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Google tried to make up for lost time at its annual developer conference this week by announcing a massive Android redesign and new features to help users work from home, shop and do more to protect their personal data. After it canceled Google I/O last year due to the pandemic, the company kicked off a

Nearly a year ago, Amazon said it would stop providing its facial-recognition software, Rekognition, to police for a year. Now it appears that ban won’t be ending any time soon — if ever. On Tuesday, Amazon said it would extend its ban on police usage of the technology “until further notice.” The decision was first

Warren Buffett, the world’s most famous investor, is 90. But there are plenty of people much, much younger who are interested in stocks. Fidelity is going after that market. The brokerage giant announced Tuesday that it is setting up a new Fidelity Youth Account plan for 13- to 17-year olds. The teens’ parents must already

More stores announced this week they are easing their mask requirements, joining a growing number of top chains changing their policies in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance on masks. These retailers’ new policies vary slightly from each other, but all represent a shift from their previous policies that

Michael Burry, one of the investors who became famous for predicting the epic collapse in the housing market in 2008 that was chronicled in the book and movie “The Big Short,” has a new favorite stock to bet against: Tesla. Burry’s firm, Scion Asset Management, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that

At Forbes, a publication known for its coverage of the rich and powerful, its employees are fighting for something rather less glamorous: fair pay and job security. On Tuesday, staffers at the 103-year-old magazine brand announced their plans to form a union. The union would encompass about 105 employees who work in Forbes’ editorial departments,

Americans keep putting money into their homes. And that’s great news for Home Depot. The retail giant reported sales and earnings for the first quarter Tuesday morning that topped forecasts. The rising price of lumber and other inflation pressures have helped Home Depot, whose stock has surged 20% so far this year. “We continue to

Bank of America said Tuesday that it will raise the hourly minimum wage of its US employees to $25 by 2025. “It costs us a few hundred million dollars a year … but it’s an investment,” the bank’s CEO Brian Moynihan told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on Tuesday, adding that It’s about maintaining a “great standard

The International Energy Agency, which was founded by rich industrial nations after oil shocks in the 1970s to promote secure and affordable energy supplies, says the world needs to stop drilling for oil and gas right now to prevent a climate catastrophe. In order to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the influential group

The latest round of federal stimulus payments of up to $1,400 per person lifted sales at Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, as shoppers used their checks to buy clothing, home goods and other merchandise at stores and online. Walmart said Tuesday that sales at stores open for at least one year grew

Foxconn is partnering with automaker Stellantis to develop technology for vehicle cockpits, in the latest sign of the iPhone maker’s ambitions to grow in electric car manufacturing. The 50/50 joint venture, known as “Mobile Drive,” brings together Foxconn’s might in mobile software and consumer electronics with Stellantis’ vehicle design and engineering expertise to create a

Cryptocurrency enthusiasm is skyrocketing, and while information surrounding digital currency is becoming more attainable, there’s still a big gap between access and knowledge. That’s where cryptocurrency consultants come in. With digital currency markets in turmoil, crypto consultants are in high demand. Cryptocurrency popularity soared in April as trading platform Coinbase went public at a valuation

A confused Waymo self-driving car was captured on video as it became stranded on an Arizona road earlier this month while carrying a passenger and then unexpectedly driving away as a worker from the company’s roadside assistance arrived to help. But the Waymo vehicle soon became stuck farther down the road, which was lined with

New York Public Radio has fired commentator Bob Garfield, who co-hosted the WNYC show “On the Media,” for allegedly violating the company’s anti-bullying policy. The company announced the decision, which stemmed from a third-party investigation, on Monday. “This decision was made following a recent investigation conducted by an outside investigator that found that he had

Bill Gates‘s 2020 resignation from Microsoft’s board of directors came after the board hired a law firm to investigate a romantic relationship he had with a Microsoft employee, according to new reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Journal reported Sunday that a Microsoft engineer had “alleged in a

Twenty five years ago, David Zaslav was instrumental in getting the brand-new cable news channel MSNBC into homes, sparking a new era of cable competition. Now Zaslav is in line to run a portfolio of media properties including CNN, the cable news pioneer. CNN is set to change corporate hands for the second time in