Under Apple Inc.’s AAPL -1.51% new privacy restrictions, advertisers targeting iPhone users will get more data about ad performance if they buy Apple’s ad space than if they buy through third parties, according to ad-industry executives. The difference could eventually give Apple’s small but growing ad business an edge over rivals, ad executives and app […]

Apple Inc. AAPL -0.28% said it would build a new campus and engineering hub in North Carolina as part of a series of investments planned in the U.S. over the next five years. The technology giant said Monday the move would create at least 3,000 jobs in machine learning, artificial intelligence, software engineering and other […]

It’s the biggest lie of our time: “I have read the terms and conditions and privacy policy.” Read a bajillion words of legalese before hitting “agree” to use an app? Surrre. Yet I have one request for you when iOS 14.5 arrives on your iPhone and privacy pop-upalooza begins: Read them. Lucky for you, they’re […]

The billionaire behind one of the most successful videogames of all time came to view Apple Inc. AAPL 0.51% as an existential threat to his dream of the future. So Tim Sweeney decided to fight. He gave his dispute with the world’s biggest company a code name: Project Liberty. The clash was a bold gambit […]

For a tech guy, Mike de Vere, chief executive of fintech software startup Zest AI, has a contrarian return-to-work plan for his 100 employees: he wants them in the office full time. Mr. de Vere said having employees together in the Burbank, Calif., headquarters improves communication, builds trust and allows for them to absorb knowledge […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its third crewed rocket for NASA, sending four more astronauts to the space station and marking the first time the company achieved the takeoff with both a pre-used capsule and rocket. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:49 a.m. ET Friday—with a low rumble and leaving behind a trail of […]

Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book opens with ominous sirens, planes droning overhead and a powerful explosion. Unlike most audiobooks, which are offshoots of a traditional text manuscript, “The Bomber Mafia” was conceived first as an audio project. Only later, after there was a completed script, was it offered to a major publisher. The print and ebook […]

When GM’s very first car, the Chevrolet Classic 6, appeared on Detroit’s streets in 1912, it ran on gasoline. More than a century later, in 2034, the very last GM car that runs on gasoline is scheduled to roll off the assembly line. Starting in 2035, GM intends to make only electric cars, from its […]

Panasonic Corp. said it is buying U.S. supply-chain software provider Blue Yonder Holding Inc. from Blackstone Group Inc. and New Mountain Capital LLC for $7.1 billion in a bid to accelerate its software business. Panasonic on Friday said the Covid-19 pandemic is leading to sharp changes in supply and demand, making  supply-chain management critical for […]

On Scott Stuber’s watch, Netflix NFLX 0.29% has turned into the biggest movie machine in Hollywood. When the entertainment-industry veteran became the streaming giant’s film chief in 2017, Netflix had produced only a couple dozen original movies. Most were acquisitions and many of them projects abandoned by other studios. Since Mr. Stuber came aboard, Netflix […]