Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
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EU Regulator Cautions Twitter on Content Moderation
A top European Union regulator cautioned that social-media giant Twitter Inc. TWTR -3.91% will need to follow the bloc’s new...
Consumer Brands Push for Clean-Energy Tax Credits
More than 40 companies, including consumer brands such as Airbnb Inc., ABNB 1.47% Lyft Inc., LYFT 2.26% Sierra Nevada Brewing...
Twitter Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer to Buy Company in $44 Billion Deal
Twitter Inc. TWTR 5.66% on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, which would give the world’s...
TikTok Owner ByteDance Taps Senior Lawyer Julie Gao as CFO
SINGAPORE—ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese owner of short-video platform TikTok, appointed a senior China-focused lawyer as their new chief financial officer,...
A Different Kind of Solar Power Attracts Attention
When you think of solar energy, you probably picture the photovoltaic panels that capture sunlight to be converted to electricity....
European Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Social Media Regulations
BRUSSELS—Europe is again raising the bar on tech regulation, preparing new standards for operations of social media and other digital...
How Raleigh Rallied From the Covid-19 Pandemic
RALEIGH, N.C.—On a Monday morning, employees arrive at Raleigh software firm Pendo and grab coffee at a company-provided bar staffed...
Activision Blizzard Names Two Women to Its Board
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.02% said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after...
Tesla Posts Record $3.3 Billion Quarterly Profit
Tesla Inc. TSLA -4.96% reported a sevenfold jump in first-quarter profit as consumers snapped up the company’s electric vehicles, though...
Netflix Explores a Version With Ads as Subscriber Base Shrinks
Netflix Inc. said it is exploring offering a lower priced ad-supported version of the platform to boost its subscriber base,...
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say
A U.K. cybersecurity startup rocketed to a multibillion-dollar valuation when it listed publicly last fall on the promise of making...
Meet the Twitter Army of Elon Musk Superfans
Elon Musk might have more than 82 million Twitter followers, but only a handful of those can consistently grab the...
Twitter Adopts Poison Pill Plan to Block Elon Musk From Increasing Stake
Twitter adopted a poison-pill takeover defense to make it difficult for Elon Musk to increase ownership beyond 15%. The move...
The Pandemic Was Supposed to Push All Shopping Online. It Didn’t.
When millions of locked-down Americans went online during the Covid-19 pandemic, it looked like the possible start of a permanent...
Elon Musk Contends Censorship, Not Abuse, Is Twitter’s Problem
Twitter Inc. executives spent years trying to promote what they called healthier discourse on the platform, adding content moderation largely...
Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Bid for Twitter, Says ‘Civilization’ At Stake
Elon Musk went full-on corporate raider a week into his rolling clash with Twitter Inc., offering a $43 billion bid...
Trucking Boom Is Hitting the Brakes as Freight Demand Slows
The strong freight demand that has delivered bumper earnings for trucking companies during the pandemic appears to be waning, as...
Elon Musk, Again an Outsider at Twitter, Emerges as Unshackled Wild Card for Company
Elon Musk’s surprise decision not to join Twitter Inc.’s board gives the social-media company less control over its largest shareholder,...
Etsy Sellers Strike as Site Ramps Up to Battle Amazon
A battle over the future of Etsy Inc. is playing out in public this week as some sellers protest higher...
