If you’ve ever struggled to access your medical information, like a lab test or immunization, Apple is trying to make your life easier. On Wednesday, the company is releasing the test version of a new product that lets users download their health records, store them safely and show them to a doctor, caregiver or friend. […]

AT&T embarked on a major ad blitz on Wednesday to stress its support for net neutrality, promising it would not block websites or degrade speeds based on the content that its customers consume. But the wireless giant’s pledge — appearing in major newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post — stayed mum […]

Consumers may be cutting the cord, but Comcast‘s bets on high-speed internet and film franchises are providing fresh sources of growth. The media and cable giant reported quarterly earnings on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations, and revenue that topped estimates, as the company grew its customer base in high-speed internet and business services, offsetting lost […]

Hackers are targeting app stores from the likes of Apple and Google with malicious cryptocurrency apps to steal money and personal data, according to a study. Researchers at cybersecurity firm RiskIQ analyzed more than 18,000 apps to detect ones that are blacklisted by cybersecurity vendors. Their research found that 661 blacklisted cryptocurrency apps were found […]

Stripe, which four years ago said it would become the first major online payments platform to accept bitcoin for payments, is ditching the idea. The company said Tuesday that the cryptocurrency had almost become a victim of its own popularity — the time needed to complete a transaction has increased, meaning that payments sometimes fail. […]

The anti-China sentiment from Donald Trump’s administration is “detrimental” to the entire world, the president of Chinese internet giant Baidu told CNBC on Wednesday. Ya-Qin Zhang added, however, that Baidu’s research investment in the U.S. will ramp up in 2018. A number of Chinese firms have faced a tough time in the U.S. of late. […]

China’s second-largest e-commerce firm, JD.com, could take its logistics business public and it may consider a dual listing, the company’s chief said this week. Speaking to CNBC in Davos, Switzerland at the annual World Economic Forum meeting, JD Founder and CEO Richard Liu said considerations were being made for the subsidiary business to potentially list […]

Shenzhen-listed shares of Leshi Internet Information and Technology tumbled by the daily limit of 10 percent on Wednesday as the stock resumed trading after a nine-month suspension. The company asked in April for trading to be suspended pending an acquisition of LeEco’s film unit for 9.8 billion yuan ($1.53 billion), a plan it eventually scrapped […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer would usually be happy about Netflix’s huge Monday earnings beat, but this time around, he was a little disappointed. “Normally I love it when my favorite stocks surge higher, but today’s 10 percent run in Netflix kind of had me bummed me out,” the “Mad Money” host said. “What makes me upset […]

Ursula K. Le Guin, the renowned author of the “Earthsea” series, has died at the age of 88. Her more than 20 novels and more than 100 works of short fiction, which won numerous Locus, Hugo, and Nebula awards, expanded the way many people thought about the science fiction and fantasy genres; authors who cite […]