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We bought an NFT. Here's what we learned

As headlines about people bidding eye-watering sums on GIFs of Pop Tart cats, the first-ever tweet, a Kings of Leon album and other NFTs piled up over the last several weeks, the CNN Business team decided the best way to…

Google and Microsoft are in a public feud

Google and Microsoft openly sparred on Friday as the latter prepared to testify at a Congressional hearing focusing on Big Tech's impact on local news.Microsoft targeted Google's dominance in advertising as it described in congressional testimony how the tech industry…

Pakistan bans TikTok again

TikTok has been banned in Pakistan for a second time.The popular short-form video app is no longer available on mobile devices in the country after regulators issued an order late Thursday to "immediately" block access to it.Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority said…

Google Maps gets a fresh coat of paint

Google Maps is making some social media-inspired updates to encourage more user-generated content in the app.The app on Thursday introduced several new features aimed at making Google Maps more interactive, including one that makes it easier for users to share…

How one employee's exit shook Google and the AI industry

In September, Timnit Gebru, then co-leader of the ethical AI team at Google, sent a private message on Twitter to Emily Bender, a computational linguistics professor at the University of Washington."Hi Emily, I'm wondering if you've written something regarding ethical…

Massive hack disrupts Molson Coors brewing operations

Molson Coors, the brewer behind the Miller and Coors brands, revealed a "cybersecurity incident" at the company that has disrupted its beer-making operations.The Chicago-based company said in a regulatory filing Thursday that the hack has taken its systems offline, delaying…

LinkedIn suspends new sign-ups in China

LinkedIn — one of the few Western social media networks available in China — has suspended new sign-ups in the country, but said the decision has nothing to do with a recent cyberattack on parent company Microsoft.Microsoft revealed last week…

India is trying to build its own internet

While Twitter finds itself in a prolonged standoff with the Indian government over the company's refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been…

Apple is discontinuing the iMac Pro

Apple is no longer making the iMac Pro, once the most-powerful computer the company offered.For those looking to get their hands on the all-in-one-Mac, they can still do so for a limited time. The $4,999 standard model can still be…

Elon Musk lost $27 billion last week

Elon Musk's net worth plunged last week as tech stocks got hammered and Tesla shares' stunning rise quickly unraveled.Wall Street is growing increasingly nervous about rising bond yields, which could make borrowing more expensive. That could eat into corporate profits,…