In 1992, AT&T launched what it called the first full-color, motion-picture video phone. Long before Zoom or Skype were ever created, AT&T's VideoPhone 2500 allowed callers to see each other on a small screen, live.
Facebook is once again drawing scrutiny from regulators -- but this time, it's for buying a search engine sometimes used to find GIFs of John Travolta and dumpster fires.
The Wing, a coworking community and social club, bills itself as a sort of feminist utopia that is "designed for women of all definitions." But the nearly four-year old startup has at times been accused of falling short on that mission, with allegations of racist incidents and mistreatment by some of its members and workers.
Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts said they pushed deceptive narratives around the Hong Kong protests, Covid-19, and other topics.
Sony teased Thursday which games will be available to play on its upcoming next-gen PlayStation 5 console and finally revealed the device's new design. The livestream is available over at CNN Underscored.
Microsoft said Thursday it will not sell facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States, at least until there is a federal law to regulate the technology.
Almost exactly three years ago, industry watchers wondered if Instacart was doomed after Amazon acquired Whole Foods — one of Instacart's biggest partners at the time. Now, the grocery delivery service is more valuable than ever thanks in large part to the pandemic.
NASA selected a 13-year-old company, Astrobotic, to deliver a "water-hunting" robot to the Moon's surface in late 2023, the space agency announced Thursday.
A US-based group supporting human rights in China says it is "outraged" that the video conferencing company Zoom temporarily shut down its account after it held an event on the platform in remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
NetEase shares popped as much as 9.7% in their Hong Kong debut Thursday morning — a promising showing for a US-listed Chinese company seeking friendlier market territory in Asia.
"Black Lives Matter" has been chanted by demonstrators, written on signs, and even painted on some city streets. Now, the slogan that's been associated with the nationwide movement to end police brutality is being recognized on maps.
Amazon said Wednesday it will stop providing its facial recognition technology to police forces for one year, amid questions about the company's commitment to fighting systemic racism.
Facebook announced Wednesday that it will lift the blanket ban on advertisements for face masks, which it introduced in the early weeks of the pandemic to help combat price gouging and medical supply shortages.
At Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5 event on Thursday, the company will finally officially reveal some of the games that will be available on its hotly anticipated console.
Less than a week after cofounder Alexis Ohanian stepped down from Reddit's board and urged he be replaced with a black candidate, the company has followed through.
