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The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images LONDON — A British man who accidentally threw out a hard drive with a trove of bitcoin on it is once again urging local city officials to let him search for it in a landfill site. James Howells, a

Surveillance cameras are mounted on a post at Tiananmen Square as snow falls in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — A new report reveals patent applications belonging to Huawei and a group of China-based artificial intelligence companies for systems that can detect people who

Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of online clothing reseller Poshmark popped more than 130% in the company’s market debut Thursday. The stock began trading at $97.50 per share. On Wednesday, Poshmark priced its IPO at $42 a share, giving it an initial valuation of more than $3 billion. The company previously said

Customers look at a Tesla Motors Inc. Model X electric vehicle on display at the company’s showroom in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Tesla in a letter on Wednesday to recall 158,716 of its Model S and Model

Affirm Holdings Inc. website home screen on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of payments company Affirm soared more than 80% in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, kicking off what’s likely to

A man receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination site at South Bronx Educational Campus, in the Bronx New York on January 10, 2021. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Sellers on the so-called dark web have been putting out an increasing number of advertisements for

studioEAST | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Downloads of privacy-focused messaging apps Signal and Telegram got a boost as users looked for alternatives to Facebook-owned WhatsApp over concerns about changes to the service’s privacy policy. Signal saw approximately 7.5 million installs globally through the Apple App Store and Google Play store between Jan. 6 and

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Facebook on Monday announced that it will pause its contributions to political action committees in the wake of the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by insurgents incited by President Donald

Satya Nadella speaking at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. David A. Grogan | CNBC Microsoft said Monday it has put political contributions on hold following the storming of the Capitol in Washington last week as Congress was in the process of certifying the Electoral College results for the 2020 presidential election. The

A visual representation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin on November 20, 2018 in London, England. Jordan Mansfield | Getty Images News | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Bitcoin and other digital coins tanked on Monday wiping off some $170 billion from the entire cryptocurrency market. The market capitalization or value of the cryptocurrency market was $959.53

Black artist Bomani X has been one of the key innovators of voice-chatting app Clubhouse, and now, his face serves as Clubhouse’s app icon. Courtesy of Bomani X Clubhouse, a social media app introduced in March, allows users to gather in virtual rooms where they can communicate with one another through the mics on their

Parler CEO John Matze joins CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on July 2, 2020. CNBC Amazon has pulled the plug on Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week. Amazon’s cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), informed Parler on Saturday that it

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a fist during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in Washington U.S, January 6, 2021. Jim Bourg | Reuters President Donald Trump continued tweeting Friday evening using the government-owned @POTUS account, despite having his @realDonaldTrump account permanently suspended by

U.S President Donald Trump gives an address, a day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., in this still image taken from video provided on social media on January 8, 2021. Donald J. Trump via Twitter | Reuters Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account on Friday. The company said in a

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla surpassed Facebook by market capitalization after markets opened Friday. Tesla’s stock jumped about 5.5% at 9:03 a.m.

President Donald Trump is seen tapping the screen on a mobile phone at the approximate time a tweet was released from his Twitter account, during a roundtable discussion on the reopening of small businesses in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen testifying remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, “Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,? on Facebook and Twitter’s content moderation practices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2020. Hannah McKay | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said the company would block

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely via videoconference in this screengrab made from video during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, “Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,? on Facebook and Twitter’s content moderation practices, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2020. Reuters Twitter on Wednesday placed restrictions on President Donald

A customer exits after picking up Apple’s new 5G iPhone 12 that went on sale, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at an Apple Store in Brooklyn, New York, October 23, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Apple‘s App Store customers spent a record $540 million on New Year’s Day alone, marking a 40% increase

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Microsoft President Brad Smith, left, speak during a roundtable discussion with industry executives on reopening the country, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on May 29, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images A handful of Microsoft employees spoke out against the software

Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks during his visit at the Vivatech startups and innovation fair, in Paris on May 16, 2019. Philippe Lopez | AFP | Getty Images After reports speculating about Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s whereabouts, CNBC’s David Faber reported Tuesday that the billionaire is not missing, according to a

A Byton M-Byte electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) is displayed at the CES 2020 event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has signed a deal with Chinese electric carmaker Byton to help produce its first vehicle. The

Google employees hold signs during a walkout to protest how the tech giant handled sexual misconduct in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.  Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images More that 200 Google employees on Monday announced that they’ve come together to form the Alphabet Workers Union amid increasing disagreements with

An advertisement for Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy smartphones is displayed atop a building in the company’s mobile business factory in Gumi, South Korea, on Sunday, April 5, 2020. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Samsung said Monday its next smartphone announcement will be held on Jan. 14, where it is expected to

Russell Okung #76 of the Carolina Panthers Grant Halverson | Getty Images It’s often referred to as a new form of gold, and now Carolina Panthers offensive linemen Russell Okung is making a massive bet on bitcoin. After a nearly two-year battle, Okung finally had his wish granted and will have his salary diverted to

Tesla said Saturday that it delivered 180,570 electric vehicles in the fourth quarter, beating its previous record as well as Wall Street expectations. The electric automaker produced 170,757 vehicles total. For the year, Tesla delivered 499,550 vehicles in 2020, largely in line with its guidance of around 500,000 vehicles. At an annual shareholder meeting this

Airlines are joining the fight against the coronavirus.  The long wait for a vaccine may be over, but distributing it to the 7.8 billion people around the world is the next big challenge. In the U.S., both the Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines require two doses that will eventually need to reach the nation’s roughly

Still from Ford’s “Finish Strong” spot. Ford In a new ad campaign using actor Bryan Cranston, Ford Motor is urging Americans to adhere to Covid-19 protocols to save lives in the next period of the pandemic.  The campaign, part of an initiative the company has dubbed #FinishStrong, includes a new commercial from filmmaker Peter Berg

Modern Health founder and CEO founder Alyson Watson Modern Health Alyson Watson had an important message for her team. It was May 1, six weeks after the coronavirus pandemic forced employees into isolation. Her company, Modern Health, was busier than ever. Watson, 30, started Modern Health three years earlier to help expand the availability of

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at the Axel Springer Award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Johannessen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech’s biggest companies just wrapped up a huge year. The seven most valuable U.S. technology companies — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook,