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David Friedberg, an early Google exec, reunited with Larry Page to start The Production Board. He’s now got $300 million from Alphabet and other investors.

Amazon’s disappointing results on Thursday pushed down shares of top U.S. e-commerce companies.

YouTube continues to grow at an astounding rate, with ad revenue up 83% from a year ago, Alphabet reported Tuesday.

Chinese regulators have been scrutinizing Didi for cybersecurity and antitrust matters, according to reports.

Pinterest shares plunged after the company reported its second-quarter results, which showed a decline in monthly users.

The company said that NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, has 54 million sign-ups as of this week.

If Texas and OU joined the SEC, the conference could attract higher media fees, given the marketing muscle of the schools in college football and basketball.

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has invested $10.6 million into London insurance start-up Flock, which is pivoting from drones to cars.

Facebook’s results exceeded estimates as the company lapped the first full quarter of Covid impact, leading to the fastest revenue growth since 2016.

Failed New York state Senate candidate Daniel Christmann is among more than 500 people charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot by supporters of ex-President Donald Trump.

The Federal Trade Commission has until August 19 to file an amended complaint against Facebook.

The streaming company posted 365 million monthly active users, up 22% year-over-year. But it fell short of its guidance of 366 million to 373 million users.

The pilot program, where job seekers can submit video resumes to partner companies, runs through July.

Congress is considering a slate of new antitrust laws to rein in Big Tech power, including merger restrictions on the largest firms.

Zoom’s $14.7 billion acquisition of Five9, one of the largest cloud transactions on record, is the first sign of the company using its hefty market to do deals.

China’s antitrust regulator ordered Tencent to give up its exclusive licensing rights with international record labels and slapped a $$77,000 fine on the company.

After Didi’s stock market debut last month, Uber owned a stake worth over $9 billion in the Chinese ride-hailing company. That’s dropped by half.

Snap stock soared Friday, as the company continued to ride its strong second-quarter earnings beat across the board.

Alphabet’s new company is a robotics software firm named Intrinsic. The segment comes out of X, Alphabet’s “moonshots” division.

Olympians can’t roam around Tokyo or check out the sites because of virus protocols