Mark Zuckerberg to receive $700m from Meta dividends
Facebook’s parent company to pay out to shareholders as it reports $40bn revenues for final quarter
Apple breaks year-long streak of falling revenue with strong holiday sales
Slumping global demand for smartphones did not bring down earnings, but investors were wary of decline in sales in China
Amazon profits surge on strong trading season and cloud computing growth
World’s largest retailer clears Wall Street expectations with $170bn revenue as it continued to cut jobs in recent weeks
‘I’ll probably be OK, right?’ Musicians and users concerned as Universal music taken off TikTok
Contractual dispute between Universal Music Group and social media giant results in removal of thousands of songs, and loss of marketing clout for musicians
‘I just got laid off’: news startup the Messenger abruptly shutters after a year
Employees blindsided by news that company blew through $50m investment, will offer no severance and will cut off healthcare
George Osborne joins Coinbase as crypto firm faces US court fight
Appointment of former UK chancellor comes as regulator sues operator over claims it flouted rules
Advertising slump sinks Google investor confidence despite overall high revenue
Tech giant beat revenue predictions for last quarter of 2023 but failed to deliver on predicted advertising revenue
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition and bets on AI yield high quarterly revenue
Tech giant now second business in history to reach a stock market valuation of $3tn, overtaking Apple as the world’s most valuable
Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution
With the region’s countries among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis, digital entrepreneurs have been inspired to find innovative ways to create real environmental change
Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human
Patient recovering well with signs of ‘promising neuron spike detection’, says startup’s founder
Amazon drops $1.4bn deal to buy iRobot after EU veto reports
Roomba maker announces plans to axe 31% of workforce and exit of CEO after collapse of acquisition
Welsh semiconductor factory ‘left in limbo’ as Westminster fails to approve US takeover
Labour criticises government ‘dithering’, after Vishay deal last autumn to buy chip maker Newport Wafer Fab stalls, putting jobs at risk
‘Dark forces’: how US corporations turned to courts in fight against unions
Companies including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starbucks are using new legal playbook against unions, experts say
Virgin Media is most complained about UK broadband provider
Ofcom figures show Virgin attracted about 32 complaints per 100,000 customers compared with 18 for Now Broadband
Ex-post office operator claims she was told British Asians were often pushed into theft
Exclusive: Kuldeep Kaur Atwal says auditors urged her to admit to stealing £30,000 – a charge of which she was later cleared