https://techxplore.com/business-tech-news/ en-us The latest news on the technology businesses, technology business, technology companies and tech business news. Should you drive Uber or Lyft? DoorDash or Grubhub? Instacart or Amazon Flex? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-app-california-gig-workers-money.html Software Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:50:01 EDT news608481938 Looking for an at-home HIV test on CVS' website is not as private an experience as one might think. An investigation by The Markup and KFF Health News found trackers on CVS.com telling some of the biggest social media and advertising platforms the products customers viewed. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-hiv-online-facebook.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:50:01 EDT news608482062 A California bill that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content has been put on hold in the Legislature until 2024. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-california-bill-requiring-big-tech.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:43:00 EDT news608481773 Delta reported record results in the second quarter on Thursday, raising its full-year forecast on continually robust travel demand as more international markets reopen. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-delta-demand-stays-lofty.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:20:01 EDT news608475992 For years, the financial press has helped inform investors of all stripes. Cornell researchers have discovered it can also inform the algorithm behind a new financial predicting model. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-scientists-stock-ai-online-news.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:14:46 EDT news608476481 Amazon said Thursday it had its biggest Prime day event ever this year. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-amazon-biggest-prime-day-event.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:05:42 EDT news608475940 US prosecutors arrested the former head of Celsius Network on fraud charges on Thursday, a year after the cryptocurrency platform filed for bankruptcy protection while owing investors $4.7 billion. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-founder-crypto-platform-celsius-network.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:05:31 EDT news608475929 Artificial intelligence threatens to dramatically change the work we do and how our workplaces operate. Macquarie University researchers examine some vital ethical questions raised by this new technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ethical-side-ai-impacts-meaningful.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:48:04 EDT news608474879 Three large tax preparation firms sent "extraordinarily sensitive" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, a group of congressional Democrats reported on Wednesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-tax-prep-firms-extraordinarily-sensitive.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:56:25 EDT news608439377 Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT—a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-musk-xai-rival-openai-google.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:46:27 EDT news608438780 Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chinese-hackers-breached-govt-email.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:45:59 EDT news608438750 Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk's raucous oversight of that platform. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-reluctant-twitter-users-flocking-meta.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:52:59 EDT news608226773 A law that props up the news industry has turned Canada into the latest battleground for global tech giants that are pushing back against governments trying to curb their dominance. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-future-digital-news-canada.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:30:02 EDT news608224306 Unused solar, wind, and hydroelectric power in the U.S. could support the exponential growth of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Cornell Engineering researchers have found. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-unused-renewable-energy-option-powering.html Business Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:18:03 EDT news608224679 The European Commission said Monday it has adopted a new legal framework to protect Europeans' personal data in exchanges with the United States—its third attempt to get past legal challenges. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-eu-framework.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:26:04 EDT news608221561 Twitter's move on July 1, 2023, to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms since Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-meta-threads-surging-mass-migration.html Business Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:40:01 EDT news608211126 From August, China is to restrict exports of gallium and germanium, two critical elements for making semiconductor chips. With China dominating the supply of both elements, exporters will now need special licenses to get them out of the country. The move has the potential to harm a range of western tech manufacturers that use these elements to make their products. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-china-gallium-germanium.html Business Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:38:04 EDT news608211481 British telecoms group BT on Monday announced the departure of chief executive Philip Jansen, two months after the group axed up to 55,000 jobs to slash costs. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-uk-telecoms-firm-bt-exit.html Business Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:54:01 EDT news608190839 Thyssenkrupp's green hydrogen unit Nucera made a strong debut on the Frankfurt stock exchange Friday, amid growing interest in the technology as an alternative to fossil fuels. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-thyssenkrupp-hydrogen-surges-stock-debut.html Business Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:22:34 EDT news607958552 Mark Zuckerberg's new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is chief executive of Threads' parent company Meta, says that at least 30 million users signed up in the app's first day. According to some speculative reporting, Threads might be a reliable alternative to Twitter. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-threads-twitter-rival-shrewd-meta.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:33:04 EDT news607955581 Imagine you read a book. You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-authors-suing-openai-chatgpt.html Business Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:19:03 EDT news607954741 The implosion that took the lives of five souls who made the perilous deep sea voyage to the Titanic shipwreck is not your typical disaster. But perhaps the OceanGate Titan submersible craft was doomed from the start. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-combination-social-organizational-technical-factors.html Business Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:49:06 EDT news607949343 Chinese regulators said Friday they had fined fintech giant Ant Group almost $1 billion for "illegal acts" and handed an affiliate of rival Tencent a $415 million penalty, adding that a long-running crackdown on tech firms was drawing to a close. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-china-fines-ant-group-us1.html Business Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:43:57 EDT news607945434 Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-musk-threatens-lawsuit-twitter-rival.html Business Fri, 07 Jul 2023 03:38:18 EDT news607919893 Google users can now apply for their share of a $23 million privacy lawsuit settlement. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-google-million-privacy-settlement.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:50:15 EDT news607881013 Twitter rival Threads—the Meta-owned app seen as a major rival to Elon Musk's troubled microblogging platform—already has 30 million signups, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday morning. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-rival-threads-million-users.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:08:23 EDT news607871301 Countries around the world are seeking innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions while meeting energy security and economic development needs. From rooftop photovoltaics (PVs) to offshore wind, creative energy generation sources have solved challenges associated with typical renewable energy sources such as land use restrictions and geographical constraints. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-photovoltaics-emerge-solution-southeast-asia.html Business Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:07:54 EDT news607871270 Australia and Indonesia are forging closer economic ties built on what each country can offer the other in the transition to clean energy. Indonesia is emerging as a maker of electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. Australia has the lithium reserves Indonesia needs to do this. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-indonesia-australia-world-electric-vehicles.html Business Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:55:04 EDT news607866902 When macroeconomic uncertainty rises, commercial banks become hesitant to lend due to their desire to avoid risks and reduce proactive risk-taking. This hampers the ability of financial intermediaries to serve the real economy, as enterprises are also constrained in their investment decisions during times of uncertainty. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-mitigating-impact-macroeconomic-uncertainty-role.html Business Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:03 EDT news607866301 French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-french-mps-urge-tiktok-ultimatum.html Business Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:14:41 EDT news607857278