Airbnb skyrockets 112% in public market debut, giving it a market cap of $86.5 billion
Airbnb opened at $146 per share on its first day of trading on Thursday, more than doubling the $68 per share price set for its IPO the day before.
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These Airbnb hosts earned more than $15,000 on Thursday after the company let them buy IPO shares
In Airbnb's IPO Wednesday night, the room-sharing company sold up to 3.5 million shares to hosts on the site.
Oracle reports slow revenue growth as licensing and hardware businesses decline
Oracle's quarterly results exceeded expectations, although smaller parts of its business declined.
WarnerMedia won't cause an industry shake-up: Other studios unlikely to end theatrical window in 2021
WarnerMedia's biggest legacy media streaming rivals will probably let HBO Max be the industry's guinea pig with its 2021 movie release strategy.
PubMatic, a 14-year-old ad tech company, pops nearly 50% on IPO
Ad-tech company PubMatic shares popped after the company launched its initial public offering Wednesday. Here's why the company went public now.
Airbnb seeks $47 billion valuation, prices shares at $68 in IPO
Airbnb, the company that allows users to book short-term rentals and experiences while traveling, sold shares in its IPO at $68, pricing above its range, according to people familiar with the matter.
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine documents were ‘unlawfully accessed’ in a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines agency
Documents for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were 'unlawfully accessed' in a cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency.
Google launches knowledge panels in search results to tackle misinformation about Covid vaccines
The feature is only available in the U.K. but will be rolled out to other countries once they've begun approving vaccines.
Instagram chief says TikTok is the most formidable competitor the company has ever seen
Adam Mosseri spoke to CNBC as the company was expecting lawsuits from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general.
Google and Amazon fined for cookies breach by French privacy regulator
France's data protection regulator has issued Google and Amazon with substantial fines for breaking the country's rules on cookies.
Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweet of Trump's claim that Democrats cheated in election
The Chinese embassy in the U.S. retweeted a claim from Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the U.S. election. But the embassy blamed this on hackers.
China's Huawei tested A.I. software that could identify Uighur Muslims and alert police, report says
Huawei and Megvii's facial recognition system could potentially detect faces of China's repressed Uighur Muslims and alert authorities, a new report claims.
DoorDash trading at steep premium to Uber and GrubHub as investors bet on growth beyond food
DoorDash soared in its debut on Wednesday, giving it a revenue multiple that far exceeds Uber, GrubHub or Lyft.
DoorDash skyrockets in market debut, closes up 85%
Food delivery app DoorDash makes its public debut Wednesday.
SoftBank shares surge 7% after a report says it's considering going private
Shares of SoftBank climbed by as much as 7% after Bloomberg reported that the Japanese tech fund is considering going private.
FTC and states sue Facebook, could force it to divest Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook first disclosed the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its business in July 2019.
Microsoft doubles its money after backing C3.ai as it goes public
The two companies announced a partnership in 2018 to promote C3's software running on Microsoft's public cloud.
Read Sundar Pichai's email to Google employees about researcher's departure
The circumstances of Timnit Gebru's departure "seeded doubts and led some in our community to question their place at Google," CEO Sundar Pichai wrote.
Tim Cook takes a swipe at Big Tech rivals and their 'lack of responsibility'
"We clearly take responsibility," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview aired Wednesday. "We make tough decisions."
SoftBank Vision Fund turns $680 million DoorDash investment into $11.5 billion based on Wednesday's opening price
Based on DoorDash's opening price, the investment is now worth $11.5 billion.
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