Amazon Adds Option For Shoppers To Pay with Venmo
Amazon shoppers can now pay for items with Venmo, as the e-commerce giant looks to boost sales by providing another popular payment option on its site.
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WhatsApp Back to Normal Service After Temporary Global Outage
Users around the world reported problems sending messages Tuesday but the app's owner Meta Platforms says the issue has now been fixed.
Warner Bros. Discovery To Take Billions in Restructuring Charges in Q3
Warner Bros. Discovery has focused on cost cutting as it grapples with a debt load of about $50 billion.
Apple Adds NFT Policy to App Store Guidelines
Marketplaces like OpenSea and Magic Eden currently only allow users to view NFTs and don’t offer buying or selling through their apps.
Apple Raises Prices for Music, Streaming Video And Bundles
Apple surprised analysts by not raising the price of the iPhone 14, a sign that executives believe services are more price elastic than hardware.
Meta Investor Calls on Mark Zuckerberg to Lower Metaverse Spending
Shareholder says Meta "needs to get its mojo back."
Snyk Cuts 14% of Staff, Slashes Spending on Real Estate, Software
CEO Peter McKay said the cuts were meant to help the startup achieve profitability.
Hong Kong Shares Tumble on Growing Worries About China’s Economy
President Xi Jinping's decision to surround himself with loyalists spurred concerns that China will stick to its zero-Covid policy that has hurt its economy.
Indian News Site The Wire Retracts Article on Meta
The non-profit news site had alleged that Meta had granted India’s ruling BJP party the power to remove Instagram posts, which Meta denied.
TSMC Halts Production for Chinese Chip Startup Amid U.S. Restrictions
The move is the latest example of how Washington's new restrictions on semiconductor technology exports to China are affecting the global chip supply chain.
San Francisco Standard Editor-In-Chief Steps Down
The website, launched last year, made a name for itself reporting on the conviction record of Chesa Boudin, the former San Francisco district attorney opposed by some tech leaders.
Google in Talks to Invest $200 Million into AI Startup Cohere
The deal comes as Google prioritizes growing its cloud division.
Apple’s Industrial Design Head Will Leave Company Next Year
Hankey didn't have a design background and initially joined the team as a project manager. She was one of the few women on the industrial design team.
TikTok Disputes Forbes Report on App’s Monitoring of U.S. Citizens
The popular video app continues to face intense scrutiny in the U.S. over its handling of American users' data.
Instacart CEO: ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Hold IPO This Year
The company will award cash bonuses to some employees, who will have to wait longer to cash out stock-based compensation.
Snap Predicts Flat Revenue After Weakest Quarter as Public Company
The Snapchat parent’s daily active users increased 19% alongside tepid revenue growth.
Musk Plans to Cut 75% of Twitter Employees
Even if Musk doesn't end up buying Twitter, the existing management plans to cut a quarter of the workforce next year anyway.
Microsoft Under Fire for New Cloud Security Glitch
Microsoft's Azure cloud has been dealing with numerous cybersecurity flaws, and now the software giant is feuding with a startup that recently found a new one.
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