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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia. The Baltic country runs on the internet. From filing taxes and voting, to registering the birth of a new baby, nearly everything a person might want or need

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Dozens of women sued Pornhub and its parent company Thursday, alleging that the site knowingly profited from videos depicting rape, child sexual exploitation, trafficking and other nonconsensual sexual content. The civil complaint alleges that Pornhub parent company MindGeek, one of the largest online pornography companies, is a “classic criminal enterprise”

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business For the second time in 10 days, a giant chunk of the internet briefly broke because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of. The websites for Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and others all went dark

Airlines, banks, stock exchanges and trading platforms suffered brief website outages, sparking the second major interruption in the past 10 days. CNN’s Anna Stewart reports.

By Tina Burnside, Alexandra Meeks and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Airlines, banks, stock exchanges and trading platforms suffered brief website outages early Thursday after a key piece of internet infrastructure failed, sparking the second major interruption of the past 10 days. Virgin Australia said in a statement on Thursday that it had resolved an IT

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Satya Nadella is now even more powerful at Microsoft. The tech giant’s CEO was named chairman of the board Wednesday, elevating his current role atop one of the world’s most valuable companies. Nadella, who has served as chief executive since 2014, has helped transform the PC maker into a leader

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business An activist investor is urging Microsoft to do more to combat sexual harassment following misconduct allegations against its founder Bill Gates. In a shareholder resolution published Wednesday, impact investment firm Arjuna Capital called on Microsoft to release an annual transparency report detailing its sexual harassment policies and investigations into alleged

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Conversations can quickly spiral out of control online, so Facebook is hoping artificial intelligence can help keep things civil. The social network is testing the use of AI to spot fights in its many groups so group administrators can help calm things down. The announcement came in a blog post

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX received a warning from a district attorney in Texas this week, warning that the company could be violating several state laws by shutting down public beaches for extended periods of time and using unlicensed security guards to ward people off public roads. The discrepancy centers on SpaceX’s activities in

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Waymo, the self-driving company of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has raised $2.5 billion as its investors appear undeterred by a CEO change and progress that has lagged expectations. The investment comes about a year after Waymo raised $2.25 billion in its first external fundraising round. Waymo said Wednesday that the

By David Goldman, CNN Business Windows 10 was supposed to be Microsoft’s ultimate PC operating system. The promise: Windows 10 would forever get updated twice a year, bringing tweaks, the occasional fresh coat of paint and new features to keep your computer up to date. But now, six years later, Windows 11 is on its

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business When a Chicago-area Uber driver checked his account balance after dropping off a customer at the airport on a Sunday morning in late May, he discovered something he’d never seen before: He was charged $2.20 for giving a 13.5 mile ride. “On my 40-minute ride home, I was thinking

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton users are being warned of a new security threat relating to the touchscreen on their Bike+ that could potentially be controlled by hackers. In a report released Wednesday, cybersecurity company McAfee discovered a vulnerability that allows hackers to access Peloton’s bike screen and potentially spy on riders using its

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Joe Tsai has some reassurance for those who are worried about the future of Hong Kong — and his pal, Jack Ma. The Alibaba co-founder spoke out separately on both topics in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. He predicted that despite the pandemic, economic slump and geopolitical tension, “Hong

By Moira Ritter, CNN Business Amazon wants to make grocery shopping as efficient as possible. So it’s eliminating checkout lines. The company announced Tuesday that will introduce what it calls Just Walk Out technology — which allows customers to pay for their groceries without waiting in line for a cashier — at its newest Amazon

By Brian Fung, CNN Business Officials in Europe are yet again ratcheting up the pressure on Silicon Valley titans. The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that tech giants regulated by privacy officials primarily in one EU country can still face legal action by privacy officials based in another member country. The ruling opens the

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business YouTube is banning several types of advertisers from one of the most prominent spots on its homepage. The video streaming platform said Monday that it will ban ads related to gambling, alcohol and prescription drugs, as well as political and election ads, from its masthead — the banner displayed at