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Italy hands VAT bill to Meta, X and LinkedIn in landmark tax case
Visitors take pictures by a sign posted in front of Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 29, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Italy has handed tax demands to Meta, X and LinkedIn in the formal and final step in an unprecedented official VAT claim against the three U.S. web giants that could […]
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Waymo will launch Washington, D.C., robotaxi service in 2026
Waymo self-driving cars with roof-mounted sensor arrays traveling near palm trees and modern buildings along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, February 21, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Waymo’s officially on its way to the nation’s capital. The Alphabet-owned autonomous driving robotaxi service will be available in Washington, D.C., in 2026, the […]
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Crypto’s long battle with SEC comes to a close with Ripple victory
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 4, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission’s years-long crusade against the crypto industry appears to be over. The final chapter closed on Wednesday, when Ripple announced that the SEC had officially dropped […]
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StubHub files for IPO as companies start lining up to go public
The StubHub logo is seen in a former store in New York City on April 18, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images StubHub, an online marketplace for reselling tickets, on Friday filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “STUB.” In its prospectus for an initial public offering, […]
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Crypto super PACs pump cash into Florida as GOP faces risk of thinning House majority
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis delivers remarks before Gov. Ron DeSantis took to the stage during his Don’t Tread on Florida Tour in Sarasota on Nov. 6, ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election, 2022. Tiffany Tompkins | Bradenton Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Fresh off its victories in the 2024 election cycle, […]
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Why startups and tech giants are racing to build a practical quantum computer
Technology giants Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology, as are various other companies like Rigetti, IonQ, Quantum Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. The latest entrant into the space is Nvidia, with CEO Jensen Huang announcing in March that the company will build a quantum computing research center in […]
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The Magnificent 7’s lousy year, by the numbers
Elon Musk attends the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 26, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters It’s been a painful year so far for megacap technology giants and 2025 is only getting started. Six members of the group are already tracking for significant year-to-date losses, led by […]
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X sues Modi’s government over content removal in new India censorship fight
Elon Musk’s account on X is displayed on a smartphone. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images News | Getty Images India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi. The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an […]
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Buy now, pay later lender Klarna files for U.S. IPO
Pedestrians walk by an advertisement for Klarna. Daniel Harvey Gonzalez | In Pictures via Getty Images Klarna, a provider of buy now, pay later loans filed its IPO prospectus on Friday, and plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol KLAR. Klarna, headquartered in Sweden, hasn’t yet disclosed the number […]
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Meta’s Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk’s X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta’s upcoming Community Notes feature for monitoring misinformation through crowdsourcing will use some technology developed by Elon Musk’s X for its similar service. On Thursday, Meta revealed in a […]
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