Nokia is cutting up to 10,000 jobs
Nokia will slash the size of its workforce over the next two years to free up money to invest in its 5G networks business. The Finnish…
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Elon Musk is now ‘Technoking’ of Tesla. Seriously
Elon Musk is not your typical CEO. Now he has a new title to prove it. In a filing with his least favorite regulator, the Securities and Exchange…
Continue Reading Microsoft says Teams and other services are returning to normal after earlier outage
Microsoft says its workplace communication platform, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services should be returning to normal after an earlier software…
Continue Reading Xiaomi wins temporary reprieve from US ban on American investment
Xiaomi has won at least a temporary reprieve from a US ban on Americans investing in the Chinese smartphone maker. The Trump-era ban was halted…
Continue Reading Tesla removed some drivers from its self-driving test for not paying attention
Tesla has expanded its “full self-driving” software to roughly 2,000 Tesla owners, but some drivers were revoked access for not paying…
Continue Reading We bought an NFT. Here’s what we learned
As headlines about people bidding eye-watering sums on GIFs of Pop Tart cats, the first-ever tweet, a Kings of Leon album and other NFTs piled up…
Continue Reading Wireless companies shelled out billions of dollars to fix this 5G problem
Excitement around 5G, and its promise of lightning fast download speeds and huge data capacity, has ratcheted up since the first 5G-enabled iPhone…
Continue Reading Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, likely delaying her criminal trial
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed biotech company Theranos, is pregnant — a new development that could once again delay the start date of…
Continue Reading Bezos declines invitation from Sanders to testify before Senate Budget Committee
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will not be testifying before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, according Mike Casca, a spokesman for Senator Bernie…
Continue Reading Google and Microsoft are in a public feud
Google and Microsoft openly sparred on Friday as the latter prepared to testify at a Congressional hearing focusing on Big Tech’s impact on…
Continue Reading Sanders invites Bezos to testify before Senate Budget Committee
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has been asked to testify before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, in a hearing focused on income…
Continue Reading Simon Hu resigns as Ant Group CEO following regulatory crackdown
Simon Hu has resigned as chief executive officer of Ant Group, months after the digital payments company was forced to pull its IPO amid a crackdown…
Continue Reading How a year of living almost exclusively online made the internet weird again
On the audio-based app Clubhouse, people are gathering in virtual rooms to make whale moaning noises or to participate in silent meditation together.…
Continue Reading Simon Hu resigns as Ant Group CEO
Simon Hu has resigned as chief executive officer of Ant Group, months after the company was forced to pull its IPO amid a crackdown by Chinese…
Continue Reading Pakistan bans TikTok again
TikTok has been banned in Pakistan for a second time. The popular short-form video app is no longer available on mobile devices in the country after…
Continue Reading Google Maps gets a fresh coat of paint
Google Maps is making some social media-inspired updates to encourage more user-generated content in the app. The app on Thursday introduced several…
Continue Reading Uber and Lyft to finally share names of drivers deactivated over sexual assault and other serious incidents
Uber and Lyft have largely operated in silos when it comes to deactivating drivers over the most severe reports of safety incidents, potentially…
Continue Reading Google Maps is making some changes
Google Maps is making some social media-inspired updates to encourage more user-generated content in the app. The app on Thursday introduced several…
Continue Reading How one employee’s exit shook Google and the AI industry
In September, Timnit Gebru, then co-leader of the ethical AI team at Google, sent a private message on Twitter to Emily Bender, a computational…
Continue Reading Massive hack disrupts Molson Coors brewing operations
Molson Coors, the brewer behind the Miller and Coors brands, revealed a “cybersecurity incident” at the company that has disrupted its…
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