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Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on Wednesday agreed to extend the deadline for their merger agreement until Oct. 18, Activision said in a statement on Wednesday. The two companies had originally agreed to complete the transaction by July 18, but regulatory pushback from the U.S. and the U.K. delayed

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A man walks through Google offices on January 25, 2023 in New York City. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Google on Wednesday is starting a new pilot program where some employees will be restricted to internet-free desktop PCs, CNBC has learned. The

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Former Twitter employees in Ghana, who were laid off in November, have

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire on the sidelines of the 6th edition of the “Choose France” Summit at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris on May 15, 2023. Ludovic Marin |

In this article MS AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., right, reacts to a customer carrying a Macintosh SE during the opening of the new Apple BKC store in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Cook officially opened Apple Inc.’s first company-owned store in India,

In this article MSFT 6758.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Game enthusiasts and industry personnel walk between the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation exhibits at the E3 trade show on June 16, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Christian Petersen | Getty Images Sony has signed a binding agreement with Microsoft to keep Call of

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images) Alain Jocard |

Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwave. More than 50 million Americans are set to bake under dangerously high temperatures this week, from California to Texas to Florida, as

In this article UBER LYFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT New York City’s yellow taxis have been a symbol of the metropolis for decades. But taxi drivers only make up about 10% of the total driver landscape in the city — giving way to Uber and Lyft. While this is in large part due

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft CNBC In a victory for Microsoft, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit late on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal of a judge’s decision that would have stopped the software maker from completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard. Microsoft is still working

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Emin Sansar | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images What comes up must come down — at least in the case of user engagement on Threads, Meta‘s new Twitter competitor. Last week, the text-based social media platform reported a record 100 million sign-ups in just five

Alex Mashinsky, Celsius CEO on stage in Lisbon for Web Summit 2021 Piaras Ó Mídheach | Sportsfile | Getty Images Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was arrested Thursday on federal securities fraud charges, a source told CNBC as the bankrupt crypto exchange agreed to pay a $4.7 billion settlement with government regulators. The settlement is

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bob Iger, CEO, Disney at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho David A. Grogan | CNBC Disney CEO Bob Iger opened the door to selling the company’s linear TV assets as the business struggles during the

In this article GOOGL TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of

In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Daniel de la Hoz Google was working on an AI-powered mobile chatbot app for Gen Z users that features interactive digital characters, CNBC has learned. However, the company recently “deprioritized” those efforts amid an internal reorganization, according to materials seen by CNBC. Typically, when

In this article MSFT ATVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce hearing titled “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images When

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at court in San Francisco on June 28, 2023. Philip Pacheco | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it’s eliminating additional jobs, a week after the start of its 2024 fiscal year. The cuts are in addition

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the Threads logo by META is displayed on a smartphone with Twitter logo in the background. Threads is the new social network from Meta Platforms which was launched on the 5th of July 2023.  Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares jumped 4% on Monday morning. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba‘s Hong Kong-listed shares rose 3% Monday amid hopes that the yearslong scrutiny of its financial arm Ant Group is coming to an end. On Friday, Chinese regulators issued a 7.12 billion yuan ($985 million) fine for Ant Group,

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images Shortly after ChatGPT hit the market last year and instantly captured headlines for its ability to appear human in answering user queries, digital marketing veteran Shane Rasnak began experimenting. As someone who had built a career in creating