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By Laura He, CNN Business Cheng Wei built a world-class ride-hailing app that not even Uber could keep up with in China. But Didi’s risky play for expansion and dominance — culminating in a disastrous IPO this summer — has caused it to run afoul of Beijing. And now, the company’s top executive faces a

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The Chinese version of TikTok is introducing a “teenage mode” that will limit the amount of time children under the age of 14 spend on the short-form video app to 40 minutes a day. The measure will apply to all Douyin users under the age of 14 who have registered

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Four people returned to Earth from a three-day extraterrestrial excursion aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Saturday evening, marking the end of the first-ever flight to Earth’s orbit flown entirely by tourists or otherwise non-astronauts. “Thanks so much SpaceX, it was a heck of a ride for us,” billionaire

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Before computers were a staple of workplaces, schools, libraries and many homes, they were bulky, expensive and a luxury many couldn’t afford. Enter Clive Sinclair. The British inventor’s first personal computer, the ZX80, was a slim steal at $200. The invention and its more advanced successors helped bring computing to the

By Zahra Ullah, CNN A voting app created by allies of prominent Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was removed from Google and Apple’s online stores in Russia just as polls opened for parliamentary elections, according to a series of tweets from Navalny’s team on Friday. Ivan Zhdanov, a key ally of the jailed dissident, tweeted an

Story by Clare Duffy, CNN Business Video by John General, CNN Business As the Taliban entered Kabul last month, the team behind the crowdsourced news alert app Ehtesab deserted their office in the city. But they continued their work of providing Afghans with critical information, such as which roads were congested and where outbreaks of

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Microsoft has a solution for the familiar problem of needing to remember too many passwords: doing away with them altogether. The company announced Wednesday that it will introduce a “passwordless account” option for all users of several popular services such as Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft OneDrive in the coming weeks.

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Erika Cheung, a former Theranos lab worker turned whistleblower, testified Wednesday during the trial of founder Elizabeth Holmes about how she grew increasingly uncomfortable about the startup’s ability to accurately conduct blood tests on patients. In her testimony, Cheung detailed her growing concerns about the company’s devices failing quality

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit Wednesday evening, carrying four people — none of whom are professional astronauts — and kicking off the first-ever mission to Earth’s orbit crewed entirely by tourists. The launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida was dramatically illuminated with spotlights against the night

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple’s new iPhone 13 and 13 Pro lineup features all of the predictable upgrades: faster performance, longer lasting battery life, better screen and new colors. But the biggest — and arguably only — surprise with the lineup this year isn’t something found inside a device: the pricing. Apple kept

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business For centuries, a setting sun has signaled the end of fasting rituals on holidays such as Ramadan and Yom Kippur, a cue to tuck into a delicious meal after a full day of deprivation. But what if the sun’s clockwork were to suddenly change, as it does for astronauts riding

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Apple is releasing iOS 15, its eagerly anticipated operating system for iPhone and iPads, on September 20. The release date was confirmed in an Apple press release about the newly announced iPhones that go on sale Friday. Per usual, the new iOS version will be available as a free download

By Charles Riley, CNN Business Instagram says it’s looking at new ways to discourage users from focusing on their physical appearance after The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook researchers have repeatedly found that the photo-sharing platform is toxic for teen girls. The newspaper reported on Tuesday that researchers at Facebook, which purchased Instagram in

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The criminal trial of Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes resumed Tuesday with the first full day of witness testimony. Two former employees, including Erika Cheung, who reported the company to regulators in 2015, took the stand. Cheung, a lab worker, joined Theranos in 2013 out of undergrad

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard employees have filed a complaint accusing the gaming company of unfair labor practices, alleging that it unlawfully cracked down on their organizing efforts that took place in the wake of widespread harassment and discrimination allegations. The California-based gaming company “threatened employees that they cannot talk about or communicate