Netflix stock slammed after earnings, subscriber growth and revenue fall short

Netflix Inc. posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter revenue and subscriber numbers Monday afternoon, sending its stock into a sharp dive during after-hours trading. | Continue reading


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Netflix stock drops 13% – missed subscriber expectations

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Russian who operated pro-gun group arrested for acting as foreign agent

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She killed herself on Facebook–it took her family days to get the photo removed

Pamela Elarabi posted a photo of herself on the social networking site last month moments before she took her own life. | Continue reading


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U.S. readying new tariffs on up to $200B of Chinese goods

The Trump administration is preparing to apply additional tariffs on up to $200 billion in imports from China — a move seen as a response to China’s retaliation to an initial round of U.S. tariffs applied last week, according to people familiar with the matter. | Continue reading


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Snap stock rises after report of Amazon-tied visual search feature

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Harvard University is fighting to keep its secretive admissions process secret

The school says releasing the information could put it at a competitive disadvantage. | Continue reading


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‘FART’ bill indicates Trump’s intention to dump WTO: report

The Trump administration has crafted a draft bill — ordered by the president — that would declare America’s abandonment of World Trade Organization rules, according to Axios. | Continue reading


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Companies with boring names often beat the broader stock market

Who knew Packaging Corp. of America and Global Payments Inc. were such high-fliers? By Phil van Doorn. | Continue reading


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Why there may never be a Netflix of videogames

Plenty of companies, from multibillion-dollar tech titans to startups, are trying to develop a streaming service for videogames that could do to consoles and individual videogame sales what Netflix did to DVDs and the cable bundle. But the issues that stand in the way could keep … | Continue reading


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Japan’s Sapporo buys craft-beer pioneer Anchor Brewing for $85M (2017)

San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, which bills itself as the oldest craft brewer in the U.S., will be sold to Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Ltd. in a deal worth about $85 million. | Continue reading


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$13B Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Bay Area’s Largest Nonprofit, Crumbles

A Silicon Valley money factory soared with the tech boom, but grew greedy and obsessed with winning until its entire culture came crashing down around top executives who embodied its approach. This was no startup looking to “disrupt” a staid industry with a mobile app and a dista … | Continue reading


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‘OK Google, give everybody in America a free speaker’

Alphabet Inc. should give every household in America a free Google Home Mini smart speaker, a Morgan Stanley analyst suggested Thursday. | Continue reading


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Exactis data leak contained detailed information on 230M consumers

A Florida-based company that few have heard of may have exposed the personal data of nearly every American adult, according to a new report. | Continue reading


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Farting unicorn causes kerfuffle between Elon Musk and artist

An image of a farting unicorn is causing a stink between a Colorado artist and Elon Musk. | Continue reading


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Data breach may have exposed personal information of almost every American adult

A Florida-based company that few have heard of may have exposed the personal data of nearly every American adult, according to a new report. | Continue reading


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How biased is your news source?

Are we even aware of our biases anymore? If you look at this chart and are convinced your “extreme” source belongs in the middle, you just might be part of the problem plaguing America today. | Continue reading


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Facebook reverses cryptocurrency ad ban

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Apple never meant for you to spend so much time on your phone, Tim Cook says

Smartphone addiction is getting out of hand, according to the head of a company that’s made a fortune on smartphones. | Continue reading


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Stocks suffer worst day in weeks as Trump’s trade threats rattle

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with major indexes seeing their biggest one-day drop in weeks and the Dow bearishly closing below a closely watched level for the first time in two years as fresh threats from President Donald Trump against the U.S.’s trading partners u … | Continue reading


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How blood-testing startups are pitching themselves after the Theranos scandal

“The first reaction from both investors and customers when they hear what we can do is, ‘Gee, that sounds a lot like Theranos, how are you different?’” | Continue reading


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Amazon could actually benefit from the Supreme Court ruling on sales tax

Amazon is already equipped to comply with the Supreme Court’s sales tax ruling, and could help others comply as well. | Continue reading


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Day trader tries out ‘demo’ platform, ends up with actual $5B position

File this under “day traders can do the darndest things” — this week has provided the tale of a huge demo trading platform mixup. | Continue reading


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Oracle cloud growth slows, and – Surprise – it stops giving cloud numbers

