Microsoft Tops the List of Best-Managed Companies of 2023
Journal Reports: LeadershipWhat’s New in the Best Managed Companies Rankings in 2023By Rick Wartzman , and Kelly TangDecember 13, 2023...
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The American Store Is Shrinking
Updated Dec. 12, 2023 5:04 pm ETListen to article(1 minute)The average store size in the U.S. is the smallest it’s...
TikTok to Invest More Than $1.5 Billion in GoTo to Restart Indonesia E-Commerce Business
Updated Dec. 11, 2023 4:29 am ETBytedance’s TikTok will invest more than $1.5 billion in a deal with GoTo Group...
Okta Says Hackers Stole Data For All Customer Support Users
Okta said hackers stole data for all of its customer support system users in a breach that the identity-verification company...
Tech’s New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All Costs
The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon Valley learned a long-lasting lesson: how to do more...
WSJ News Exclusive | Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children
Listen to article(2 minutes)Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system...
TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy...
Sam Altman to Join Microsoft Following OpenAI Ouster
Updated Nov. 20, 2023 9:10 am ETSAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft said it is hiring Sam Altman to helm a new advanced artificial-intelligence...
WSJ News Exclusive | Meta Strikes Deal to Return to China After 14 Years
SINGAPORE—Meta Platforms has struck a preliminary deal to sell a new, lower-priced version of its virtual-reality headset in China, regaining...
Meta to Require Campaigns to Disclose AI-Altered Political Ads
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced that it will require advertisers to disclose when they run political ads with media that...
WSJ News Exclusive | Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down
Bumble Inc.’s Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the company known for the female-focused dating app...
Tech Giants Spend Billions on AI Startups—And Get Just as Much Back
Updated Nov. 3, 2023 1:41 pm ETAmazon, Google and Microsoft have spent the past year investing billions of dollars in...
Oil Spills Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. 1. January 1991 - During the...
Major Rail Accidents Fast Facts | CNN
Editor’s Note: This timeline is not all-inclusive. Selected rail incidents with at least 200 fatalities are listed, plus US incidents....
Amazon rivers fall to lowest levels in 121 years amid a severe drought | CNN
Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a...
Meta Pauses Ads for Users Under 18 in Europe as It Rolls Out Subscriptions
Updated Oct. 30, 2023 9:16 am ETMeta Platforms will stop showing ads to European teens as part of a plan...
Amazon Confronts a New Rival: TikTok
In the emerging business of ‘social shopping,’ TikTok dominates the social and is spending big to improve the selling. Amazon...
WSJ News Exclusive | ‘Wait, Netflix Has Games?’ Streaming Giant Plans New Videogames Based on Its Hit Shows
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 1:11 pm ETLast year Netflix put up a billboard on Los Angeles’s Sunset Boulevard to poke...
WSJ News Exclusive | Risk-Advisory Firms Decide Hong Kong Isn’t Worth It
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 12:00 am ETHONG KONG—A number of investigation firms are retreating from Hong Kong and moving staffers...
Israel Flight Cancellations, Ticket Prices Leave Some Stranded
Updated Oct. 12, 2023 3:02 pm ETAirlines have suspended flights into Israel en masse, leaving people seeking to exit from...
