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A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general, dealing a significant blow to attempts by regulators to rein in tech giants.
General Motors will raise spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology.
Competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers in the United Kingdom over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
Practices used by Google “are particularly serious because they penalize Google’s competitors” in certain markets and publishers of mobile sites and applications, the statement by the Competition Authority said. “The authority recalls that a company in a dominant position is subject to a par…
Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Tuesday afternoon as investors returned from a three-day holiday weekend and digested a report showing more growth in manufacturing as the coronavirus pandemic wanes in the U.S.
Taking aim at Silicon Valley, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a measure to crack down on large social-media companies that block users from their platforms.
The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges i…
Some small businesses forced to turn to online lenders for pandemic relief are making those niche players a bigger part of their financial game plan, and are even considering dumping their traditional banks altogether.
AT&T said Monday it will combine its massive WarnerMedia media assets, which includes HBO and CNN, with Discovery Inc. to create a new media heavyweight in a $43 billion deal.
Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year before any of their offerings could be sold.
A version of Instagram for children under age 13 is a bad idea, according to a bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general that has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop those plans.
The Los Angeles Times on Monday said that Kevin Merida, who built ESPN’s TheUndefeated.com into a multimedia presence and spent a lengthy career in newspapers before that, will be its new executive editor.
There are too many gas-powered passenger vehicles in the United States – roughly 279 million – to replace them in less than a decade, experts say.
Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users.
Facebook is showing different job ads to women and men in a way that might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, according to a new study.
The Senate passed a bill 92-7 last week to extend the deadline for business owners to apply for forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, giving applicants two more months to apply for federal aid.
Miami’s West Grove neighborhood can expect to see an influx of job opportunities and affordable rental units through the up-and-coming Platform 3750.
The North American relaunch of Payless turned up in the unlikeliest of places – North Miami. The new flagship store has taken up residence at 850 NE 125th St. and a corporate headquarters will follow this summer.
Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders have begun to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the measure targets voters of color and threatens the democratic process.
The CEOs of Starbucks and Goldman Sachs will join leaders from philanthropy and academia in a new initiative to address the racial wealth gap in the United States.
The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large – until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.
After nearly a decade as Miami Marlins’ stadium, the team has landed a corporate sponsor just in time its opening day home game against Tampa Bay.
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.
Famed Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg has announced that he will donate his $1 million Genesis Prize to 10 nonprofits that are working for racial and economic justice. The film director and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, will match those donations with $1 million of their own.
Florida’s unemployment payments, among the lowest in the nation, would increase by up to $100 a week under a measure approved Monday by a Senate committee.
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National Minority Health Month is celebrated during the month of April and Black America, health disparities and COVID-19 are at the forefront of pandemic news. An April 7, 2020 headline in the Washington Post read, “The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly h…
Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging that the company misled investors about how much its user base was growing and how much users interacted with its platform.
Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to Tori — an artificially intelligent voice assistant that will take your order and send it to the line cooks.
Samsung is hoping cheaper but more durable versions of its foldable phones will broaden the appeal of a high-concept design that has so far fizzled with consumers.
BlackTech Week has returned to Miami with a five-day lineup of online and in-person speakers, networking opportunities and workshops for Black entrepreneurs in the technology industry.
Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black Americans and other communities of color, according to a letter sent last week to the acting FCC chair.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general, dealing a significant blow to attempts by regulators to rein in tech giants.
General Motors will raise spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology.
Competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers in the United Kingdom over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
Practices used by Google “are particularly serious because they penalize Google’s competitors” in certain markets and publishers of mobile sites and applications, the statement by the Competition Authority said. “The authority recalls that a company in a dominant position is subject to a par…
