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The malfunction, which lasted more than 2½ hours, affected software that places digital ads on websites.

The antitrust enforcer sued Microsoft to prevent its planned $75 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, taking one of its biggest shots under the Biden administration at halting a merger of technology giants.

The founder of the world’s largest iPhone assembler warned that the government’s strict policies would threaten its position in global supply chains.

Employers have long applied the seniority principle to job cuts. That’s no longer a given.

The sentencing, for a fraud scheme at the now-defunct blood-testing firm, caps a saga that became synonymous with the worst of Silicon Valley culture.

Google plans to combine the team working on the mapping service Waze with the group overseeing the company’s Maps product, as the search giant faces pressure to streamline operations and cut costs.

The optional feature would keep most data secure that’s stored in iCloud, a service used to back up iPhones or save specific device data such as Messages. The data would be protected in the event Apple is hacked, and it also wouldn’t be accessible to law enforcement, even with a warrant.

Indiana filed two lawsuits against TikTok, alleging it deceives consumers about content and data security—the latest move by state officials to push back against the platform and its China connections.

Marc Benioff became frustrated about how his co-CEO Bret Taylor, who is set to exit the role, was spending his time, people familiar with the executives said.

Elon Musk said a top Twitter lawyer “was exited,” part of the fallout from the billionaire’s unusual release of internal communications to criticize prior practices at the company.