By Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission is keeping a close eye on Big Tech as the industry expands into newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, FTC Chair Lina Khan said regulators risk “fighting yesterday’s war” if they fail to comprehend how tech
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Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business For much of the past two decades, the ethos of Silicon Valley was largely defined by Facebook’s former motto: “move fast and break things.” But in a sudden and dizzying shift, the current mood in the tech sector could perhaps best be described with a far more restrained mantra: “cut costs
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant’s US stores. Voting will take place in person at a vacant store in
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A Japanese company has built a four-legged, rolling robot that looks vaguely like a centaur — boasting two arms with claw-like hands, an arachnid-esque abdomen and two bulging cameras for eyes — and is designed to transverse the surface of the moon. The robot, called the R1,
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A Japanese company has built a four-legged, rolling robot that looks vaguely like a centaur — boasting two arms with claw-like hands, an arachnid-esque abdomen and two bulging cameras for eyes — and is designed to transverse the surface of the moon. The robot, called the R1, was designed and
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Services like Facebook and Twitter could change radically for millions of Americans in the coming years depending on how the courts decide one hotly debated question: Should social media platforms be regulated like railroads? It’s a question that’s gotten increased attention lately as a number of states, including Texas and
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By Laura He, CNN Business BYD, the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese electric carmaker, plans to supply batteries to Tesla “very soon,” a senior executive from the company told a Chinese state-owned broadcaster. “BYD respects Tesla, and we also admire Tesla,” said Lian Yubo, BYD’s executive vice president, in a video interview with an anchor from CGTN.
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Uber and Alphabet’s Waymo, which were once embroiled in a lawsuit over self-driving technology, are now working together on fully autonomous trucks. The companies announced Tuesday a “long-term strategic partnership” to deploy Waymo’s self-driving trucks on Uber Freight, a logistics platform that matches trucks with businesses shipping goods. Carriers purchasing
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A man purporting to be a member of the seven-person jury that deliberated in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial made a series of posts on TikTok last week about what he claimed were his insights from the high-profile trial that captivated the world. While some social media
Continue Reading CNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business A man purporting to be a member of the seven-person jury that deliberated in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial made a series of posts on TikTok last week about what he claimed were his insights from the high-profile trial that captivated the world. While some social
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CNN, CNNI By Jennifer Korn As the future of safe, legal abortion access in the United States has been thrust into doubt, a number of at-home abortion pill startups are positioning themselves to fill some of the void. Sites such as Choix, Hey Jane and Just the Pill have launched in recent years to offer
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn As the future of safe, legal abortion access in the United States has been thrust into doubt, a number of at-home abortion pill startups are positioning themselves to fill some of the void. Sites such as Choix, Hey Jane and Just the Pill have launched in recent years to offer women in
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business A backlog of US green card applications has Silicon Valley giants calling on the Biden administration for new measures to keep adult children of high-skilled immigrant workers from being deported. Tech titans led by Google (GOOG) and including Amazon (AMZN), IBM (IBM), Salesforce (CRM), Twitter (TWTR) and Uber (UBER) sent
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Apple and other smartphone makers will be required to support USB-C as part of a single charging standard for mobile devices across the European Union by as early as the fall of 2024 under a new law announced Tuesday by EU officials. The legislation is aimed at reducing e-waste
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Apple and other smartphone makers will be required to support USB-C as part of a single charging standard for mobile devices across the European Union by as early as the fall of 2024 under a new law announced Tuesday by EU officials. The legislation is aimed at reducing e-waste and eliminating
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that will let users personalize their iPhone lock screens, change how they text friends through iMessage and deepen how its smartphones integrate with cars. These and other updates, which
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Elon Musk issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from his purchase of Twitter on Monday, openly accusing the social media company of breaching the merger agreement by not providing the data he has requested on spam and fake accounts. In a letter to Twitter’s head of legal,
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that will let users personalize their iPhone lock screens, change how they text friends through iMessage and deepen how its smartphones integrate with cars. These and other updates, which were unveiled
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is about to hold its annual developer conference this week where it’s expected to show off new software coming to its most popular devices and possibly offer the biggest hint yet about a new product long rumored to be in development. At its Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin carried its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space, including the first-ever Mexican-born woman to make such a journey. The 60-foot-tall suborbital rocket took off from Blue Origin’s facilities in West Texas at 9:26am ET, vaulting a group of six
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