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Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the grand opening event of the new Apple store at The Grove on November 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Apple shareholders approved a proposal on Friday that said that the company’s board will conduct a third-party audit examining company policies and provide recommendations to

In this article DIS CMCSA In this photo illustration the Disney+ logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Disney announced on Friday a new ad-supported tier for its Disney+ streaming service that will launch in the U.S. later this year. Disney did not provide a launch date or

In this article F GM TSLA Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk challenged the United Auto Workers to try and organize employees at his company’s plant in Fremont, California, and stepped up his attacks on the Biden administration’s policies. In a series of tweets this week, Musk went

In this article AMZN People shop in the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Amazon is shutting down all its Amazon Books physical bookstores, as well as its Amazon 4-star and Amazon Pop Up shops, which sold a variety of electronics and other hot items. The closures

Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Google said it will end the voluntary work-from-home period and start having employees in the Bay Area and several other U.S. locations return to the office starting the week of April 4.  “It’s been a long and challenging two years since the vast majority of our people started

In this article GOOGL San Francisco resident Laurie Farr tries out a Fitbit Ionic Andrew Evers, CNBC Google-owned Fitbit is recalling its Ionic smartwatches due to a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. About 1 million Ionic watches have been sold in the U.S., along with nearly 700,000 sold internationally, the

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a statement in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks straight into the camera with the quality of an amateur vlogger. Wearing a T-shirt and sweater, he names the official titles of those standing with him: high-ranking Ukrainian officials who are

In this article UBER People wear protective masks in front of Uber Technologies Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A new Uber “Explore” feature announced Tuesday will allow users to book dinner reservations, concert tickets and other events directly through the

In this article ZM Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, stands before the opening bell during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on April 18, 2019. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zoom shares fell 13% in extended trading on Monday after the video-calling software

Attendants pour into the Mobile World Congress tech show in Barcelona, Spain, as it kicks off on Feb. 28, 2022. Nurphoto | Getty Images BARCELONA — Russia got an icy reception at Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest trade show for mobile technology. GSMA, the industry body that runs MWC, put out a statement over

In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022 in Kyiv. Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Ukraine’s government has raised more than $10 million in cryptocurrency donations, turning to an unlikely crowdfunding method to help it get through a brutal invasion

A Starlink logo of a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images SpaceX’s internet service Starlink is available in Ukraine and more terminals are being sent to the country, according to the company’s CEO Elon Musk. The conflict-hit nation

Popular Google software engineer Anthony D. Mays leaves the search giant to pursue diversity and inclusion full-time. Anthony D. Mays The year after Anthony D. Mays joined Google as a software engineer in 2013, the company publicly released its diversity numbers for the first time. He knew the numbers were likely low, but he didn’t

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. MANDEL NGAN | AFP | Getty Images Russia’s media regulator said Friday it would

An avatar making his way through the metaverse platform Decentraland The metaverse mogul behind a record investment in virtual land is about to start development. Tokens.com paid more than $2 million for space in Decentraland, one of several burgeoning platforms in the metaverse, in November of last year. In an interview, Tokens.com co-founder and CEO

The Russian flag displayed on a laptop screen with binary code code overlaying. Nurphoto | Getty Images As Russia steps up its cyber attacks on Ukraine alongside a military invasion, governments on both sides of the Atlantic are worried the situation could spill over into other countries, becoming an all-out cyber war. Russia has been

Ukrainian servicemen stand on the north of Kyiv on February 24, 2022. – Russian and Ukrainian forces are battling for control of an airbase on the northern outskirts of Kyiv, a senior Ukrainian officer said on February 24, 2022, as dozens of attack helicopters swooped on the area. Daniel Leal | AFP | Getty Images

In this article BABA Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba on Thursday reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public and missed expectations, but the Chinese e-commerce giant did beat on earnings. Here’s how Alibaba did in its fiscal third-quarter, versus Refinitiv

In this article BTC.CM= Bitcoin on a mound of gold. bodnarchuk | iStock Editorial | Getty Images A key investment case for bitcoin is deteriorating as geopolitical uncertainty and rising inflation hammer cryptocurrency prices. The price of bitcoin fell to a two-week low Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Donetsk and Luhansk,

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images A bipartisan group of 30 lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to push European leaders to alter language in their proposed Digital Markets Act so that it does not unfairly target U.S. tech companies. In a letter sent