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The biggest chip deal in history has fallen apart

February 7, 2022 11:19 pm CNN Newsource

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial…

Peter Thiel to step down from Facebook’s board

February 7, 2022 1:27 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s longest-serving and most controversial board members, plans to step down from the…

IRS halts plan to require facial recognition for logging in to user accounts

February 7, 2022 12:13 pm CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The Internal Revenue Service is halting a plan that would have required taxpayers to verify their identities with facial…

Amazon more than doubles salary caps to $350,000 for US white-collar employees

February 7, 2022 10:53 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business Amazon is dramatically increasing salary caps for its US-based technology and corporate workforce, in a nod to how the…

SpaceX will lose up to 40 satellites it just launched due to a solar storm

February 5, 2022 3:47 am CNN

CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune…

Relativity is 3D printing rockets and raising billions. Will its technology work?

February 5, 2022 3:00 am CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles Video by Gabe Ramirez Tim Ellis, an unassuming 31-year-old with glasses who shuffles around his sprawling rocket factory in…

Meta is giving avatars a four-foot buffer zone to cut back on VR harassment

February 4, 2022 11:01 am CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has a new feature aimed at cutting down on harassment and assault in virtual…

Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with ‘persistent cyberattack’

February 4, 2022 7:42 am CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas News Corp suffered a “persistent cyberattack,” the company said Friday, and investigators believe Chinese spies may be…

At an Amazon warehouse in Alabama, a milestone union election is set to begin all over again

February 4, 2022 6:08 am CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Last year, an improbable organizing effort among Amazon warehouse workers in a central Alabama suburb led…

Mark Zuckerberg is in danger of losing his top 10 billionaire ranking

February 4, 2022 3:08 am CNN Newsource

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The historic collapse in Meta’s shares this week has wiped $31 billion off Mark Zuckerberg’s personal…

Australian mining magnate takes legal action against Facebook over scam ads

February 3, 2022 5:11 pm CNN Newsource

By Hannah Ritchie and Jill Disis, CNN Business Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest is taking legal action against Facebook in Australia after…

Amazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139

February 3, 2022 2:17 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime subscriptions from $119 to $139 per year in the United States, the…

Amazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139

February 3, 2022 2:17 pm CNN

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime subscriptions from $119 to $139 per year in the United States, the…

MacKenzie Scott donates $133.5 million to educational nonprofit Communities in School

February 3, 2022 2:14 pm CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn MacKenzie Scott has donated $133.5 million to educational nonprofit Communities in School, an organization that helps students…

Wag, a dog-walking startup that once raised $300 million from a single investor, is going public through a SPAC

February 3, 2022 11:32 am CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Wag, a dog-walking startup that once received $300 million from a single investor only to stumble in…

Meta is giving avatars a four-foot buffer zone to cut back on VR harassment

February 3, 2022 11:30 am CNN

CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has a new feature aimed at cutting down on harassment and assault in virtual…

Meta’s market value just dropped by more than most companies are worth

February 3, 2022 11:30 am CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, just had its worst trading day in its history as a public…

Melinda French Gates reportedly won’t give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation

February 3, 2022 9:32 am CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Melinda French Gates may be shifting her approach to how she gives away her vast wealth following her high-profile…

Nintendo Switch tops lifetime sales of Wii console

February 3, 2022 7:24 am CNN

CNN By Reuters Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch video game consoles in the nine months to the end of December, the Japanese company said on…

PlayStation and Switch sales are suffering as the gaming wars heat up

February 3, 2022 4:14 am CNN Newsource

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of the world’s biggest video game companies are feeling the pressure as the console wars heat up. Shares of…

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