volunteers rallied online to help African students in Ukraine

March 18, 2022 6:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business After some of the hundreds of Black students stranded in the besieged city of Sumy, Ukraine, released desperate…

SNL star Pete Davidson will no longer fly to space after launch postponed

March 17, 2022 10:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Ross Levitt, CNN Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is not going to be on Blue Origin’s next space flight after the company pushed back…

Samsung’s latest budget 5G smartphone takes on the iPhone SE

March 17, 2022 10:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Barely a week after Apple unveiled its first budget 5G smartphone, Samsung announced a competing model that…

Uber and Lyft are offering fuel surcharges and cash back offers for workers. Is it enough?

March 17, 2022 7:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business For many gig workers, their vehicles are how they make a living. And as independent contractors,…

Facebook and YouTube say they removed Zelensky deepfake

March 16, 2022 4:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook and YouTube said Wednesday that they removed uploads of a deepfake video of Ukranian President Volodymyr…

Instagram is rolling out new parental supervision tools

March 16, 2022 7:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is rolling out new tools that parents can use to help monitor and limit their kids’ usage of the…

Astra’s stock takes wild ride after rocket launch

March 15, 2022 2:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business In the minutes after Astra — a US-based startup — launched its rocket from a remote site in Alaska Tuesday…

VR headsets are headed to your car’s backseat

March 15, 2022 2:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Forget the stereo. Your next car could come with a virtual reality entertainment system. Holoride, a tech startup…

Intel will invest nearly $90 billion in Europe’s chipmaking industry

March 15, 2022 11:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Intel plans to invest up to €80 billion ($89 billion) over the next decade to build up Europe’s supply chain for…

Why Ukraine war misinformation is so hard to police

March 15, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy and Rachel Metz, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding online like no war in history, providing a real-time…

NASA says American aboard International Space Station will come back on Russian rocket ‘for sure’

March 14, 2022 3:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA said Monday that NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return from the ISS later this month aboard a Russian Soyuz…

Lyft, like Uber, plans to add a fuel surcharge

March 14, 2022 2:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft on Monday said it plans to add a small fee on rides to help drivers deal with rising gas prices…

Elizabeth Holmes’ No. 2 and ex-boyfriend is about to have his day in court

March 14, 2022 10:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business More than two months after Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on four of 11…

Meta says it doesn’t allow calls for assassinating heads of state

March 14, 2022 10:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, issued a reminder on Sunday that it prohibits calls on its platforms for the…

Pete Davidson and five paying customers to fly on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital rocket

March 14, 2022 6:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Pete Davidson will become the latest celebrity to fly to space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, in…

Apple supplier Foxconn halts operations in Shenzhen as China locks down tech hub

March 14, 2022 3:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura He and Eric Cheung, CNN Business Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, has suspended operations in Shenzhen as China locks down…

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