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One tech company is escalating its war on meetings by introducing a calculator that shows employees how much it really costs to force dozens of their colleagues to huddle together for an hour instead of just sending an email.

‘Time is money’: Shopify calculator shows how much unnecessary meetings really cost the company

July 12, 2023 12:48 pm CNN Newsource

‘Time is money’: Shopify calculator shows how much unnecessary meetings really cost the…

Elon Musk announces a new AI company

July 12, 2023 9:49 am CNN Newsource

Elon Musk announces a new AI…

Bill Gates says AI risks are real but nothing we can’t handle

July 12, 2023 9:08 am CNN Newsource

Bill Gates says AI risks are real but nothing we can’t…

Some of the nation’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising

Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds

July 12, 2023 2:11 am CNN Newsource

Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe…

Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools

July 11, 2023 1:50 pm CNN Newsource

Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI…

A federal judge will not block Microsoft seen here

Microsoft can close its Activision merger, federal judge rules

July 11, 2023 8:29 am CNN Newsource

Microsoft can close its Activision merger, federal judge…

Elizabeth Holmes could be released from prison two years earlier than expected

July 11, 2023 6:57 am CNN Newsource

Elizabeth Holmes could be released from prison two years earlier than…

Amazon launched Prime Day in 2015 to attract new subscribers who now pay $139 a year for shipping discounts

Why Amazon’s Prime Day is in July

July 11, 2023 4:42 am CNN Newsource

Why Amazon’s Prime Day is in…

The world’s largest contract electronics maker Foxconn

Foxconn pulls out of $19 billion chipmaking project in India

July 11, 2023 1:08 am CNN Newsource

Foxconn pulls out of $19 billion chipmaking project in…

Meta cut election teams months before Threads launch, raising concerns for 2024

July 10, 2023 6:40 pm CNN Newsource

Meta cut election teams months before Threads launch, raising concerns for…

The European Union on July 10 gave final approval to an agreement with the US government that restores the ability for thousands of businesses to easily transfer the personal information of European citizens to servers located in the United States.

EU blesses transatlantic data sharing deal

July 10, 2023 11:11 am CNN Newsource

EU blesses transatlantic data sharing…

Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta alleging copyright infringement

July 10, 2023 10:26 am CNN Newsource

Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta alleging copyright…

An illustration picture shows two mobile phones displaying the login page of the social media app 'Threads' (L) and the 'Twitter' account of Elon Musk in Los Angeles on June 6. The new messaging app launched by Mark Zuckerberg is a direct competitor to Musk's Twitter.

Elon Musk jet-tracking account moves to Twitter rival Threads

July 10, 2023 9:20 am CNN Newsource

Elon Musk jet-tracking account moves to Twitter rival…

The frenzy around the Twitter competitor

Threads now has ‘tens of millions’ of daily users. But its honeymoon phase may be over

July 10, 2023 9:02 am CNN

Threads now has ‘tens of millions’ of daily users. But its honeymoon phase may be…

The Threads application is seen running on a mobile device in this photo illustration on July 8 in Warsaw

Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users

July 10, 2023 9:02 am CNN Newsource

Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million…

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about

July 9, 2023 6:22 am CNN Newsource

Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know…

Mark Zuckerberg attends a tech event in Paris

Mark Zuckerberg concealed his kids’ faces on Instagram. Should you?

July 9, 2023 2:04 am CNN Newsource

Mark Zuckerberg concealed his kids’ faces on Instagram. Should…

China fines Jack Ma’s Ant Group nearly $1 billion

July 7, 2023 8:33 am CNN Newsource

China fines Jack Ma’s Ant Group nearly $1…

Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival

Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction

July 6, 2023 1:43 pm CNN Newsource

Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains…

The Port of Nagoya in Tobishima in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi

Japan’s largest port hit with ransomware attack

July 6, 2023 6:38 am CNN Newsource

Japan’s largest port hit with ransomware…