Looking to Rent a Car? Expect Higher Prices, Long Waits and Slim Pickings
Travelers looking to rent cars are encountering higher rates and few choices, if they can find a car at all.The...
Technology
Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 Billion
In the digital age, some of the most sought-after devices are analog semiconductors—including ones made by 91-year-old Texas Instruments Inc.,...
Intel Apologizes After Asking Suppliers to Avoid China’s Xinjiang Region
U.S. semiconductor giant Intel Corp. INTC 0.39% apologized after setting off a social-media backlash with a letter asking suppliers to...
Crypto.com Will Run its First Super Bowl Ad Amid Marketing Blitz
Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com will run its first Super Bowl commercial in February as it seeks to become a household...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Targets the Health Cloud With $28.3 Billion Bid for Cerner
Oracle Corp. ORCL -4.27% on Monday announced its largest deal ever, a roughly $28.3 billion purchase of electronic-medical-records company Cerner...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
At Twitter and Salesforce, Bret Taylor Steps Into the Limelight
Bret Taylor has been involved with some of the tech industry’s most notable innovations—from Google Maps to Facebook ’s “like”...
YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels Including ESPN in Standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube’s agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney...
Jack Dorsey and the Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want to Reboot the Internet
The internet hasn’t turned out the way it was supposed to.In its earliest incarnation, before some Wall Street Journal readers...
Inside AMC’s Crazy, Bonkers, Upside-Down Year of Apes, Memes and Shorts
A mob rescued the world’s largest movie-theater chain from the edge of bankruptcy. It turned out to be only the...
U.S. Regulators Raise Concern With Stablecoin Digital Currency
Top U.S. financial regulators said they are prepared to take action to address risks to the financial system posed by...
Netflix Slashes India Prices in Battle with Amazon, Disney
Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.18% is slashing its prices in India, a key market for global growth where it trails cheaper...
Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software
Hackers linked to China and other governments are among a growing assortment of cyberattackers seeking to exploit a widespread and...
Flash-Mob Thefts Planned on Snapchat and Other Apps, Police Say
SAN FRANCISCO—A recent rash of thefts by fast-moving mobs at stores in the Bay Area and outside Minneapolis were organized...
Alibaba Fires Female Employee Who Accused Then-Supervisor of Sexual Assault
HONG KONG— Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has fired a female employee who accused her then-supervisor of molestation and rape during...
Tech Giants Microsoft, Amazon and Others Warn of Widespread Software Flaw
Cybersecurity officials at major tech companies are scrambling to patch a serious flaw in a widely used piece of internet...
Instacart President Carolyn Everson to Depart After About Four Months at Food-Delivery Firm
Instacart Inc. said its president, Carolyn Everson, will leave the food-delivery company at the end of this year, about four...
Roku Shares Rise on Deal That Restores YouTube TV App
Roku shares more than doubled in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic kept people home and led to increased use of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Kohl’s Is Urged to Consider E-Commerce Separation
An activist investor is urging department-store chain Kohl’s Corp. to consider a sale of the company or a separation of...
Spotify Removes Some Comedians’ Work From Streaming Service
Spotify Technology SA has removed the work of hundreds of comedians, including John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan and Kevin Hart, amid...
