CNN – Social Media/Technology

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Shares of Apple fell 4% in early trading Wednesday amid concerns about demand for the company’s latest lineup of iPhones. Apple is said to have abandoned efforts to increase production of its iPhone 14 lineup by 6 million units in the second half of this year after lower-than-expected demand,

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a collection of product updates that tie together its vast suite of services and help ensure it remains at the center of peoples’ lives and homes. Nearly a year after Amazon was met with criticism over its controversial vision for the future of home security,

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Google is making it easier to find specific dishes at nearby restaurants, whether it’s an ahi tartare, soup dumplings, or something else entirely. A new search feature the company announced Wednesday will let users search for a particular dish by typing its name and “near me” to see a list

By Brian Fung, CNN Apple has removed VKontakte, a top Russian social media platform, from its app store, according to the app’s developer. Apple’s decision also affects other iOS apps produced by VKontakte’s parent, the technology giant VK, according to a blog post Tuesday by the company. “Now some VK applications are blocked by Apple,

CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Apple has removed VKontakte, a top Russian social media platform, from its app store, according to the app’s developer. Apple’s decision also affects other iOS apps produced by VKontakte’s parent, the technology giant VK, according to a blog post Tuesday by the company. “Now some VK applications are blocked by

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Facebook parent company Meta announced Tuesday it had detected and shut down two separate networks of fake accounts engaged in covert influence operations run from China and Russia. The Chinese network was small and received barely any attention, but it did include some accounts that posed as Americans on both sides

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Apple has started making its new iPhone 14 in India, as the technology giant looks to diversify its supply chain away from China. While the company manufactures the bulk of its products in China, it has decided to start producing its latest devices in India much earlier than with previous

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business When Iranian authorities pulled the plug on the internet in 2019 amid anti-government protests, the international community struggled to track the civilian carnage that followed. The people of Iran had taken to the streets to demonstrate after fuel prices surged as much as 300% overnight. The New York Times reported

CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business It began by mailing out DVDs, then evolved to become a production and streaming powerhouse. Now Netflix appears to be making its next big bet on the future of gaming. The streaming giant is building its first in-house video game studio in Helsinki, Finland, as it expands its empire

By Jennifer Korn If you liked “Guitar Hero” but wished it had more brass instruments, you’re in luck. A new rhythm game called “Trombone Champ” has struck a chord with users online, bringing the kind of much-needed levity to the internet that only a trombone can. Numerous videos have been shared on social media in

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Kittyhawk, the electric air taxi startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, announced Wednesday that it plans to “wind down” operations. “We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk. We’re still working on the details of what’s next,” the company wrote in a brief statement shared on its LinkedIn

By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy must testify in an ongoing Federal Trade Commission probe into whether the company misled people into subscribing to Amazon Prime and other services, the agency said Wednesday. The decision follows earlier Amazon claims that FTC staff were harassing the two men and imposing