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The Boring Company launched by Elon Musk has pitched an offer to build an underground transit loop for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to connect between downtown and the beach.

Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark website.

Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals' information online.

Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.

China's cyberspace regulator said on Sunday that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering Didi Global Inc's (DIDI.N) app after finding that the ride-hailing giant had illegally collected users' personal data.

A cybercrime group with ties to Russia is believed to have launched a massive ransomware attack that involves hundreds of companies, according to a cybersecurity firm.

IBM announced Friday that Jim Whitehurst is no longer president of the company after 14 months at the helm, but will stay on as a senior advisor to the executive leadership team.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is continuing his criticism of the United Launch Association for accepting government money.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media site, the company said on Thursday.

U.S. consumers continued to spend wildly on new automobiles in the second quarter, pushing sales up 50.2% over last year despite tight dealer inventories and record high prices.

Japanese photo giant Fujifilm Corp. is closing several plants in South Carolina as more than half its employees in the state will lose their jobs.

Jeff Bezoses, Amazon CEO and founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, has selected an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer to travel to space with him on July 20.

A federal judge has temporarily prevented Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from implementing legislation allowing state residents to sue the country’s largest technology companies over their content moderation policies.

Business communication platform Slack is launching a new audio tool that aims to make communicating with co-workers a little easier, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield revealed on "The Claman Countdown."

Amazon.com is requesting that newly-minted Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan be recused from any antitrust investigations of their company, citing her lengthy track record as a prominent critic of the online giant.

Airbnb is blocking one-night reservations for entire homes on the 4th of July.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling for answers about reports that human smugglers and drug cartels have used the popular social media platform to advertise their smuggling services and capitalize on the continuing crisis at the southern border.

A Microsoft executive on Wednesday detailed the "frightening" abuse by the Department of Justice of "secrecy orders" that allow the government to take Americans' data from tech companies without ever letting them know.

LinkedIn is investigating user data that cybercriminals apparently posted on the dark web, according to new research.

Venmo will soon be adding fees for some previously-free services and hiking existing fees on others, the mobile transaction service informed its customers.