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The big takeaways from the Facebook Papers

October 26, 2021 4:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business Facebook is no stranger to the limelight. While the company has repeatedly come under fire over the past few years…

Facebook has language blind spots around the world that allow hate speech to flourish

October 26, 2021 1:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his mission to connect the entire world — and his company has come…

CEO Mark Zuckerberg responds to the massive Facebook document dump

October 25, 2021 3:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook’s quarterly earnings call by addressing the latest wave of coverage based…

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to build a tourism space station nearly as big as the ISS

October 25, 2021 11:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Blue Origin, the rocket and space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos, is proposing a massive new commercial space…

Russian group that hacked SolarWinds is still attacking America’s computer networks

October 25, 2021 5:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Nobelium, the Russian hacking group responsible for breaching SolarWinds, is still at it. The Russian hackers behind…

The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company’s history

October 25, 2021 5:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook has confronted whistleblowers, PR firestorms and Congressional inquiries in recent years. But now it faces a…

Facebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years. It still hasn’t fully fixed it

October 25, 2021 5:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: “a form of…

What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes

October 23, 2021 7:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business One witness occupied the stand for the better part of week seven in the criminal trial of Theranos founder…

The iPod turns 20. Here’s how it changed the way I think about music

October 23, 2021 7:53 AM CNN Newsource

by Sofia Barrett Twenty years ago this weekend, Apple launched the original, iconic iPod. Six years later, I was gifted my first and only version of…

Lyft releases sexual assault data: 4,158 incidents, including 360 rape reports over three year period

October 21, 2021 6:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Ridehail company Lyft on Thursday released its first ever safety report, disclosing that it received 4,158…

Snap stock plummets 25% after iOS ad tracking changes hit revenue

October 21, 2021 4:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Snapchat’s parent company crossed $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time ever, but…

This warehouse worker became the face of a union push at Amazon. She’s still bracing for the fallout

October 21, 2021 6:42 AM CNN Newsource

Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Video by Sean Clark, Frank Fenimore & Matt Gannon, CNN Business When Amazon opened a sprawling…

Facebook kept its own oversight board in the dark on program for VIP users

October 21, 2021 6:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Facebook failed to provide crucial details about its “Cross-Check” program that reportedly shielded millions…

Senator calls on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Instagram and kids

October 20, 2021 12:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote to Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday, calling on the Facebook CEO or the head of…

Samsung now lets you design your own flip smartphone

October 20, 2021 11:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Smartphone design hasn’t varied much in years and customers are typically beholden to whatever decisions…

Pinterest shares soar on reports PayPal may buy it

October 20, 2021 11:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pinterest’s stock surged on Wednesday following a report that digital payments company PayPal is looking to…

Facebook fined $70 million for ‘deliberate’ failure to comply with UK regulator

October 20, 2021 7:42 AM CNN Newsource

Walé Azeez, CNN Business The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately…

Facebook is planning to change its name, report says

October 20, 2021 3:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Charles Riley, CNN Business Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name focused on the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, as the…

Crucial test for Boeing’s Starliner, built to carry humans, delayed until 2022

October 19, 2021 3:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Boeing’s long-awaited spacecraft, called Starliner, is still facing a long road ahead before it’ll be…

Former lead Virgin Galactic test pilot takes new gig at Blue Origin

October 19, 2021 3:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN Mark “Forger” Stucky, who for six years headed the test pilot program at space company Virgin…

How AirPods became Apple’s hottest product

October 19, 2021 11:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Almost immediately after Apple unveiled its new AirPods product in 2016, the memes began. There were…

Google Pixel 6 lineup with its first custom-made chip goes after the iPhone

October 19, 2021 11:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google’s Pixel smartphones are taking a big step toward becoming a true Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy…

Bill Gates was told to stop ‘inappropriate’ emails with Microsoft employee in 2008, report says

October 19, 2021 10:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Years before Microsoft’s board investigated a romantic relationship that founder Bill Gates had with an employee,…

He took a job with his college buddy’s sister, Elizabeth Holmes. Now he’s a witness in her trial

October 19, 2021 9:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara O’Brien, CNN Business To many people a decade or so ago, Elizabeth Holmes was the founder of high-flying blood-testing startup…

Apple unveils new MacBooks and its next-generation AirPods

October 18, 2021 8:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple showed off its second batch of new products ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season. At a…

Facebook to hire 10,000 people in EU to build the ‘metaverse’

October 18, 2021 7:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Facebook plans to hire up to 10,000 workers in Europe to build a “metaverse” that will combine virtual and…

What to expect at Apple’s MacBook event

October 17, 2021 3:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is set to kick off its second product event of the season, a month after introducing its new iPhone 13…

What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes

October 16, 2021 8:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business This week in the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard from a second former…

Apple employee who led #AppleToo organizing effort says she was fired

October 15, 2021 4:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business An Apple employee who led organizing efforts against harassment and discrimination within the company said she has…

Virgin Galactic stock craters after commercial flights are delayed

October 15, 2021 5:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Virgin Galactic has pushed back the start of full commercial service to the fourth quarter of next year, sending shares…

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