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Meta’s market value just dropped by more than most companies are worth

February 3, 2022 11:30 am CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, just had its worst trading day in its history as a public…

Melinda French Gates reportedly won’t give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation

February 3, 2022 9:32 am CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Melinda French Gates may be shifting her approach to how she gives away her vast wealth following her high-profile…

Nintendo Switch tops lifetime sales of Wii console

February 3, 2022 7:24 am CNN Newsource

By Reuters Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch video game consoles in the nine months to the end of December, the Japanese company said on…

PlayStation and Switch sales are suffering as the gaming wars heat up

February 3, 2022 4:14 am CNN Newsource

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of the world’s biggest video game companies are feeling the pressure as the console wars heat up. Shares of…

Meta shares plummet 20% after posting rare profit decline

February 2, 2022 2:47 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook rattled investors on Wednesday by posting a rare profit decline, driven by the company’s heavy spending…

3G networks are shutting down soon. A scramble to get users to upgrade is underway

February 2, 2022 5:27 am CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Aaron Hommell bought his 3G iPhone 5 in 2014 and kept it for more than seven years, holding onto it even after…

Google stock jumps 8% after blowout quarter fueled by strong ad sales

February 1, 2022 3:42 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Despite being one of the biggest online advertising giants, Google’s ad business is still growing at a rapid clip.…

Facebook’s dream of creating its own global cryptocurrency officially comes to an end

February 1, 2022 1:01 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In June 2019, after years of being under scrutiny for the impact its platforms have on society, Facebook unveiled one of…

Sony to acquire video game studio Bungie in $3.6 billion deal

January 31, 2022 11:30 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business Sony is acquiring Bungie, the video game studio that created hit franchises such as “Halo” and…

Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly

January 31, 2022 10:28 am CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight. The Alice, a plane developed by…

Shanghai metro sparks Covid panic with festive red QR codes

January 30, 2022 10:30 pm CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business A Chinese subway system’s attempt to spread some Lunar New Year cheer backfired…

A new crop of shopping tools aims to help consumers beat the supply chain crunch and the bots

January 30, 2022 5:49 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business A few days after Christmas, Aaron Worley and his wife began feeling ill. Fearing they may have contracted Covid-19 over…

Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle

January 29, 2022 11:40 am CNN Newsource

by Reuters Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to…

Twitter says it has quit taking action against lies about the 2020 election

January 28, 2022 5:06 pm CNN Newsource

By Daniel Dale, CNN Twitter quit taking action to try to limit the spread of lies about the 2020 election, the company said on Friday — a day…

Apple Music trolls Spotify by calling itself ‘the home of Neil Young’

January 28, 2022 10:41 am CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young’s music from its service, Apple Music trolled its…

Elon Musk is placing a bet on robots. It could be a long time coming

January 28, 2022 9:38 am CNN Newsource

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he believes the company’s goal of a humanoid robot is the most…

How last week’s 5G deployment went so wrong

January 28, 2022 3:30 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business From canceled flights to dire warnings of a stalled shipping economy, this was not how the rollout of 5G networks was…

UK companies told to bolster defenses against Russian cyberattacks

January 28, 2022 3:10 am CNN Newsource

By Charles Riley, CNN Business UK companies and organizations have been urged to bolster their defenses against potential Russian cyberattacks as…

Google is investing another $1 billion in India’s smartphone market

January 28, 2022 1:33 am CNN Newsource

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Google is investing up to $1 billion in a major Indian telecom company, a move it hopes will drive down the cost of…

Telecom regulator blocks China Unicom from US market

January 27, 2022 7:45 pm CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung and Laura He, CNN Business The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to ban China Unicom, a state-owned Chinese…