Category Archives: Business

The Race to Fill Crypto’s FTX-Shaped Hole

When crypto exchange FTX collapsed, it left behind a hole in the market. From Backpack to OPNX, faces new and old are vying to fill it.

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Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe

More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more.

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Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird

Bird was once valued at more than $2 billion—now it has filed for bankruptcy. This is the untold story of the contractors who risked it all to try to make the micromobility dream a reality.

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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat

As part of a settlement with a horse welfare nonprofit, Amazon will no longer sell products containing “ejiao,” which is made with donkey skin.

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New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Causing a Christmas Crunch

Hotel prices and tourism numbers are up as New York City goes through its first holiday season with new rules that ban nearly all Airbnbs and other short-term rentals.

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What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home

Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people’s homes. But who’s really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night?

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The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

Google’s doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use. Insiders say the results were mixed, as pressure mounts for a federal privacy law.

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Lamborghini Revuelto 2024 Review, Specs, Price, Availability

The 217-mph, 1,001-hp electrified Lamborghini Revuelto is so much fun it will make you lose the ability to speak properly.

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EU Investigates Elon Musk’s X for Spreading Illegal Content

Raising a range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials will also probe whether graphic content from Hamas’ attack on Israel was allowed to spread across the site.

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McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup

Kytch, the company that tried to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, has unearthed a 3-year-old email it says proves claims of an alleged plot to undermine their business.

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