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Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies have been on a layoff spree this month, with the latest cuts differing from last year’s mass reductions.

Some tech workers are filming their layoffs and sharing them on social media. They say it’s part catharsis, part transparency.

Amazon walked away from the $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot as it faces questions from regulators in the European Union and United States.

Chafing at their dependence, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are racing to cut into Nvidia’s dominant share of the market.

Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology.

Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police could no longer ask people to share video recordings using the company’s app, Neighbors.

He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked devices.

The class-action suit said the genetic testing company failed to notify customers whose personal information was compiled into “curated” lists that were sold on the dark web.

Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.

Fans of the star and lawmakers condemned the images, probably generated by artificial intelligence, after they were shared with millions of social media users.

Federal judges are weighing whether digital currencies should be subject to the same rules as stocks and bonds. The outcome could shape crypto’s future in the U.S.

Eugene Yu, the owner of an election software company, was arrested in 2022 on charges of breaching election data. Those charges were dropped weeks later.

Civil rights lawyers and Democrats are sounding alarms about Mr. Musk’s claims about voting. The Biden campaign called his posts “profoundly irresponsible.”

A law firm’s review found that executives had failed to fully explain an October crash, which the Justice Department is also investigating.

The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.

An E.U. law taking effect in March forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store, changes it had long resisted.

The reductions come three months after the tech giant completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The music-streaming platform’s new “daylist” feature serves users three personalized playlists a day, with titles ranging from quirky to bewildering.

The office is reviewing how centuries-old laws should apply to artificial intelligence technology, with both content creators and tech giants arguing their cases.

Not long ago, true crime storytellers had little in the way of first-person footage captured in real time to rely on. Now, as much of our daily lives are documented, the genre is transforming.

A tax benefit boosted quarterly earnings, but that masked a decline in earnings from carmaking caused by intensifying competition.

Starting with Google Glass, all have been plagued with the same issues, even as Apple plunges into the market with its Vision Pro.