Cyber Monday sales on track to set new record, topping $11 billion
[ad_1] Cyber Monday shopping is set to break records with more than $11 billion spent online in a single day, according to Adobe Inc. ADBE, -1.59%, as big discounts gave…
Elon Musk claims Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from App Store
[ad_1] Elon Musk said Apple Inc. AAPL, -2.63% is threatening to remove Twitter Inc. from its App Store and criticized the tech giant for what he called censorship. He also…
Shopify on Black Friday: ‘Cha-ching!’
[ad_1] Shares of Shopify Inc. charged higher Monday after the e-commerce software company’s simple but exuberant reaction to record Black Friday sales — “cha-ching!” The company said its merchants recorded…
Activision stock looks undervalued with or without a Microsoft deal, says analyst
[ad_1] Activision Blizzard Inc.’s stock price has been swept up in the speculation around whether Microsoft Corp. will gain regulatory clearance for its $69 billion deal for the videogame publisher,…
Japan team goes viral after cleaning World Cup locker room, leaving origami gifts
[ad_1] An earlier version of this article incorrectly said a crane is a feature on the Japan soccer team’s bade. It is actually a mythical three-legged crow. The article has…
U.S. expands bans of Chinese security cameras and network equipment
[ad_1] The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to ban sales of new telecom and surveillance equipment made by several Chinese companies, arguing that their ownership and practices threaten U.S. national…
U.K. regulator opens probe into Apple and Google mobile browsers
[ad_1] The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers after an earlier report showed Apple Inc. and Alphabet…
Americans are buying more luxury cars than ever
[ad_1] The price of the average new car in America sat 6.1% higher at the end of September than it did one year before, partially due to inflation. But another factor is…
Shopify stock soars after earnings as CEO says, ‘We plan on becoming profitable again’
[ad_1] Shopify Technology Inc. shares were surging in Thursday trading after the e-commerce company notched a smaller loss than anticipated and forecast that its operating-expense growth rate will fall sequentially…
U.S. stock rally set to stall after Microsoft and Alphabet earnings disappoint
[ad_1] U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday after results from tech behemoths Microsoft and Alphabet disappointed investors. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.65% dipped 23 points,…
Microsoft to cut nearly 1,000 jobs: reports
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. is laying off nearly 1,000 workers across multiple divisions, according to news reports Monday. Axios and Business Insider reported the cuts late Monday. Sources told the news…
Activist investor Starboard has nearly 5% stake in Splunk, seeks to boost stock
[ad_1] Activist investor Starboard Value LP has a sizable stake in Splunk Inc. and plans to push the software maker to take action to boost its stock price, according to people familiar with…
Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, and nearly a fifth of S&P 500 hits 52-week lows
[ad_1] Nearly a fifth of the S&P 500 index sank to new 52-week lows Thursday led by some of the biggest names in the tech sector. By early afternoon trading…
Move over, TikTok: Social media has ‘a new king in town’ in BeReal
[ad_1] Instagram and Snapchat have been sweating the effects of TikTok’s ascent, but now it seems they have another upstart rival to worry about. BeReal, which bills itself as a…
Tesla names Airbnb co-founder to board
[ad_1] Tesla Inc. named one of Airbnb Inc.’s co-founders to its board Wednesday, increasing the total number of directors back to eight. Joe Gebbia joins the board of Tesla TSLA,…
Hackers hijack Fast Company, send obscene push alert through Apple News
[ad_1] Many Apple News users received a push notification Tuesday containing racist and obscene language, the result of an apparent hack. The offensive message came in a push alert from…