California Ballot Measure That Classifies Uber, Lyft Drivers as Independent Ruled Unconstitutional
A California judge said the November ballot measure that allowed Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. to continue...
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T-Mobile Says 6 Million More Customer Files Accessed in Data Breach
T-Mobile US Inc. said the hack of its user database exposed an additional six million customers’ details, bringing the total...
Topps SPAC Merger Collapses After Loss of MLB Trading-Card Deal
Topps Co.’s plan to go public in a blank-check merger has been derailed by new exclusive contracts that Major League...
Iraqi Lawmakers Call for Probe Into GE, Siemens Electricity Contracts
Members of an Iraqi parliamentary commission are calling for an investigation into large power-generation contracts struck with General Electric Co....
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence at Tesla Amid Scrutiny of Autopilot
Elon Musk doubled down on Tesla Inc.’s embrace of artificial intelligence after a week of intensifying scrutiny of the advanced...
Three Former Netflix Engineers Are Charged in $3 Million Insider-Trading Ring
Three former Netflix Inc. software engineers and two of their close associates were charged with insider trading, the U.S. Securities...
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...
Alibaba Employee Was Sexually Abused Multiple Times, Say Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities said they found that a female Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. employee was sexually abused both by her boss...
Huawei Accused in Suit of Installing Data ‘Back Door’ in Pakistan Project
A long-running dispute between Huawei Technologies Co. and a small U.S.-based contractor has escalated to U.S. federal court, with the...
Synchrony’s Margaret Keane Credits These Advisers With Helping Her Reach the Top
In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those...
Alibaba Sets Anti-Sexual Harassment Measures After Employee Allegations
TAIPEI— Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has announced new policies to combat sexual harassment, a response to sexual-assault allegations by a...
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...
AMC Talks Bitcoin, GameStop With Its Reddit Followers
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. on Monday detailed changes coming to its theaters, such as accepting bitcoin, that are aimed at...
Jay Y. Lee, Samsung’s De Facto Leader, Wins Parole From Prison
SEOUL— Samsung ’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, will be released from prison on parole later this week, though it...
Cigarette Companies Are Caught Between Death and Taxes
Cigarette companies are pouring billions of dollars into nicotine products that don’t come with the lethal health warnings of traditional...
In the Streaming Wars, Sony Stands on the Sidelines
In Hollywood’s streaming wars, the only major studio that doesn’t have its own service might also be the biggest arms...
Roku Pays to Be a Player
Investors got a painful reminder Wednesday that Roku is still in the hardware business. It has been easy to forget....
Facebook Cuts Off Access for NYU Research Into Political-Ad Targeting
Facebook Inc. cut off a New York University research project’s accounts and access to the platform, effectively shutting down a...
Tencent Sinks After China Denounces Online Gaming
Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. and rivals fell Tuesday after a state-owned Chinese newspaper criticized online gaming as “opium for...
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....
