Uber and Lyft Thought Prices Would Normalize by Now. Here’s Why They Are Still High.
Americans hailing an Uber or a Lyft ride still face elevated prices due to a shortage of drivers—the latest example...
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GameStop’s Chief Operating Officer Departs
GameStop Corp.’s chief operating officer, Jenna Owens, has left the company, less than a year after joining. GameStop didn’t give...
Facebook Joins a Crowded Field In the Race to Build the ‘Metaverse.’ We All Have a Stake in the Outcome.
Tech billionaires are a quirky lot. Some are attempting to build a world imagined in utopian visions of the future,...
MacBook Pro 2021 Review: Nearly Perfect Back-to-the-Future Laptops
Apple’s move of the MacBook Pro from Intel chips to its very own M1 Pro and M1 Max processors wowed...
Global Chip Shortage ‘Is Far From Over’ as Wait Times Get Longer
Almost a year into a global chip shortage, the problems are increasing for many customers as delays get even longer...
Facebook to Rebrand Company as Meta in Focus on Metaverse
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company would change its name to Meta to reflect growth opportunities beyond...
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...
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...
Trump’s Social-Media Platform Joins Crowded Conservative Media Field
Former President Donald Trump’s planned digital-media venture could quickly become a serious competitor in a crowded field of right-leaning sites...
Google Charges More Than Twice Its Rivals in Ad Deals, Unredacted Suit Says
Google takes a cut of 22% to 42% of U.S. ad spending that goes through its systems, according to a...
Netflix Co-CEO Says He ‘Screwed Up’ When Defending Dave Chappelle Special
Netflix Inc. Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his efforts to communicate with employees who were upset...
Zillow Gets Outplayed at Its Own Game
Zillow, it seems, has over-flipped. The company that has prided itself on its technology to outsource a lot of human...
Toyota, Stellantis to Build EV-Battery Factories in the U.S.
Toyota Motor Corp. and Jeep parent Stellantis NV said separately Monday they would build battery factories in the U.S., the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Saks E-Commerce Unit Begins IPO Preparations
The fast-growing e-commerce business of luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is aiming to go public soon at a valuation roughly...
How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible
In December, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its partners plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope. A...
Today’s Tech Founders Don’t Just Own the Company. They’re Also Getting Huge Pay Packages.
Archer Aviation Inc. is years from producing its only planned product, a four-passenger electric air taxi that the main U.S....
