Smaller businesses eye ad vacuum on X after blue-chip firms ditch site
Small- and medium-size business owners are angling to take advantage of the stampede of big advertisers away from X – with the little guys betting it will enable them to...
GM’s embattled Cruise robotaxi unit slashes 900 jobs
General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series...
Elon Musk to open a STEM-focused K-12 school, university in Austin
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk plans to launch a STEM-focused primary and secondary school in Texas before debuting a glittering university “dedicated to education at the highest levels,” according to a...
‘Devastating’ Google court loss to Epic Games could spark Big Tech restructuring: antitrust critic
Google’s “devastating” antitrust loss against “Fortnite” maker Epic Games this week is a potential game-changer that could open up the Big Tech firm and others to a wave of restructuring,...
Google quietly shutting down a popular app in shake-up
Google is deleting a popular app in another shakeup at the company. The Google Play Movies & TV app is soon to be no more. The service is already removed...
Ex-Facebook diversity manager pleads guilty to bilking $4M from company in kickback scheme: feds
A former Facebook diversity program manager pleaded guilty to scamming the social media giant out of more than $4 million through a scheme in which she faked business deals in...
FCC denies Elon Musk’s Starlink nearly $900M in subsidies
Republican critics raged after the Federal Communications Commission rejected nearly $900 million in subsidies for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service – a move they decried as a vindictive play by...
Amazon reveals the questions most frequently asked of Alexa
Alexa, what do people want to know? Amazon is giving us a peek at the answers to that question for at least one country — the United Kingdom. The virtual...
QR code scams are on the rise, FTC warns — here’s how to protect yourself
QR codes have become increasingly popular since the COVID-19 pandemic, which proliferated their usage in the form of paperless menus or bills. But with the convenience and efficiency of the...
