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By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter appears to be battling a wave of celebrity and corporate impersonators on its platform who have quickly gamed the company’s new paid verification system, hours after its launch. CNN has confirmed multiple verified Twitter accounts have been suspended by the platform after other users posted screenshots showing misleading content from

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden said Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s relationship with other countries was “worthy of being looked at,” but declined to say how that could be done. “I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at, whether or not

By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter owner Elon Musk pleaded with advertisers to keep using his platform on Wednesday as he sketched out his plans for user verification, content moderation and even his intention to add banking features to Twitter in front of a live audience of over 100,000 users. During an hour-long Twitter Spaces session

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Tesla drivers will soon be able to take a video call directly from their vehicle’s touchscreen dashboard, Zoom announced Tuesday. The video call provider announced on Tuesday during its annual Zoomtopia conference, where it typically teases new features to support remote calls, that its software is coming to Tesla’s

By Anna Cooban and Chris Stern, CNN Business The German government has blocked the sale of one of its semiconductor factories to a Chinese-owned tech company because of security concerns. Germany’s economic ministry said in a statement that it had prohibited Elmos Semiconductor, which makes chips for the automotive industry, from selling its factory in

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook parent company Meta on Wednesday said it is laying off 11,000 employees, marking the most significant job cuts in the tech giant’s history. The job cuts come as Meta confronts a range of challenges to its core business and makes an uncertain and costly bet on pivoting to the

By Brian Fung, CNN Business The European Union is taking a closer look at Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion purchase of video game giant Activision Blizzard, citing concerns the deal could hurt competition in the video game industry. A preliminary review of the deal found that Microsoft could try to withhold the games it’s acquiring from

By Rachel Metz and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN A federal judge has denied Elizabeth Holmes’ request for a new trial, according to court filings on Monday, paving the way for the founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos to be sentenced later this month. The decision comes weeks after an October 17 hearing held in San

By Diksha Madhok, Irene Nasser, Arnaud Siad and CNN’s Beijing Bureau One of Apple’s largest suppliers is trying to strike a delicate balance in China. Foxconn has to comply with some of the harshest Covid rules in the world while ensuring that Apple’s shipments are not severely disrupted just before the key holiday season begins.

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple reportedly wants to put an end to “Hey.” The company is said to be training its voice assistant Siri to pick up on commands without needing the first half of the prompt phrase “Hey Siri.” The trigger phrase is used to launch Siri on various products, including the

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook-parent Meta is planning the first significant layoffs in its history as the company grapples with a shrinking business and fears of a looming recession, according to the Wall Street Journal. The job cuts are expected to impact thousands of workers and could begin as early as this week, the

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Airbnb on Monday said it plans to make the total cost of rental properties, including all fees, clearer to customers as they search for places to stay, addressing what is arguably one of the biggest pet peeves about the platform. The company said it will introduce an option next month

By Brian Fung, CNN Business For years, Twitter has been a leader in countering misinformation and protecting elections. It was often ahead of its peers in creating and enforcing new policies, and it was the first major platform to ban former President Donald Trump after the Capitol insurrection, pushing others to follow suit. But concerns

CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called Mastodon has surged. You may not have heard of Mastodon, which has been around since 2016, but now it’s growing rapidly. Some are fleeing Twitter for it or