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Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine

July 30, 2021 9:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator…

Rover promises a network of ‘trusted sitters and dog walkers.’ That wasn’t enough to save these pets

July 30, 2021 1:25 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Like many new pandemic pet owners, Nia Morgan knew her puppy, Zorro, had grown very attached to her due to…

International Space Station briefly loses control after new Russian module misfires

July 29, 2021 4:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristin Fisher, CNN An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked…

Amazon sales growth slows as new CEO takes over

July 30, 2021 4:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Amazon’s final quarter with Jeff Bezos as CEO proved to be a disappointment for Wall Street. The e-commerce giant…

Facebook doubles profit but braces for hit from Apple privacy changes

July 28, 2021 4:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook’s business is soaring, but the boom times may not last. Facebook on Wednesday reported revenue of nearly…

Google and Facebook will require vaccinations for employees returning to the office

July 28, 2021 3:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google and Facebook on Wednesday became two of the first major Silicon Valley firms to say they will require employees…

Amazon is everywhere. Here’s how the US could break it up

July 28, 2021 6:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On any given day, you might receive a package you ordered from Amazon, log onto a website hosted by Amazon, ask an…

Facing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’

July 28, 2021 2:38 PM CNN

Nowhere is the gaming industry growing faster than the Middle East, and Dubai-based PLG is producing gaming tournaments, talk shows and livestreams…

Facing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’

July 28, 2021 2:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick admitted that the gaming company’s response to a California…

Apple posts a record June quarter thanks to iPhone sales

July 27, 2021 8:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business More than 14 years after they were first introduced, iPhones are still very much in demand. Apple on Tuesday announced a…

Google revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising

July 28, 2021 1:35 AM CNN

In an interview with Bill O’Reilly, former President Donald Trump said he would sit for a deposition in his lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and…

Google revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising

July 28, 2021 1:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business This time last year, Google was starting to feel the early pandemic slump as large parts of the global economy shut…

Facebook recalling 4 million Oculus Quest 2 headset components

July 27, 2021 2:54 PM CNN

In his first TV interview since leaving Facebook, former vice president of partnerships strategy Brian Boland reacts to President Biden’s statement…

Facebook recalling 4 million Oculus Quest 2 headset components

July 27, 2021 2:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday announced it is temporarily pausing sales of its Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets and…

Facebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash

July 27, 2021 2:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday reaffirmed its intention to build an Instagram for kids under 13, despite pressure from…

Facebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash

July 27, 2021 2:32 PM CNN

US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says social media companies have taken positive steps against the sharing of health misinformation but that “it’s…

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race

July 27, 2021 6:31 AM CNN

Jeff Bezos is offering NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.…

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race

July 27, 2021 6:09 AM CNN

Billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos traded barbs after NASA awarded a contract to Musk’s SpaceX to build the next vehicle to take astronauts to the…

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race

July 27, 2021 6:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company…

WeChat suspends new user registrations as China cracks down on tech

July 27, 2021 4:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business WeChat is suspending all new user registrations until early August, the popular social messaging app…

Activision Blizzard employees sign petition denouncing company’s ‘abhorrent’ response to lawsuit

July 26, 2021 8:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pressure on Activision Blizzard is mounting as more than 2,000 current and former employees signed a petition slamming…

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 5:37 PM CNN

Journalists from 17 news outlets are working together to expose evidence of spyware that specifically targets journalists, activists and politicians,…

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 5:37 PM CNN

The Washington Post’s Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and two women linked to Jamal…

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 5:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Hadas Gold, CNN Business Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky “startup nation” home to reams of billion-dollar…

How Taiwan is trying to defend against a cyber ‘World War III’

July 23, 2021 9:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Gladys Tsai, CNN Business As China steps up military pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing island is preparing for…

Software company’s unveiling of decryption key comes too late for many victims of devastating ransomware attack

July 23, 2021 3:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN On Thursday, the software company Kaseya announced that it could help unlock any of its…

Amazon hires outside investigators after employee petition alleges discrimination and harassment

July 23, 2021 2:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Amazon has hired outside investigators to probe the internal culture of part of its cloud computing…

First, they banned facial recognition. Now they’re not so sure

July 23, 2021 12:40 PM CNN

CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Over the past few years, a number of cities and some states enacted rules banning or restricting local…

Want your unemployment benefits? You may have to submit to facial recognition first

July 23, 2021 12:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business After being let go from his job as a software quality-assurance engineer in April, Eric Watkins said he filed for…

Software vendor caught up in ransomware attack obtains decryptor key

July 22, 2021 6:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business Kaseya, the software firm whose remote access tool was used to deliver REvil ransomware to hundreds of…

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