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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Wednesday released a new study from the Joint Economic Committee on the mental health impacts of Instagram and other social media apps on teenage girls.

New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal was thrust into the spotlight on Monday when Jack Dorsey announced he would step down from the position in a surprise decision that puts a man who once declared the company is “not to be bound by the First Amendment” in of the social media juggernaut.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers, led by Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to assess whether Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, should amend its regulatory filing to reflect potential risks to shareholders over the ice cream maker’s Israel boycott.

Lush Cosmetics says it will deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok accounts on Friday until the social media platforms take action to provide a safer environment for users.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Samsung announced Tuesday the company would be building a $17 billion semiconductor chip factory in Taylor, Texas

Samsung plans to build a roughly $17 billion chip-making plant in Taylor, Texas, according to people familiar with the matter, a mega investment by the South Korean tech giant, as the Biden administration pushes for an expansion of U.S. semiconductor production.

MarketWatch on Saturday said it had deleted a tweet that implied $5 for a gallon of gas, a $90 bottle of wine and $200 concert tickets were typical purchases for "average Americans" in the current economy.

Attorneys general from several states announced Thursday they have joined forces to investigate Meta over Instagram's effects on children

Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., was more than two months late in disclosing the purchase of half a million dollars worth of stock in Apple.

Japan's Toshiba Corp outlined plans on Friday to break up into three independent companies by spinning off two core businesses - its energy and infrastructure business as well as its device and storage business.

Customers looking to get their hands on the highly sought after PlayStation 5 could have even more trouble this holiday season as Sony Corporation has reportedly lowered its internal production target for the popular gaming console.

Sony Group Corp has reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to component and logistics constraints, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Google is set to provide $20 million in grant funding and donations to support economic empowerment for veterans and the military community.

Under the agreement, IBM will acquire McD Tech Labs, which has been working to develop, test and deploy an automated ordering system using artificial intelligence-enabled voice recognition.

Intel Corp. disappointed investors even as it posted stronger third-quarter earnings and raised its full-year sales outlook, as global chip shortages eat into potential sales.

IBM on Wednesday missed market estimates for quarterly revenue as its managed infrastructure business suffered from a decline in orders ahead of a spinoff next month, sending its shares down in extended trading.

Details of alleged collusion between Google and Facebook to squash competition in the online ad space are set to be made public this week, a federal judge has ordered.

Columbus Day sales are waning in popularity among retailers, and not for the reason some people may think.

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Saturday a mandate for large retailers to keep a gender-neutral aisle for children’s toys.