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Johanna Geron | Reuters Facebook told advertisers its temporary post-election ban on political ads is expected to continue for another month. Its temporary pause on social issues, electoral or political ads in the U.S. will continue to help prevent confusion or abuse on its platform, according to emails viewed by CNBC. Facebook told advertisers they

GUANGZHOU, China — Alibaba set a new sales record for the annual Singles Day shopping event, a feat that was overshadowed by a 8% stock plunge caused by proposed new Chinese antitrust regulation. Singles Day is typically a 24-hour shopping event in China that sees huge discounts across millions of products on e-commerce platforms run

The logos of the Chinese video portal TikTok and the US software and hardware manufacturer Oracle Corporation can be seen on a smartphone and screen on September 14, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images Remember TikTok? That wildly popular user-generated video application that dominated headlines for months as a potential

This illustration picture taken on July 24, 2019 in Paris shows the logo of the US online store application Amazon on the screen of a tablet. MARTIN BUREAU | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The European Commission has concluded that Amazon breached European rules by using independent sellers’ data for its own benefit. It

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai on Jan. 7. Aly Song | Reuters President-elect Joe Biden presents a mixed bag for Tesla and other electric car-makers. On the pro side, Biden’s stated goals for clean energy and manufacturing could mean new government incentives for

A picture of a woman starting Netflix on a TV inside her apartment. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Netflix is betting big on Asia-Pacific by investing millions of dollars into original and licensed content in major markets like India, a senior executive at the company told CNBC. When the tech company

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, speaks to a group of Amazon employees that are veterans during an Amazon Veterans Day celebration on Monday, November 12, 2018. Leonard Ortiz | Digital First Media | Getty Images Tech CEOs and Silicon Valley luminaries congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after their victory

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden is projected to win the U.S. presidential election, according to NBC News, a watershed moment in a deeply divided nation that is facing multiple crises. The call in the race came four days after Election Day, and during close counts in multiple battleground states. President Donald Trump’s campaign has mounted several

Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir, the data analytics software company co-founded by Peter Thiel, one of President Donald Trump’s former top allies in Silicon Valley, just wrapped up its best

Amazon Flex Driver CNBC | Katie Schoolov Amazon is launching a rewards program for its legions of Flex delivery drivers that gives them a leg up when it comes to the app’s competitive shift selection process. The company quietly added a section to the Flex website and an app on Apple’s App Store that advertise

BROOKLYN, NY – AUGUST 09: CEO of Epic Games Tim Sweeney speaks onstage during Samsung Unpacked New York City at Barclays Center on August 9, 2018 in Brooklyn City.  Mike Coppola | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Fortnite could be about to return to iPhones and iPads — this time as part of Nvidia’s

Richard ‘Rich’ Barton, co-founder and CEO of Zillow Inc. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zillow shares climbed more than 8% in extended trading on Thursday after the digital real estate company reported third-quarter estimates that blew past analysts estimates and offered a better-than-expected forecast for the fourth quarter. A combination of record low

A shopper prepares fill his cart at a Giant supermarket in Washington, DC, April 6, 2020. Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Food delivery companies DoorDash and Instacart have a clearer path to the public markets after scoring a critical ballot victory in California. With the passage of Proposition 22 this week, the San

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Alex Wong | Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week has sold more than $3 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider. Bezos has accelerated his stock sales in the last year. In August, Bezos offloaded more than

Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Akio | Bloomberg | Getty Images California voters decided Tuesday that Uber and Lyft should be exempt from state labor law that aimed to make its drivers employees rather than contractors, according to projections