Former YouTube content moderator describes horrors of the job in new lawsuit
Moderators working for YouTube had to view mass murders, abortions and suicide, according to the lawsuit.
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Amazon reportedly prevents some device rivals from advertising competing products
The actions could attract attention from regulators who are already examining Amazon's business practices.
Microsoft takes aim at cloud communication market with calling and texting services
Microsoft is taking the technologies for messaging and calling inside of the Teams app and allowing customers to incorporate them into their own applications.
Jeff Bezos to open first nonprofit preschool in Washington as part of $2 billion Day One Fund
The school is being launched by nonprofit organization Bezos Academy, which is overseen by the Amazon CEO's philanthropic endeavor.
TikTok talks show how Trump's deal-making style can cause collateral damage
President Trump's style of negotiation with TikTok caused a chain of events that were likely avoidable and affected the lives of thousands of Americans for better or worse.
Amazon expands virtual health care for employees throughout Washington state
Amazon Care is just one of the projects that the company is working on in the health-care sector.
Twitter investigating racial bias after users noticed the platform sometimes prefers White faces
Twitter says it's investigating why its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers White faces to Black ones after users alerted the company to the issue.
Barry Diller on TikTok deal: 'The whole thing is a crock'
Expedia and IAC chairman Barry Diller told CNBC the TikTok deal is a "crock" and a "political mismash."
One of the founders of Facebook's libra digital currency has left the company
Morgan Beller, also a co-founder of Novi payments wallet, has left Facebook before the release of the technology.
Oracle is a distant laggard in cloud infrastructure market even after TikTok deal
Oracle's TikTok deal could help it bring in more business, but AWS and Microsoft are still many times bigger.
What TikTok’s U.S. deal means for its business in Europe
Assuming the Oracle deal goes through without any major objections from Beijing, what happens to TikTok in Europe?
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are buys at these levels, Jim Cramer says
After a September sell-off, "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer says the technology giants have reached attractive valuations.
TikTok deal puts U.S. owners in charge, but Chinese parent company still has some say
Americans will hold four of the five seats on TikTok Global's board, with ByteDance's CEO holding the fifth seat. ByteDance investors will hold a majority of shares in the company.
Musk cautions innovations at Tesla 'battery day' won't be widespread until 2022
Elon Musk's electric car company is likely to disclose specifications for at least one new type of battery cell that the company has been developing, and may give an aspiring start-date for manufacturing its own cells at scale, too.
Here's the email Elon Musk sent Tesla employees with 10 days left in Q3
Elon Musk to Tesla employees: company has to "rally hard" to achieve record deliveries in the third quarter.
With TikTok deal, Walmart could gain 'a front row seat to the next generation of consumers'
Industry watchers say the big-box retailer's ties to TikTok could help it sharpen its approach to targeted ads, turn user data into business strategies and establish a relationship with the many teens and twenty-somethings.
Popular Netflix movie 'The Social Dilemma' slams social media but offers few solutions
"The Social Dilemma," a new Netflix documentary-drama on how technology companies have manipulated human psychology with dire consequences for our society, is unlikely to impact these businesses' bottom lines.
AT&T exec warns next iPhone may not be 'massive event' for 5G adoption
AT&T executive says Apple's 5G iPhones may not be the massive event some are expecting, especially given the economic realities of pandemic quarantines.
Why TikTok deal could mean big growth for Walmart’s ads business
Although it's known for its big-box stores, Walmart has an advertising business that resembles Amazon's, albeit on a much smaller scale.
Microsoft buys Bethesda, maker of hit Fallout and The Elder Scrolls games, in $7.5 billion deal
Microsoft announced Monday that it will buy ZeniMax Media, the company that owns well-known video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion in cash.
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