Lyft investors sue over earnings typo that sparked buying frenzy
Lyft has been sued by shareholders for securities fraud after a mistake in a recent earnings release about a key profit metric sent the ride-sharing company’s stock price on a wild...
Instagram will now allow editing of DMs after they are sent
Instagram users who regret sending that poorly worded direct message can now breathe a sigh of relief. Engineers at parent company Meta Platforms Inc. have enabled a feature allowing Instagram...
Europe’s Digital Markets Act forces tech giants to make changes to be ‘fairer’
LONDON — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online...
OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted to merge it with Tesla
OpenAI — in its first public comments since Elon Musk claimed in a lawsuit the artificial intelligence behemoth puts “profit over humanity” — claimed the tech tycoon tried to gain...
AI startup Anthropic unveils new chatbot to rival ChatGPT
Artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic — whose backers include Google and Amazon — on Monday launched an updated group of AI chatbots called Claude 3, claiming they are its fastest and most...
Apple iPhone sales slump 24% in China, fanning fears of a slowdown
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the company faced increased competition from domestic rivals such as...
Elon Musk rips purported eco-terrorists for suspected arson at Tesla Gigafactory: ‘Extremely dumb’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed a suspected arson attack on his Gigafactory near Berlin as “extremely dumb” after far-left activists claimed responsibility. German authorities said a fire brigade responded Tuesday after...
Google worker slams exec of ‘powering genocide’ over Israel ties
A Google engineer sparked a ruckus at a New York tech conference when he accused an executive from the search giant’s Israel-based operations of “powering genocide” by cooperating with the...
Bill seeks to force ByteDance to divest app or face ban
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is introducing legislation on Tuesday that would give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a US ban. Rep....
