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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business John Madden, the former Hall of Fame NFL coach, has died. But his name lives on in one of the world’s most popular video games. The football coach and broadcaster has been the face of Madden NFL for more than three decades. The pro football video game continues to be

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Waymo is teaming up with Chinese carmaker Geely to build electric, fully autonomous robotaxis for the United States. The self-driving arm of Google parent company Alphabet announced the partnership Tuesday, calling the deployment of the cars a big part of its commitment to “expanding access to sustainable transportation.” Both firms

By Jackie Wattles and Jill Disis, CNN Business Elon Musk’s rocky year in China is ending on another sour note. The tech billionaire’s SpaceX satellites are catching heat in the country after Beijing complained that two satellites launched by the American aerospace manufacturer endangered Chinese astronauts. In a report sent earlier this month to the

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Apple has closed all of its New York store locations to browsing because of a surge in Covid-19 cases. The roughly one dozen locations in the city will be limited to picking up online orders and walk-in services such as Genius Bar support. “We regularly monitor conditions and we will

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes’ fate in her criminal fraud trial will not be decided before Christmas as the jury failed to reach a verdict in its first week of deliberations. After more than 20 hours of deliberating across three days this week, the jury of eight men and four women concluded

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For many, 2021 was a mix of hopeful and challenging, as covid vaccines became more widely available but the pandemic dragged on for another year. And while technology continued to keep us entertained and connected during the pandemic, it also made our lives harder. There were times this year when

By Laura He, CNN Business Tencent is dramatically cutting its stake in JD.com, China’s second largest e-commerce company, as it seeks to stay on the right side of Beijing, which has been cracking down on tech giants to rein in their growing power and influence. Tencent plans to distribute more than $16 billion worth of

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business One of the most closely-watched annual tech conferences, CES, is going ahead with plans to hold an in-person event in two weeks, even as a growing number of prominent technology companies are pulling the plug on their plans to attend in person amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. Amazon, Meta,

CNN Business Staff Supply shortages are everywhere. New smartphones have been hit by shipping delays and video game consoles are almost impossible to find. But as we do each year, the staff at CNN Business is reflecting on the tech, services and apps that made a big impact on our everyday lives in 2021 —

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business “Lord don’t let me die here. Don’t let me die like this. Not like this. I’d die any other way, but not like this.” Tim Ball, who delivered packages for Amazon until quitting this year, said he prayed the same prayer every time he walked up to a home that

By Diksha Madhok and CNN’s Beijing bureau Chinese live-stream shopping influencer Huang Wei, known as Viya, has been hit with a whopping $210 million penalty for tax evasion and kicked off social media. Viya — also known in China as the “live-streaming queen” — was ordered to pay 1.34 billion yuan in back taxes, late

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes’ fate is now in the hands of a jury of eight men and four women. The jury is set to deliberate on Monday and is tasked with determining whether the onetime billionaire who claimed to have revolutionized blood testing knowingly misled investors, doctors, and patients about her

By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission says it’s considering drafting new rules for US businesses that would more strongly regulate how they can use data and algorithms, in the latest move to clamp down on technology companies run amok. The effort could lead to “market-wide requirements” targeting “harms that can result from

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After three months of testimony from 32 witnesses, the criminal fraud case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has made its way to the jury of eight men and four women who will decide her fate. In dueling closing arguments spanning two court days, the prosecution and defense put forth

By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business A vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday — which authorities have dismissed as not credible — has nevertheless prompted widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement resources and put families on edge ahead of a critical holiday travel season. A number of

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business “We’re about to be joined by a very important customer,” said Christian Braun, CEO of collectible e-commerce company hobbyDB, during a recent Zoom meeting with his marketing team. “Over to you, Nick.” That’s St. Nick, actually. A jolly ho-ho-ho-ing Santa entered the virtual room ringing a bell and turning

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The government made its final case on Thursday that Elizabeth Holmes knowingly misled investors, doctors and patients about her startup’s blood testing capabilities in order to take their money. In its closing arguments, the prosecution attempted to undercut parts of Holmes’ defense by painting the Theranos founder as an

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Black tech entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom say they have to rely on foreign investors to get their businesses off the ground. More than a year after the Black Lives Matter protests prompted the UK government to investigate discrimination against Black business owners, British venture capital firms continue to neglect

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple will delay bringing its workers back to the office until a “yet to be determined” date, while giving all of its corporate and retail employees $1,000 to buy equipment for their home offices. The development was shared with Apple employees in an email from CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday,