Male and female software developers work at their desks in the Luxoft Holding Inc. offices in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Companies are lining up to try to hire coders who have been caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some 2 million-plus Ukrainian citizens have been
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Russia has tightened its control over its internet. Authorities have blocked access to Meta-owned Facebook and restricted access to Twitter. Nurphoto | Getty Images Russians are turning to virtual private networks to bypass the country’s tightening internet controls following the invasion of Ukraine. VPNs can mask an internet user’s identity and location to help them
In this article MSFT Wunderlist co-founder Christian Reber Pitch In 2015, Microsoft bought Christian Reber’s to-do list app, Wunderlist, for a sum that was reported to be between $100 million and $200 million. It was a significant amount of money and a huge moment in Reber’s life but it didn’t leave him feeling as one
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon announced its first stock split since the dot-com boom, telling investors on Wednesday that they’ll receive 20 shares for each share they currently own. The stock soared
Kara Swisher, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, Martha Stewart, and Barry Diller at CNBC’s “The Next 25” Gala in New York. CNBC | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images Entertainment mogul Barry Diller strongly denied the idea that he, his stepson, and longtime pal and fellow mogul David Geffen engaged in insider trading in what he claims was
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday calling on the government to examine the risks and benefits of cryptocurrencies. It’s a long-awaited directive that has had the crypto industry on edge, not least due to growing regulatory concern around the world surrounding the nascent digital asset market. There had been reports of
In this article AMZN Getty Images A House Committee is urging the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon over what lawmakers contend is potentially criminal obstruction of Congress. In a letter sent Wednesday and addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland, a bipartisan group of lawmakers alleged that Amazon repeatedly misled the House Judiciary Committee throughout
People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Macro conditions were already troubling for tech. With
Apple’s March 2022 event invite Apple Apple is holding its first launch event the year on Tuesday, where it is expected to announce a new iPhone, an iPad, and possibly some fresh Macs. The launch will be livestreamed from Apple’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California, like all of the company’s launch events since 2020.
In this article NFLX Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, attends a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico. Hector Vivas | Getty Images Netflix is pulling its service in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the company confirmed to CNBC. “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia,”
This general view shows destroyed Russian armored vehicles in the city of Bucha, west of Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. Aris Messinis | AFP | Getty Images When BigCommerce executives held their global all-hands meeting Thursday, they didn’t expect any of the company’s 106 Ukraine-based employees to show up on the screen. Most staffers there
In this article PYPL The PayPal app shown on an iPhone. Katja Knupper | DeFodi Images | Getty Images PayPal said Saturday it was suspending its services in Russia, adding to the number of firms retreating from the country in response to its invasion of Ukraine. “Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services
In this article FB Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Erin Scott | Reuters Russia’s media regulator said Friday it will block access to Meta-owned Facebook in the country as it escalates pressure on media outlets and tech platforms amid its invasion of Ukraine. The regulator claimed Facebook violated federal law by restricting access to
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the grand opening event of the new Apple store at The Grove on November 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Apple shareholders approved a proposal on Friday that said that the company’s board will conduct a third-party audit examining company policies and provide recommendations to
An aerial view of Apple Park is seen in Cupertino, California, United States on October 28, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple employees will start to return to offices on April 11, the company confirmed to CNBC on Friday. The news comes more than two years after the majority of Apple’s
In this article F GM TSLA Maja Hitij | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk challenged the United Auto Workers to try and organize employees at his company’s plant in Fremont, California, and stepped up his attacks on the Biden administration’s policies. In a series of tweets this week, Musk went
In this article AAPL An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information about spyware made by
In this article AMZN People shop in the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Amazon is shutting down all its Amazon Books physical bookstores, as well as its Amazon 4-star and Amazon Pop Up shops, which sold a variety of electronics and other hot items. The closures
In this article GOOGL San Francisco resident Laurie Farr tries out a Fitbit Ionic Andrew Evers, CNBC Google-owned Fitbit is recalling its Ionic smartwatches due to a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. About 1 million Ionic watches have been sold in the U.S., along with nearly 700,000 sold internationally, the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a statement in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks straight into the camera with the quality of an amateur vlogger. Wearing a T-shirt and sweater, he names the official titles of those standing with him: high-ranking Ukrainian officials who are