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By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is set to testify before Congress Tuesday in his first public appearance since his bombshell allegations against the social media company were reported last month by CNN and The Washington Post. Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are expected to question Zatko on

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business The unveiling of the latest iPhone 14 lineup earlier this week has already spurred a flurry of new promotions from wireless giants including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. All three of the major US carriers have announced deals that allow qualifying customers to get the latest Apple smartphone for free, under

By Reuters Tesla Inc (TSLA) is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles. The potential battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility, which Tesla touted as the first of its kind in North

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture, announced Friday it will avoid an imminent liquidation. Digital World failed to receive shareholder approval by Thursday’s deadline to extend its merger agreement. However, the shell company said in a Friday filing it

By Michelle Toh and Swati Gupta, CNN Business Amazon will halt the sale of devices that can disable seatbelt alarms in India following a request from the government. The Transport Ministry told CNN Business on Thursday that it had sent a notice to Amazon, ordering it to take down listings of replacement seatbelt clips that

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple unveiled its new iPhone 14 lineup at a press event on Wednesday, along with three new Apple Watch models, an update to its popular AirPods product line and a feature that could save lives when cell service isn’t available. At a closely-watched event from its headquarters in Cupertino,

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The US military is racking up deals with commercial rocket companies to explore the idea of using rockets typically tasked with launching satellites or astronauts to shuttle military cargo around the world at record speeds. The companies so far tapped to join the military in exploring ways to bring that

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A Delaware judge on Wednesday denied Elon Musk’s request to delay his trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal after a former top executive alleged the company has serious security vulnerabilities. However, Musk’s team will be allowed to add arguments based on the former executive’s whistleblower disclosure to

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s massive new moon rocket hit another snag during its latest attempt to launch an uncrewed test mission, and it will be at least a few weeks — rather than days — before the rocket can make its next attempt. The longer delay can be attributed to several factors, including

By Donie O’Sullivan and Richa Naik, CNN Clara Sorrenti, a trans activist who was forced to flee her home in Canada after users of a hate-filled website targeted her, has succeeded in her campaign to get the site taken offline, for now. Sorrenti, better known by her online username “Keffals,” became the target of a

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos who was convicted of fraud earlier this year, is asking for a new trial after claiming that a key witness visited her house unannounced and allegedly said he “feels guilty” about his testimony. In a court filing on Tuesday with

By Catherine Thorbecke and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 14 lineup at the company’s annual September keynote event on Wednesday. The product event, which has been teased with a “far out” tagline, will take place at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters and will be livestreamed on Apple’s website and

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Flights used to be a chance to sit back (albeit a bit cramped) and watch a recently released movie or catch up on some reading. Now they’re just another place to log on. Delta and United each host more than 1.5 million inflight WiFi sessions a month, the airlines told

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is sparking controversy about whether art can be generated by a computer, and what, exactly, it means to be an artist. In August, Allen, a game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado,

By Brian Fung, CNN House Republicans want Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over a vast array of additional records pertaining to the company’s handling of a 2020 New York Post article containing allegations about Hunter Biden, after Zuckerberg indicated last week that an FBI warning about Russian propaganda contributed to the article’s temporary suppression

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon has lost the first round in its effort to overturn a historic union victory at a Staten Island facility. A National Labor Relations Board officer who heard Amazon’s objections recommended that the vote be upheld. In April’s closely watched election, warehouse workers at the Staten Island facility known as

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business With Apple widely expected to unveil the new iPhone 14 lineup at its upcoming event next Wednesday, a big question mark still surrounds how much, in this economy, the tech giant will charge for its latest-and-greatest smartphones. Apple has some famously loyal customers. Yet as broader economic forecasts get downgraded

By Brian Fung, CNN Google is preparing for a wave of misinformation surrounding the US midterm elections by elevating trustworthy information and displaying it more prominently across services including search and YouTube, the company said Thursday. As part of the effort, Google plans to launch a new tool in the coming weeks that highlights local

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of America’s top chipmakers have been ordered to stop selling some of their technology to China that can be used for artificial intelligence. Nvidia and AMD said Wednesday that they had been told by the US government to halt exports of certain high-performance chips to the world’s second largest

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX’s partnership with NASA just got $1.4 billion sweeter, as the space agency announced Wednesday that it’s extending its deal with the company to cover five additional missions. The contract cements a long future for SpaceX and NASA as they work together to launch astronauts to and from the International