Google on Tuesday announced it has agreed to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in the tech giant's history and a big bet that helping companies better address cyber threats can bolster its cloud computing business.
WeWork said Monday that it is planning to divest its operations in Russia, one week after its CEO said the real estate company's "assets do incredibly well" there and he didn't think it would need to pull out of the country.
In mid-February, privacy and digital rights activists were buzzing about a recent victory: Earlier in the month, the Internal Revenue Service said it would back away from a controversial plan to force taxpayers to use facial-recognition software before they could log in to its website.
Netflix and TikTok are suspending all or part of their services in Russia, adding to a long list of companies boycotting the country over its war in Ukraine.
Apple is about to hold its first big product event of 2022 and the focus will be on performance. That likely means faster chips, more devices with 5G connectivity and more powerful cameras.
Russia moved to block access to Facebook within its borders on Friday, seeking to shut down the world's biggest social media platform and drawing a rebuke from the Biden administration.
Two of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls on Friday for a blanket ban on all Russian users to stop their platforms from being used as a way round Western sanctions.
When Russia moved to "partially restrict" Facebook access in the country last week, drawing the social network deeper into an international conflict, it prompted a defiant response from the company's most visible representative on the world stage.
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, will no longer deliver Russian-made rocket engines to the United States, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on state television, ending a decades-long relationship between US and Russian rocket makers.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company's satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country's vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrainians could lose internet access if Russia continues its attacks on communication infrastructure.
The international non-profit that coordinates management of the internet told Ukraine it will not intervene in the country's war with Russia, rebuffing a request to cut Russia off from the global internet.
A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok's impact on young Americans Tuesday, adding to the steady drumbeat of political pressure being applied to social media platforms.
The European Commission is studying whether cryptoassets are being used to get around financial sanctions imposed on Russian banks following the country's invasion of Ukraine, a senior European Union official said on Wednesday.
