Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream

California has some of the strongest digital privacy laws in the U.S. and is on the verge of handing consumers a major new tool to combat the sale and secret use of personal information they may never have agreed to share

Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream
Business

Ford earnings fall short of estimates after it strikes a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers

Ford has reported significant growth in the third quarter, although its financial results fell short of Wall Street estimates

Ford earnings fall short of estimates after it strikes a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers
Business|Entertainment

Disney reports sharp profit growth in the fourth quarter and an expansion of its cost-cutting drive

Walt Disney Co. has reported sharp profit growth for its fiscal fourth quarter while announcing an expansion of its cost-cutting drive under returning CEO Bob Iger

Disney reports sharp profit growth in the fourth quarter and an expansion of its cost-cutting drive
Business|Entertainment

Disney to acquire the remainder of Hulu from Comcast for at least $8.6 billion

Walt Disney Co. said it will acquire a 33% stake in Hulu from Comcast for at least $8.6 billion, a deal that will give Disney full control of the streaming service

Disney to acquire the remainder of Hulu from Comcast for at least $8.6 billion
Business|Technology

Former tech exec admits to fraud involving a scheme to boost Getty Images shares, authorities say

Federal officials say a former technology executive has pleaded guilty to fraud involving a scheme to artificially boost the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images

Former tech exec admits to fraud involving a scheme to boost Getty Images shares, authorities say
Business|Technology

Nvidia's profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for artificial intelligence

Nvidia overshot Wall Street estimates as its quarterly profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chipmaking dominance that has made the company an icon of the artificial intelligence boom

Nvidia's profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for artificial intelligence
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Musk abruptly cancels 'The Don Lemon Show' on X after he sits for the program's first interview

Elon Musk has abruptly canceled “The Don Lemon Show” a talk show on his social media network, X

Musk abruptly cancels 'The Don Lemon Show' on X after he sits for the program's first interview
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data

When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off

Taylor Swift launches legal broadside at a college student who tracks private jets via public data
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Mark Zuckerberg's long apology tour: A brief history

Mark Zuckerberg has accumulated a long history of public apologies, often issued in the wake of crisis or when Facebook users rose up against unannounced — and frequently unappreciated — changes in its service

Mark Zuckerberg's long apology tour: A brief history
Business|Economy|Technology

Microsoft profit soars 33% on AI, cloud-computing investments

Microsoft Corp. says that its profit for the October-December quarter soared 33%, powered by its significant investments in artificial intelligence technology

Microsoft profit soars 33% on AI, cloud-computing investments
Lifestyle|News|Technology

Bumble's billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung

The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online

Bumble's billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung
Business|Economy|News|Political

Trump Media's newly hired auditing firm was just busted by the SEC for 'massive fraud'

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditing firm hired by Trump Media and Technology Group just 37 days ago with “massive fraud” — though not for any work it performed for former President Donald Trump's media company

Trump Media's newly hired auditing firm was just busted by the SEC for 'massive fraud'
News|Technology

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to restore rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain content or by offering higher speeds to customers willing to pay extra

Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
Business|News|Technology

Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI

Google says it will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables

Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI
Business|News

Congress summons Boeing's CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges

A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying concerns about the airworthiness of the company’s aircraft

Congress summons Boeing's CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges
Business|News

California-based 99 Cents Only Stores is closing down, citing COVID, inflation and product theft

California-based 99 Cents Only Stores says it will close all 371 of its outlets effective Friday

California-based 99 Cents Only Stores is closing down, citing COVID, inflation and product theft
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Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90

Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, has died

Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90
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4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon

Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk's X social network Monday

4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon
Business|Entertainment|News|Technology|World

Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

Gerald Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $182 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, has died at the age of 84

Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84
Business|News|Technology

Reddit is preparing to sell shares to the public. Here's what you need to know

Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, said Monday that its pending initial public offering may be worth almost three quarters of a billion dollars

Reddit is preparing to sell shares to the public. Here's what you need to know
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Reddit strikes $60 million deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts

Reddit has struck a deal with Google

Reddit strikes $60 million deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts
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Bluesky, a social network championed by Jack Dorsey, opens for anyone to sign up

The Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged from its cocoon and is now allowing anyone to create an account and join the service

Bluesky, a social network championed by Jack Dorsey, opens for anyone to sign up
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13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the 'unbeatable' Tetris — by breaking it

The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson

13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the 'unbeatable' Tetris — by breaking it
Business|News|Technology|World

European privacy officials widen ban on Meta's behavioral advertising to most of Europe

European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta's “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe

European privacy officials widen ban on Meta's behavioral advertising to most of Europe
News|World

Adidas CEO doubts that Kanye West really meant the antisemitic remarks that led Adidas to drop him

Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doubts that Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, “meant what he said” when he made a series of antisemitic and offensive remarks last year

Adidas CEO doubts that Kanye West really meant the antisemitic remarks that led Adidas to drop him

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