Activision Blizzard Chief Reduces Pay, Pledges Changes Amid Probes Into Company Culture
Bobby Kotick, the longtime chief executive of videogame empire Activision Blizzard Inc., told employees Thursday he will take a pay...
Software
Samsung Posts Record Quarterly Revenue From Chip Boom
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. reported record quarterly revenue and saw net profit grow by 31% on the back of booming...
Microsoft Earnings Jump as Cloud Services Thrive
Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.64% continued to benefit from the global shift toward remote work as its cloud business boosted its...
Facebook Posts Slower Sales Growth With Apple Privacy Policy
Facebook Inc. blamed Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.03% privacy rules for posting slower sales growth and warned of further uncertainty for...
Carbon Offsets Are Used by Companies Seeking ‘Net Zero,’ but Concerns Persist
Companies are snapping up carbon offsets, but the patchwork of informal markets serving that appetite lack consistent standards and oversight,...
Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show
Mark Zuckerberg praised India in December as a special and important country for Facebook Inc., saying that millions of people...
Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China
Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 1.75% LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site that operates in China, marking...
Apple Set to Let App Developers Alert Users to Alternate Payment Methods
Apple Inc. on Thursday announced changes to its App Store regulations that will allow software developers to tell customers how...
Microsoft Hires Former Top Amazon Cloud Executive, Adding to Rivalry
Microsoft Corp. hired a top Amazon.com Inc. cloud veteran and ally of Chief Executive Andy Jassy, according to a company...
Intel Lands Pentagon Deal to Support Domestic Chip Making
Intel Corp. said it would provide commercial foundry services in the first phase of a broader Defense Department program that...
Tencent to Work With Chinese Regulators to Limit Minors’ Online Game Time
Tencent Holdings Ltd. pledged to work with Chinese regulators and industry counterparts to manage how minors use online games and...
NortonLifeLock Agrees to Buy Cybersecurity Provider Avast
NortonLifeLock Inc. agreed to acquire and combine with cybersecurity firm Avast PLC in a cash-and-stock deal that would extend the...
Activision Replaces Blizzard Head J. Allen Brack as It Faces Gender-Bias Lawsuit
Activision Blizzard Inc. said an executive named in a gender-bias lawsuit filed by California regulators is leaving the videogame publisher....
How to Make Friends While Working from Home? Ask These Office Newbies.
Jacob Ma wasn’t going to let the fact that his new job kept him at home all day stop him...
Samsung Profit Rises 73% as Memory-Chip Demand Surges
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. offset relative weakness in smartphone shipments by capitalizing on another quarter of roaring demand for its...
Kaseya Gets Tool to Unlock Data After Ransomware Attack
The technology provider at the center of a ransomware attack this month said it obtained a tool to unlock data...
ZoomInfo Technologies Using New Financing to Help Pay for AI Startup
Business-intelligence platform ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. raised about $500 million in debt on Tuesday and plans to use some of the...
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Space Trip Delayed Slightly by Weather
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M.—Richard Branson is scheduled to travel to the edge of space Sunday in a flight aimed at...
The Antitrust Case Against Google: It’s Becoming Too Much Like Apple
Google has adopted rules similar to ones that Apple Inc. requires for its software that powers smartphones and distributes apps...
China Orders Stores to Remove More Apps Operated by Didi
BEIJING—China ordered mobile app stores to remove 25 more apps operated by Didi Global Inc.’s China arm, saying the apps...
