Google begins rolling out its ChatGPT rival
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is opening up access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT. Starting…
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Google suspends Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo over malware
By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN Google has suspended Pinduoduo, a popular Chinese budget shopping app, from its Play Store after…
Continue Reading China imports 27 foreign video games as it reopens market to global titles
By Laura He, CNN China has approved 27 foreign video games, including titles to be released by Tencent, NetEase and Bilibili, as it gradually reopens…
Continue Reading Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Amazon is cutting 9,000 more jobs, CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday in a memo to staff. The latest cuts come after the…
Continue Reading Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email
By Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an…
Continue Reading The way we work is about to change
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN In just a few months, you’ll be able to ask a virtual assistant to transcribe meeting notes during a work call,…
Continue Reading Google begins rolling out its ChatGPT rival
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is opening up access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT. Starting…
Continue Reading The US government is once again threatening to ban TikTok. What you should know
By Catherine Thorbecke and Brian Fung, CNN Nearly two-and-a-half years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the United States…
Continue Reading China may prefer TikTok to be banned than fall into US hands
CNN By Laura He, CNN Nearly three years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok if its Chinese owner didn’t sell the company to…
Continue Reading US government launches criminal investigation into TikTok parent, reports say
By Brian Fung, CNN The US government has launched a criminal investigation into TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, over improper access to the…
Continue Reading Meta rolls out paid verification option for Facebook and Instagram users in US
By Jennifer Korn Facebook and Instagram users in the United States will soon be able to pay to get a coveted blue check on their account. Meta on…
Continue Reading YouTube restores Donald Trump’s channel
By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN YouTube on Friday said it would restore former President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years after…
Continue Reading FCC cracks down on spammy text messages
By Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on spammy text messages with new rules for telecom companies, citing a…
Continue Reading Baidu stock rebounds after falling sharply in wake of ChatGPT-style bot demo
By Michelle Toh, CNN Shares in Chinese search giant Baidu rebounded sharply a day after it unveiled ERNIE Bot, its answer to the ChatGPT craze. Its…
Continue Reading China imports 27 foreign video games as it reopens market to global titles
CNN By Laura He, CNN China has approved 27 foreign video games, including titles to be released by Tencent, NetEase and Bilibili, as it gradually…
Continue Reading New Zealand joins US push to curb TikTok use on official phones with parliament ban
By Chris Lau New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month, becoming the latest country to impose…
Continue Reading New Zealand joins US push to curb TikTok use on official phones with parliament ban
CNN By Chris Lau New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month, becoming the latest country to…
Continue Reading Google will stop selling Glass as it looks to cut costs
By Jennifer Korn Google will no longer sell the latest Enterprise Edition of Google Glass, the company announced this week, effectively killing off…
Continue Reading ‘I am personally sticking with SVB.’ Prominent tech figures pledge support for bank
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN After a rollercoaster week for Silicon Valley Bank’s customers, some prominent voices in the tech world are now…
Continue Reading Italy blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
CNN By Livvy Doherty and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy…
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