After a few consecutive quarters of disappointing cloud revenue growth, on Tuesday, Oracle Corp. suddenly stopped separating its much touted business in its recent quarterly financial statement. | Continue reading


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This is what the U.S. military’s ‘Space Force’ could look like

President Trump orders the establishment of a sixth branch of the military. | Continue reading


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How Spotify influences what songs become popular (or not)

Getting on certain playlists can lead to a major windfall for musicians. | Continue reading


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Cisco to acquire location-services company July Systems

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Elon Musk claims Tesla employee attempted 'sabotage'

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Elon Musk shows off new Tesla production line – and it’s in a tent

Elon Musk showed off Tesla Inc.’s newest production line in a weekend tweet as the electric-car company pushes toward its goal of making 5,000 Model 3 cars a week by the end of June. | Continue reading


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How this senior citizen started her own business

Age can be a benefit, this entrepreneur says | Continue reading


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Microsoft, Thales to develop cloud for armies

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Nintendo brings 'Fortnite' to Switch console

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White House source distills a Trump Doctrine, and it has a swear word in it

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, has spent the past few months asking people close to the president for short descriptions of what might constitute the “Trump Doctrine.” He said he set out on this project as part of a larger effort “to understand the revolut … | Continue reading


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Nvidia chips power the world’s fastest supercomputer

A new supercomputer recaptures the top-performing spot for the U.S. for the first time since 2013, says Ryan Shrout. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. delivers first 1,000 flamethrowers to customers

Turns out, it wasn’t a joke. | Continue reading


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Amazon scammers headed to federal prison after $1.2M fraud

Unlike some shoppers who say they were cut off by Amazon after a few returns, an Indiana husband-and-wife team was able to defraud the e-commerce giant for years before getting nabbed. | Continue reading


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MyHeritage hack affects 92M customers, reveals more risks with genealogy sites

Some experts say you should think twice before using online DNA testing. | Continue reading


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Tesla stock surges as shareholders show renewed confidence in CEO Elon Musk

Tesla shares are on track for their biggest day in nearly a month as shareholders give the company and top executive Elon Musk a renewed boost. | Continue reading


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Facebook made deals with 60 device makers that gave them access to users’ data

Facebook Inc. made agreements with at least 60 makers of phones and other devices that gave them access to the personal information of users’ friends without their consent, the New York Times reports, citing company officials. | Continue reading


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Social Security taps into trust fund for first time in 36 years

Medicare’s finances were downgraded in a new report from the program’s trustees on Tuesday, while the projection for Social Security’s stayed the same as last year. | Continue reading


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Turns out, Facebook users do have a red line when it comes to sharing their data

There’s a limit to how much people trust the biggest social network on the planet. | Continue reading


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My father suffers from dementia–and my siblings forced him to sign a new will

This son says his siblings appeared with a lawyer and legal documents, and disappeared just as fast. | Continue reading


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Apple co-founder backs call for global digital currency

Digital currencies struggled to hold on to gains made over the weekend, with all major cryptocurrencies trading in negative territory early afternoon Monday New York time. | Continue reading


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Ticketfly breach may have exposed data of 26M customers

Event-ticketing company Ticketfly was still working to get back online Sunday, four days after a hacker reportedly hijacked the site and stole data from more than 26 million customers. | Continue reading


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China has 9 of the world’s 20 biggest tech companies

China has nine of the world’s top 20 tech giants, while the U.S. has got the other 11, according to this chart from Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker’s annual report on internet trends. | Continue reading


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If Apple makes big news at developers conference next week, it would be big news

WWDC is one of Apple’s biggest events of the year, along with the company’s September iPhone release event, but recent keynotes haven’t brought forth much groundbreaking technology. | Continue reading


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Bill Gates says Trump didn’t know the difference between HIV and HPV

A seemingly exasperated Bill Gates described his interactions with President Donald Trump in a video that surfaced Thursday, and the billionaire said he had to explain to the president that HIV and HPV were different things. | Continue reading


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If Apple makes big news at its developers conference, it would be big news

WWDC is one of Apple’s biggest events of the year, along with the company’s September iPhone release event, but recent keynotes haven’t brought forth much groundbreaking technology. | Continue reading


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