2020 U.S. census plagued by hacking threats, cost overruns
In 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau faced a pivotal choice in its plan to digitize the nation’s once-a-decade population count: build a system for collecting...
Strong subscription growth drives Slack’s earnings beat; shares rise
Slack Technologies Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit as it signed on larger companies to its workplace communication platform, sending its...
Slack forecast disappoints as competition weighs, shares drop
Slack Technologies Inc forecast disappointing current-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday as its messaging platform wrestles with stiff competition....
Elon Musk, at defamation trial, says he wrote ‘pedo guy’ tweet ‘off the cuff’
Elon Musk, wrapping up two days of testimony at his defamation trial on Wednesday, insisted his “pedo guy” Twitter message at the heart of the...
U.S. airline websites briefly down after Google technical issue
The websites for the three largest U.S. airlines, American Airlines Group Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc and United Airlines Holdings Inc were briefly down on...
Instagram to collect ages in leap for youth safety, alcohol ads
Facebook Inc’s Instagram said it will require birthdates from all new users starting on Wednesday, expanding the audience for ads for alcohol and other age-restricted...
Italy’s PM says any decision on web tax is sovereign one
Italy’s prime minister said on Wednesday that any decision on the introduction of a digital tax that would hit U.S. tech giants falls within a...
Elon Musk returns to testify in defamation trial over ‘pedo guy’ tweets
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk returned to court on Wednesday to resume testifying at a trial to decide whether he defamed a British diver whom...
Exclusive: Alibaba-backed startup AutoX applies for driver-less test permit in California
Chinese startup AutoX, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has applied to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California, the first challenger to...
Instagram to collect ages in push for youth safety, alcohol ad dollars
Facebook Inc’s Instagram said it will require birthdates from all new users starting on Wednesday, expanding the audience for ads for alcohol and other age-restricted...