SAN FRANCISCO — Get in the car, kids. It’s time to see the Fourth of July drone show. Towns in California, Colorado and Arizona — facing another season of drought and wildfire — are turning to drone shows as a less dangerous alternative to organized fireworks, encouraged by the development of jaw-dropping, choreographed shows like […]
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As the rest of the stock market has struggled on heightened trade rhetoric and many big technology companies have faced regulatory scrutiny over data privacy issues, one subsector of that industry has been on fire: cybersecurity. One of the cybersecurity industry’s most popular exchange-traded funds, the ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (HACK), is up 18 […]
Read moreGoogle Cloud chief operating officer Diane Bryant has left the company after less than a year. “We are grateful for the contributions she made while at Google and we wish her the best in her next pursuit,” a spokesperson said in a statement. Before joining Google in late November 2017, Bryant spent more than 25 […]
Read moreJosh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Monday, June 4, 2018. There’s an easy way to find every Apple iPhone app you’ve ever downloaded or paid for. This is useful in case you’ve […]
Read moreNow that Amazon has snapped up internet pharmacy PillPack for around $1 billion in cash, how long will it take before consumers can rely on the e-commerce giant for their medicines, as they do for groceries, clothing, books and pretty much everything else? And what will Amazon’s strategy be once the deal closes this year? […]
Read moreRoku stock is primed for a comeback as the online streaming platform starts to leverage its role as a leading over-the-top television provider, Oppenheimer says. Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein on Monday upgraded shares of the Los Gatos, California-based pay TV company to outperform from perform, advising clients that the company’s homegrown Roku Channel will likely […]
Read moreSeveral Wall Street firms are downplaying Tesla’s Model 3 production milestone, remaining skeptical over the carmaker’s finances and demand trends. Tesla said on Monday it reached its one-week production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars for the last week of the June quarter. But the company fell short on its second-quarter deliveries by posting 40,740 […]
Read moreAmazon said Tuesday that this year’s Prime Day will kick off on July 16 at 3 p.m. ET, with deals running for 36 hours through the following day. That makes this year’s event the longest one in the company’s history thus far. Prime Day is Amazon’s annual sales holiday, started in 2015, which typically features […]
Read moreWASHINGTON — Facebook said on Monday that it faced an expansion of federal investigations into its sharing of user data with the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, with more government agencies inquiring about the matter and examining the social network’s statements about the episode. The Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have each […]
Read moreSamsung smartphones are sending users’ pictures to their contacts without their permission, according to complaints by a number of people posted online. The issue appears to be affecting Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8 users. One user on Reddit said that the entire photo library on his phone was sent over text to his girlfriend […]
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