Apple Music News Analysis: Apple’s Arcade video game service seeks to upend another business modelLos Angeles TimesOf the refreshed or new products that Apple Inc. talked about at its extravaganza this week, I’m most curious about Arcade, the $5 monthly subscription to video games for iPhones and iPads. The success
Google 48 states are probing Google on antitrust grounds. Why isn’t California?Los Angeles Times - Suhauna HussainAttorneys general from nearly every U.S. state have jointly launched an investigation into Google’s “potential monopolistic behavior.” Notable for its absence: California, Google’s home state. Citing need
Samsung Samsung set to launch folding screen phone after big delayLos Angeles TimesSamsung says it will start selling its highly anticipated folding phone on Friday, after the original launch date was delayed by months because of embarrassing problems with the screen. The South Korean
Huawei Huawei accuses U.S. of cyberattacks, coercing employeesLos Angeles TimesChinese telecom equipment maker Huawei accused U.S. authorities on Wednesday of attempting to break into its information systems and of trying to coerce its employees to gather information on the company.
Technology Uber, Lyft warn they’ll take the fight over drivers’ status to California votersLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanIn the face of a looming deadline, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are throwing new weight and tens of millions of dollars behind their fight to keep treating drivers as independent contractors in
Amazon Amazon ends practice of dipping into drivers’ tips to meet their wage guaranteesLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanAmazon delivery drivers were surprised to learn earlier this year that the e-commerce giant would at times dip into their tips to cover their promised wages. That’s about to change, according to an email
Technology Wireless carriers throttle online video basically all the timeLos Angeles Times - BloombergU.S. wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time.
Technology Scooter startup says needy communities in San Francisco asked to be excludedLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanIn defense of its practice of excluding two of the San Francisco’s neediest neighborhoods, San Francisco-based mobility company Scoot says local community leaders and organizations asked it not to allow
Trump trade war is splitting tech manufacturers along U.S.-China linesLos Angeles TimesEven the unseasonable downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits of the executives and officials gathered on the Indonesian island of Batam to cut the ribbon on a new Pegatron Corp. factory. The men exchanged
Facebook’s transcription opt-in says nothing about human listenersLos Angeles Times - BloombergFacebook Inc. confirmed this week that it ran a program allowing contractors to listen to and transcribe some users’ audio clips. The social network said the only people who were affected were those who
Technology Scooter start-up promised to serve a whole city. Then it cut out two poor areasLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanLike 11 other dockless e-scooter companies, Scoot Networks was eager to obtain a coveted permit to do business in San Francisco. In its application, the start-up promised it would “serve more of San Francisco
Technology Spectacles were a flop. So Snap is going to charge more this time aroundLos Angeles Times - Sam DeanSnap Inc.'s newest camera glasses are making headlines for their $380 price tag and chic design. But what’s most remarkable, from a business standpoint, is how little money the company expects to make
Huawei unveils phone system that it says could replace AndroidLos Angeles TimesHuawei has unveiled its own operating system for smartphones that it says can replace Android if U.S. sanctions on the Chinese tech giant cut off access to the Google system. Huawei Technologies Ltd.,
8chan, a site favored by suspected mass shooters, loses its network hostsLos Angeles Times - Jeff Bercovici8chan, a hate-filled forum site where multiple suspected mass murderers have posted manifestos to cheers from their anonymous fellow users, has gone dark after losing access to crucial web infrastructure.
Uber lays off about 400 employees in marketing department reorganizationLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanA little more than two months after debuting its stock on the public market, Uber has made its first big cut to its workforce, laying off about 400 employees globally. In an email sent to staffers Monday,
Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1 billionLos Angeles TimesApple Inc. is paying $1 billion to Intel Corp. for the chipmaker’s smartphone modem division in a deal driven by the upcoming transition to the next generation of wireless technology. The agreement announced
DoorDash’s about-face on tipping shows customers have more clout than workersLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanSince at least February, DoorDash drivers have known the company was at times dipping into their tips to cover their base pay. But it wasn’t until Tuesday night that the on-demand meal delivery service
Snapchat user growth accelerates after Android fixLos Angeles TimesSnapchat’s growth accelerated after the social media company rolled out an improved version of its Android cellphone app, a sign of recovery after a rocky period. Snapchat, the messaging and photo-sharing
Huawei Trump meets with tech CEOs and takes a step toward easing Huawei banLos Angeles TimesThe United States and China are moving closer to their first face-to-face trade negotiations in months, with a meeting between top tech executives and President Trump on Monday marking another step toward
Apple is in talks to buy Intel’s cellular modem unit, source saysLos Angeles TimesApple Inc. is negotiating to buy Intel Corp.’s struggling cellular modem unit, said a person familiar with the matter. A deal would give Apple key engineering talent and patents that would help it develop
Trump expressed concerns about Pentagon cloud-computing contractLos Angeles TimesPresident Trump recently demanded more information about how the Pentagon crafted a massive cloud-computing contract it’s poised to award to Amazon.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide whether
Technology Internet influencers seek Wall Street’s help to manage newfound wealthLos Angeles TimesJenn Im started making YouTube videos as a hobby nine years ago, a way to express her love for turning thrift-store finds into stylish outfits. Creating content for her channel soon became an obsession,
Neuralink Elon Musk-backed Neuralink unveils brain-implant technologyLos Angeles TimesNeuralink, the Elon Musk-backed company seeking to build brain implants to communicate with machines, unveiled the microscopic products it has been developing since 2017 and said it hopes to begin trials
Google activist Meredith Whittaker leaves companyLos Angeles TimesOne of the leaders of last year’s mass protests at Google has left the company, underlining a deepening rift between management and workers over issues ranging from sexual harassment to the potential of
Technology Uber and Lyft drivers were paid up to $100 to protest a bill that could make them employeesLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanFighting to stave off a bill that could force them to treat their workers as employees, Uber and Lyft last week deployed an unusual weapon: a promise of extra pay to drivers willing to lobby on their The
Uber and Lyft drivers swarm Sacramento as lawmakers advance gig workers’ rights billLos Angeles Times - Johana BhuiyanOn many mornings, Minda Aguhob, a Harvard-educated data scientist who started driving for Uber and Lyft five years ago as she struggled to find a job, opens her Uber app around 6 o’clock, hoping to hear
The power of Google and Amazon looms over tech IPOsLos Angeles TimesAfter a years-long drought, a wave of technology start-ups — Uber, Lyft, Pinterest and more — are going public, evidence that the sector is thriving. But there’s a shadow hanging over almost all of them.
How Jony Ive, Apple’s design guru, planned his own obsolescenceLos Angeles Times - Sam DeanJonathan Ive led Apple’s product design for decades, from the Technicolor iMac that revived the company’s fortunes in the late ’90s to the softly minimalist iPhone that turned Apple into one of the world’s
Trump’s next tweet could come with a warning labelLos Angeles TimesPresident Trump’s next tweet might come with a warning label. Starting Thursday, tweets that Twitter Inc. deems to involve matters of public interest but that violate the service’s rules will be obscured
