A YouTube star with millions of followers apologized on Monday for posting a video that showed a dead body hanging from a tree in a Japanese forest known as a destination for suicide victims. Logan Paul, 22, posted an apology on Twitter after the video attracted a torrent of criticism online, saying that he had […]
Read moreThings at Twitter are looking “less worse,” with major app updates and a soaring stock price, but sustained growth in the face of Facebook and Google is unlikely, according to RBC Capital Markets internet analyst Mark Mahaney. Twitter is up 40 percent in the last three months, topping an $18 billion market cap — a […]
Read moreAmazon is turning to Alexa and asking it to build a big digital advertising business. The e-tailer has been in talks with several companies about letting them promote products on the best-selling Echo devices, which are powered by the Alexa voice assistant, according to several people familiar with the matter who asked not to be […]
Read moreBillionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is running electric car company Tesla and the aerospace company SpaceX. He’s planning to build a city on Mars. He’s a co-founder of the non-profit Open AI, which aims to prevent dangerous artificial intelligence, and the founder of Neuralink, a company working to connect the brain with computers. He has […]
Read moreThe world is moving toward crisis and a state of “geopolitical depression” as the presidency of Donald Trump accelerates divisions among citizens and the unraveling of the global order, risk consultancy Eurasia Group warns. Liberal democracies are suffering from a deficit of legitimacy not seen since World War II, and today’s leaders have largely abandoned […]
Read moreElectronic Arts “Star Wars Battlefront II” sales will improve after a weak and controversial start, according to one Wall Street firm. Wedbush Securities reiterated its outperform rating for Electronic Arts shares, citing the company’s strong game pipeline for the next fiscal year. EA shares rose 3 percent Tuesday after the report. “The sell-off in recent […]
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The hottest digital coin as 2018 kicks off is stellar, which has climbed more than 65 percent since Friday into the 10 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. By Tuesday, stellar had a market cap of $10 billion as the eighth-largest digital currency, according to CoinMarketCap. The digital coin traded 17.5 percent higher on the day […]
Read moreAmazon and Salesforce have long searched for alternatives to Oracle’s technology — and now, the pair have made “significant progress” toward that goal, unnamed sources told The Information in a report published on Tuesday. Salesforce is developing its own alternative to Oracle’s database, while Amazon is moving toward open-source technology called NoSQL, sources told The […]
Read moreApple‘s iPhone battery problem isn’t a big deal and investors shouldn’t sell their stock, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. The tech giant announced customers can now replace batteries on the iPhone 6 or later models for $29. It came after the revelation that its software slows down older phones to protect battery stability. “How many […]
Read moreThe speculative mania on anything related to cryptocurrencies is happening again in the new year. Chanticleer Holdings (BURG), an owner of burger restaurants, said Tuesday it will use block chain-related technology for its customer rewards program. “We wanted to expand our existing loyalty program with something that really changes the way our customers can leverage […]
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