By Sei Chong Morning Consult Tech will be off Monday for Memorial Day. Publication of the morning newsletters and afternoon updates will resume Tuesday. Top Stories President Donald Trump warned that Huawei Technologies Co. is “very dangerous” from a “security standpoint, a military standpoint” but said it was possible that the blacklisting of the company […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection determined that PG&E Corp. was not responsible for the giant 2017 wildfire that began in Sonoma County, and that private electrical equipment at a home had been the cause. The utility, which had been facing an estimated $30 billion in liability for […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories PG&E Corp. said in a filing in U.S. District Court in San Francisco that it would cost $75 billion to $150 billion to fully comply with Judge William Alsup’s order to inspect its power grid and remove or trim trees that could fuel wildfires. The company said it would have […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories Even as the partial government shutdown has dried up funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, some energy-related programs that are key to the Trump administration’s agenda are continuing, with recalled Interior Department workers preparing for sales of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and working […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories The District of Columbia’s Council approved a bill in an 11-2 vote that allows adult residents and visitors to bet on professional sports. Lawmakers also passed emergency language that would give the green light to sports betting as soon as the bill gets a signature from Democratic Mayor Muriel E. […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories The Cleveland Browns denied a report that said former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a lifelong Browns fan, was being considered as a possible candidate for the head coaching role. Rice also said that she was not ready to coach the Browns but called on the NFL to develop […]
By Sei Chong Week in Review Digital advertising Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent, said third-quarter revenue reached $33.7 billion, which was a rise of 21 percent from the year-earlier period, slower than 26 percent growth seen in the prior quarter. Google’s advertising business represented 86 percent of Alphabet’s revenue, with new products and services like Chromebooks, Pixel […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent, said third-quarter revenue reached $33.7 billion, which was a rise of 21 percent from the year-earlier period, slower than 26 percent growth seen in the prior quarter. Google’s advertising business represented 86 percent of Alphabet’s revenue, with new products and services like Chromebooks, Pixel phones and Google […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories WPP PLC said it expects its sales and profit margin to fall this year more than it had previously forecast and reported that its like-for-like organic sales declined 1.5 percent in the third quarter, causing shares in the company to plummet as much as 23 percent. The company’s new chief executive, […]
By Sei Chong Top Stories An investigation shows that 125 Android apps and websites were used in a widespread digital ad fraud scheme in which the perpetrators bought the apps through the company We Purchase Apps and transferred them to overseas shell companies, tracked users’ behavior and used a huge bot network to generate fake traffic. […]
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