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Meta could take a $7 billion hit this year because of Trump’s tough China tariffs
This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Meta’s core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to President Donald Trump’s tough China tariffs […]
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Google says DOJ’s proposal for breakup would harm U.S. in ‘global race with China’
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai meets Polish Prime Minister at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images As Google heads back to the courtroom Monday, the company is arguing that the U.S. needs the company in its full form to take on chief adversary […]
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The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the U.S. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Getty Images As tech’s megacap […]
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Meet Partiful, the Gen Z party-planning staple that’s taking on Apple
Partiful’s CEO, Shreya Murthy, and CTO, Joy Tao Courtesy: Partiful When Shreya Murthy and Joy Tao decided to launch a party-planning startup in 2020, they settled on a business goal of “bringing people together in person.” The Covid-19 pandemic demanded the exact opposite. Despite the challenge of the pandemic, Partiful survived, and five years later, […]
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Nintendo Switch 2 retail preorder to begin April 24 following tariff delays
An attendee wearing a Super Mario costume uses a Nintendo Switch 2 game console while playing a video game during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, April 11, 2025. Isabel Infantes | Reuters Nintendo on Friday announced that retail preorder for its Nintendo Switch […]
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Etsy touts ‘shopping domestically’ as Trump tariffs threaten price increases for imports
An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Etsy is trying to make it easier for shoppers to purchase products from local merchants and avoid the extra cost of imports as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs raise concerns about soaring […]
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Google hit with second antitrust blow, adding to concerns about future of ads business
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Google’s antitrust woes are continuing to mount, just as the company tries to brace for a future dominated by artificial intelligence. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled […]
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Discord sued by New Jersey over child safety features
Jason Citron, CEO of Discord in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New Jersey attorney general sued Discord on Thursday, alleging that the company misled consumers about child safety features on the gaming-centric social messaging app. The lawsuit, filed in the New Jersey Superior Court by attorney […]
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Brain implant cleared by FDA for Precision Neuroscience, a Musk Neuralink rival
Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface Courtesy of Precision Neuroscience Neurotech startup Precision Neuroscience on Thursday announced that a core component of its brain implant system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a major win for the four-year-old company. Precision is building a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, which is a […]
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Judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies
Alphabet‘s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the U.S. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges […]
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