Airbnb rolls out ‘anti-party technology’ to help enforce its global ban
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Weeks after Airbnb said it would permanently ban parties at properties rented through its platform, the company is…
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Report: $1.9 billion stolen in crypto hacks so far this year
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business A staggering $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in hacks of various services in the first seven months of…
Continue Reading American Airlines agrees to purchase 20 supersonic jets
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business American Airlines is placing a bet on a future in which supersonic jets might return to the skies, shuttling…
Continue Reading Amazon workers walk off job at air freight facility to call for better pay and working conditions
By Catherine Thorbecke and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business A coalition of Amazon employees walked off the job on Monday at an air freight facility in San…
Continue Reading WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly three years after Adam Neumann stepped down as CEO of WeWork following a failed attempt to take the…
Continue Reading It’s like Airbnb but for renting your pool to strangers. Things don’t always go as planned
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Chris, a homeowner in Des Moines, was surprised when a woman he didn’t know recently pulled into his…
Continue Reading WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Nearly three years after Adam Neumann stepped down as CEO of WeWork following a failed attempt…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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 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 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 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…
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