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Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race

July 27, 2021 2:45 am CNN Newsource

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company…

WeChat suspends new user registrations as China cracks down on tech

July 27, 2021 2:21 am CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business WeChat is suspending all new user registrations until early August, the popular social messaging app…

Activision Blizzard employees sign petition denouncing company’s ‘abhorrent’ response to lawsuit

July 26, 2021 5:19 pm CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pressure on Activision Blizzard is mounting as more than 2,000 current and former employees signed a petition slamming…

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 1:32 am CNN Newsource

By Hadas Gold, CNN Business Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky “startup nation” home to reams of billion-dollar…

Facebook is changing its company name to reflect its future ambitions and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents.

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 1:32 am CNN

Journalists from 17 news outlets are working together to expose evidence of spyware that specifically targets journalists, activists and politicians,…

Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image

July 25, 2021 1:32 am CNN

The Washington Post’s Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and two women linked to Jamal…

How Taiwan is trying to defend against a cyber ‘World War III’

July 23, 2021 5:43 pm CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Gladys Tsai, CNN Business As China steps up military pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing island is preparing for…

Software company’s unveiling of decryption key comes too late for many victims of devastating ransomware attack

July 23, 2021 2:57 pm CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN On Thursday, the software company Kaseya announced that it could help unlock any of its…

Amazon hires outside investigators after employee petition alleges discrimination and harassment

July 23, 2021 1:43 pm CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Amazon has hired outside investigators to probe the internal culture of part of its cloud computing…

First, they banned facial recognition. Now they’re not so sure

July 23, 2021 6:36 am CNN

First, they banned facial recognition. Now they’re not so…

Want your unemployment benefits? You may have to submit to facial recognition first

July 23, 2021 4:12 am CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business After being let go from his job as a software quality-assurance engineer in April, Eric Watkins said he filed for…

Software vendor caught up in ransomware attack obtains decryptor key

July 22, 2021 3:31 pm CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Business Kaseya, the software firm whose remote access tool was used to deliver REvil ransomware to hundreds of…

Massive internet outage: FedEx, Delta and McDonald’s go down

July 22, 2021 10:22 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites —…

TikTok, Biden administration agree to drop litigation over Trump-era app store ban

July 22, 2021 6:41 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN Business TikTok and the US government agreed on Wednesday to drop a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt…

The FTC vows to ‘root out’ illegal repair restrictions on phones, fridges, tractors and more

July 22, 2021 6:35 am CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung, CNN US regulators are vowing to make it easier for consumers and independent service shops to repair commercial products like…

California sues Activision Blizzard, alleging culture of sexual harassment

July 22, 2021 5:21 am CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Business California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against one of…

Elon Musk says he’s invested in bitcoin and wants to ‘see it succeed’

July 21, 2021 3:43 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Tesla founder Elon Musk is one of the loudest voices in the cryptocurrency world. He frequently uses his massive…

Bitcoin and crypto’s ‘Elon Musk problem’

July 21, 2021 3:43 pm CNN

When Elon Musk tweets, the crypto world listens. CNN’s Jon Sarlin explores the contradictions of crypto’s decentralized networks alongside the very…

Amazon just scored a major win in the battle for India’s retail market

July 21, 2021 12:13 pm CNN

CNN By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India’s top court has handed Amazon a major victory in its fight with Reliance Industries for the…

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?

July 21, 2021 12:13 pm CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks,…