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Britain First leader Paul Golding leads an anti-Islam march on April 1, 2017 in London, England. Wiktor Szymanowicz | Future Publishing | Getty Images Twitter labeled the British far-right political party Britain First an “official organization,” raising questions about the direction in which Elon Musk has taken the platform after its content moderation and verification

Samsung is the world’s biggest maker of memory chips. A lack of demand and a chip glut has put pressure on memory prices which could hammer Samsung’s profit. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung could report its worst profit in 14 years this week, as prices for memory chips, its biggest business, continue

In this article AVAV BA.-GB GM P911-DE MBG-DE AMPX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lithium-ion battery performance has hit a plateau in recent years, but a breakthrough in technology promises new heights are soon to be in sight. Batteries made with silicon instead of graphite — the commonly used material in battery anodes today

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google’s construction site on future San Jose megacampus sits idle as company halts development amid cost-cutting. Jennifer Elias In June 2021, Google won approval to build an 80-acre campus, spanning 7.3 million square feet of office space, in San Jose, California, the third-largest city in

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Theo Wargo | Wireimage | Getty Images A rough week for Elon Musk was capped on Friday when institutional shareholders in Tesla admonished the company’s board of directors to rein in an “over-committed” CEO Elon Musk in an open letter made public on Friday. The

In this article LYFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A traveler arriving at Los Angeles International Airport looks for ground transportation during a statewide day of action to demand that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft follow California law and grant drivers “basic employee rights” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. Mike Blake

Official Twitter account of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is displayed on a mobile phone screen photographed for the illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on January 30, 2023. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk-owned Twitter has quietly dropped labeling that identified state-affiliated and government-funded accounts for officials and media outlets, including designations used

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Twitter removed blue legacy checkmarks from non-paying users’ accounts on Thursday, weeks after the Elon Musk-owned company initially announced that the changes would begin. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it would begin removing the blue checkmarks from users who didn’t pay for the company’s subscription service, Twitter

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. The new plant, officially called the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is producing the Model Y as well as electric car batteries. Christian Marquardt –

Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) is the first attempt at creating comprehensive regulation for digital assets in the EU. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Lawmakers in the European Parliament have approved the world’s first comprehensive package of rules aimed at regulating the cryptocurrency industry. In a vote Thursday, the EU Parliament voted 517 in

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple’s first physical retail store is located in the populous city of Mumbai. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images For years, Tim Cook has been bullish on India. Now, he’s betting big on the South Asian giant as Apple shifts its focus away from

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Twitter CEO Elon Musk threatened to sue Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing the software giant of illegally using the social media company’s data to train its artificial intelligence model. Musk’s threat by tweet came after Mashable and other publications

In this article IBM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna appears on a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2023. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images IBM issued stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Wednesday even as the technology and consulting company reported

Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg work on the final inspection of the finished Model Y electric vehicles. The Tesla plant was opened and put into operation on March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings for 2023 after the close of trading on Wednesday.

BYD’s new luxury brand Yangwang is selling its first model, the U8, for more than 1 million yuan ($160,000). CNBC | Evelyn Cheng SHANGHAI — Fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible” and the technology would be better applied to manufacturing, according to Chinese battery and electric car company BYD. Many electric car and tech companies

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) greets the media with folded hands outside the Apple store at Jio World Drive mall, Mumbai, India, April 18, 2023. Ashish Vaishnav | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook is in India this

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services at Google Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google will launch its first foldable smartphone sometime in June, challenging Samsung’s market-leading foldable phone business, according to internal communications viewed by CNBC. It plans to announce the

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches slew of infrastructure projects from MMRDA Grounds, at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) on Jan. 19, 2023 in Mumbai, India. Satish Bate | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Apple has a big week planned in India, where the iPhone maker has

In this article COIN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coinbase is preparing for a years-long court battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company’s chief executive told CNBC Tuesday, after the regulator warned the cryptocurrency exchange of potential violations of securities law. Last month, the SEC issued Coinbase with a Wells notice,

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter CEO Elon Musk called for federal regulation of AI technology during a taped interview on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that aired on