Amazon Expands Prime Air to Nearly 500 Cities in Its Boldest Drone Bet Yet
Amazon said Wednesday it will expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States this year, roughly six times the service’s current…
DOJ Probes a16z’s Board Seats at Two Rival Data Companies
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential venture firms, focusing on its presence on the boards of two competing data companies,…
Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax Falls in Court, Handing Google and Apple Refunds
Maryland’s tax court ruled Tuesday that the state’s digital advertising tax is invalid, ordering refunds for the companies that paid it, including Apple, Google and the streaming service Peacock. The…
Apple Concedes Ground on App Store as Regulators Chip Away at Services
The admission arrived inside the dense language of a securities filing, easy to miss and hard to overstate. Apple, for the first time, told investors that regulatory changes have forced…
Samsung Display Restarts Foldable-Screen Plant After Five-Year Pause
Construction crews are preparing to return to a site in Asan, South Korea, that has stood idle since 2021. Samsung Display, the display-making arm of Samsung Group, has approved the…
Google to End Pixel Production in China by 2027
The message to suppliers was long on schedule and short on sentiment: Google will stop producing Pixel smartphones, watches, and wireless earbuds in China starting in 2027, shifting output to…
Beijing Orders State Bodies to Uninstall Custom Windows 10 Ahead of Schedule
China’s Ministry of State Security has told some state institutions to remove the government-customized edition of Microsoft’s Windows 10 from their computers, earlier than the original timetable, Bloomberg reported on…
Tesla’s Robotaxi Debuts Days Away, Nevada Approves 10 Vehicles
Inside Tesla’s Austin headquarters, employees are queuing for test rides in the Cybercab, the robotaxi the company has promised for years. The first rides for staff are underway, and the…
NASA Opens $100 Million Contract to Four Companies, SpaceX Left Out
NASA has chosen four companies, All Points Logistics, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, and L3Harris, to compete for a $100 million contract covering the handling of spacecraft and rocket hardware, the…
Alphabet Plans First Australian Bond Sale of A$5 Billion
SYDNEY — Bond desks across Sydney were still setting up for the week when the mandate landed: Alphabet, the parent of Google, wants to borrow in Australian dollars for the…
