In this article TWTR Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square, speaks during the crypto-currency conference Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images Twitter on Wednesday launched Super Follows, a feature that allows select users to
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A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past advertising for iPhones outside an Apple store. Philip Fong | AFP | Getty Images Eight states will roll out a feature allowing users to add driver’s license and state IDs to Apple Wallet for iPhone and Apple Watch to use at security at participating airports,
In this article 1810-HK Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun holds a press conference about Xiaomi’s new logo and Xiaomi’s car building on March 30, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has officially registered its electric vehicle business and said the division has entered
This picture shows the tablets of Ivermectin drugs in Tehatta, West Benga, India on 19 May on 2021. Soumyabrata Roy | NurPhoto | Getty Images Amazon is directing users to an anti-parasitic drug falsely claimed to be a treatment for Covid-19. The drug, called Ivermectin, is typically used to treat or prevent parasites in animals.
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves after a hearing at a federal court in San Jose, California, July 17, 2019. Stephen Lam | Reuters Nearly a decade ago, Elizabeth Holmes was proclaimed the golden girl of Silicon Valley, and briefly crowned America’s youngest female self-made billionaire. This week, she’ll walk into a San Jose federal
A shopper walks past an ad for Apple’s iPhone 12 outside a store in Hong Kong on May 24, 2021. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Globalstar, a satellite services provider, soared 60% Monday following a report that the next iPhone will have the ability to utilize satellite communications.
SenseTime, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, has filed to go public in Hong Kong. The move comes as China continues to tighten regulation on the country’s technology giants. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — One of China’s top artificial intelligence firms SenseTime has filed for an initial public
[Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Rocket builder Astra Space is going for its first launch since the company went public, and aiming to reach orbit for the first time. The new space company cut short its first launch attempt on Friday, with the rocket’s engines firing for a moment and
In this article TSLA A 2019 Tesla Model 3 hit a Florida Highway Patrol car in Orlando on the morning of August 28, 2021. No injuries were reported. Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol The driver of a 2019 Tesla Model 3 told officers she was using Autopilot, Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system, when she collided with
Craig Barritt | Getty Images The digital media industry has reached a strategic crossroads. Earlier this year, special purpose acquisition vehicles (SPACs) appeared to be the long-awaited savior of digital media companies. BuzzFeed, Vice, Bustle Digital Group and others with venture capital backing had a plan to pay back investors with publicly traded stock. A
In this article DASH A bike messenger carries a DoorDash bag during a delivery in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The City of Chicago filed two sweeping lawsuits against DoorDash and Grubhub for allegedly deceiving customers and using unfair business practices. The suits echo longstanding claims from
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former chief executive officer of Theranos, center, exits U.S. federal court in San Jose, California on May 6, 2021. Nina Riggio | Bloomberg | Getty Images He was the father of newborn twins who wanted to make a difference in healthcare. Now, with Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal fraud trial set to begin
In this article AAPL Tim Cook at WWDC21 on June 7th, 2021. Source: Apple Apple will allow app developers to email their users about non-Apple purchase options, in a major change to App Store policies. Previously, Apple prohibited app makers to steer users through email to their websites to pay for digital products. App makers
In this article Samsung Electronics’ foldable smartphone Galaxy Z Fold3 is seen in this undated handout photo released to Reuters on August 11, 2021. Samsung Electronics | Reuters Samsung’s new folding phone, $1,799 Galaxy Z Fold 3, launches on Friday. I was unimpressed with the first two models, but after testing this one for two
In this article MSFT AMZN REDMOND, UNITED STATES – 2021/01/25: Microsoft logo seen at their building in Redmond. Microsoft will publish fiscal year 2021 second-quarter financial results on January 26. Toby Scott | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Microsoft has hired Amazon cloud executive Charlie Bell as a corporate vice president, CNBC has
In this article APO VZ The Yahoo! and AOL logos displayed. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apollo Global Management is preparing to close its $5 billion acquisition of Verizon Media on Sept. 1, and the private equity firm is already causing consternation among existing executives at the company soon to be known as Yahoo. Apollo
In this article MSFT Microsoft’s Xbox Series S (L) and Xbox Series X consoles. Phil Barker | Future Publishing | Future via Getty Images Microsoft is bringing its cloud gaming service to Xbox consoles later this year. The company announced Tuesday that Xbox Cloud Gaming, which lets players stream games rather than having to install
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the opening of the new Apple Tower Theater retail store at Apple Tower Theatre on June 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. JC Olivera | Getty Images Ten years ago, Tim Cook was named CEO of Apple. He had a tough task. His predecessor Steve Jobs founded the company, and
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday called the latest release of the company’s experimental driver assistance software, FSD Beta 9.2, “actually not great” on Twitter. Specifically, Musk wrote: “FSD
In this article COIN Chesnot | Getty Images Digital currency company Circle had long claimed its stablecoin, USD Coin, was backed 1:1 by actual dollars in a bank account. In July, it was revealed this was no longer the case, with Circle disclosing in an “attestation” from auditors Grant Thornton that cash made up just