Sony and Apollo reportedly make $26bn offer for Paramount Shares in media giant, whose chief executive Bob Bakish was this week ousted amid reports of clash with Shari Redstone, spike 12%
OnlyFans investigated over claim children accessed pornography Ofcom looks into whether website for adult performers failed to properly implement age-verification checks
Amazon sales soar with boost from artificial intelligence and advertising Revenue at Amazon Web Services increases to $25bn as retail giant releases earnings report surpassing Wall Street expectations
Binance founder sentenced to four months for money laundering Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as CEO of the crypto trading company last year
Fears of Putin swinging elections behind EU’s Meta crackdown Action against Facebook owner comes amid concerns about how it is dealing with fake news
OpenAI to use FT journalism to train artificial intelligence systems Under deal, ChatGPT users will receive summaries and quotes from Financial Times content and links to articles
EU to investigate Meta over election misinformation before June polls Brussels to act later this week against Facebook and Instagram owner over policies on deceptive advertising and political content, reports say
Workers accuse Google of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and government
Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation
UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’ Panel of nearly 100 countries to draw up guidelines for industries that mine raw materials used in low-carbon technology
Google parent Alphabet hits $2tn valuation as it announces first dividend Tech company’s shares rise as it plans to reward investors after strong quarterly results
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business Offer for ‘cutting edge’ UK firm from Thoma Bravo signals another blow for the London Stock Exchange
Tesla among electric carmakers forced to cut prices as market stalls EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary
Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in latest quarter World’s largest public company reports $61.86bn revenue after investing billions into artificial intelligence
Alphabet hails ‘once-in-a-generation’ AI opportunity as revenue rises Shares surge after tech giant issues first ever dividend and posts revenue of $80.5bn, up 15% since last year, despite staff turmoil