WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly three years after Adam Neumann stepped down as CEO of WeWork following a failed attempt to take the…
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How to make sure your private messages stay private
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default…
Continue Reading South Korea pardons Samsung’s Jay Y Lee in bid to revive the economy
By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Business The de facto leader of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, was pardoned by South Korea’s president on Friday for…
Continue Reading South Korea pardons Samsung’s Jay Y Lee in bid to revive the economy
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Business The de facto leader of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, was pardoned by South Korea’s…
Continue Reading United Airlines puts $10 million behind plan to shuttle customers by electric aircraft
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business United Airlines gave a $10 million deposit to a startup developing electric aircraft — all for the goal of…
Continue Reading ExpressJet Airlines, formerly under United, files for bankruptcy
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jennifer Korn ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a “reboot” of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection…
Continue Reading Here’s why you still look terrible in virtual reality
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Mark Zuckerberg has bet his company’s future on an ambitious long-term vision of people carrying…
Continue Reading Meta testing expanded encryption features amid renewed scrutiny of messaging data
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta on Thursday said it is testing expanded encryption features for Messenger and Instagram, days after the company…
Continue Reading FTC weighs sweeping new rules on ‘commercial surveillance’ and Big Data
By Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to write sweeping new regulations that could restrict how businesses collect…
Continue Reading Nearly half of all teens say they use the internet ‘almost constantly,’ survey finds
By Jennifer Korn Nearly half of US teens say they use the internet “almost constantly,” according to a new survey released on Wednesday.…
Continue Reading Twitter activates election policy enforcement for US midterms
CNN, WPTV, KCAL, KCBS By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter will now label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections, such as false…
Continue Reading Twitter activates election policy enforcement for US midterms
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter will now label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections, such as false claims about how to cast…
Continue Reading It didn’t take long for Meta’s new chatbot to say something offensive
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Meta’s new chatbot can convincingly mimic how humans speak on the internet — for better and worse. In…
Continue Reading SpaceX denied nearly $900 million in broadband subsidies
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business In a high-stakes decision, federal regulators announced Wednesday that SpaceX will not receive nearly $900 million in…
Continue Reading Nebraska teen and mother facing charges in abortion-related case that involved obtaining their Facebook messages
By Sara O’Brien and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that…
Continue Reading Nebraska teen and mother facing charges in abortion-related case that involved obtaining their Facebook messages
CNN By Sara O’Brien and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that…
Continue Reading Report: $1.9 billion stolen in crypto hacks so far this year
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business A staggering $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in hacks of various services in the…
Continue Reading More than a dozen companies developing single standard to detect cyberattacks faster
By Brian Fung, CNN More than a dozen companies in the cybersecurity space are developing a single, open standard for sharing data about hacking…
Continue Reading US gaming software developer Unity wants to supercharge its growth in China
By Laura He, CNN Business US gaming software developer Unity is partnering with some of the biggest names in China tech to establish a billion-dollar…
Continue Reading The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The technological arms race between the United States and China has cut across everything from smartphones and…
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