Economy Apr 15 Twitter board of directors adopt 'poison pill' defense against Musk takeover bid The move would allow existing Twitter shareholders — except for Musk — to buy additional shares at a discount, thereby diluting Musk's stake in the company.
Nation Apr 14 Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.
Economy Jan 18 Microsoft buys video game maker Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion Microsoft is paying nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy Crush and ‘Call of Duty,’ as it seeks an edge in the fiercely competitive businesses of mobile gaming and virtual-reality technology.
World Dec 23 In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of data for answers to complex questions – as long as you speak English or another of the world's dominant languages.
Economy Dec 13 OSHA opens investigation after Amazon warehouse collapses during tornado, killing 6 Amazon said workers at the warehouse had little time to prepare when the National Weather Service declared a tornado warning on Friday night. The tornado arrived soon after, collapsing both sides of the warehouse and caving in its roof.
World Nov 02 Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data More than a third of Facebook’s daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the social network’s system. That’s about 640 million people.
Economy Oct 26 WATCH: TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube executives testify in Senate hearing about kids' safety online Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms.
Economy Oct 18 Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse' The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build "the metaverse," a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.
Science Oct 08 White House proposes tech 'bill of rights' to safeguard against harmful use of biometric data The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or assess their emotional or mental states and character.
Arts Aug 10 Why your neighborhood bar or cafe might ask to see your vaccine card Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might have to carry around your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and music festivals.