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Amazon has taken aim at WarnerMedia parent AT&T for not enabling access to its just-launched subscription streaming app HBO Max via the tech giant’s Prime Video Channels platform. "With a seamless customer experience, nearly 5 million HBO streamers currently access their subscription through Amazon's Prime Video…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that most Facebook employees can work from home wherever they want. But they should not expect to get Silicon Valley salary levels if they relocate to less-expensive areas. Speaking at an internal employee town hall meeting livestreamed on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the…

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions 50% of the tech giant’s employees working from home in the next five to 10 years, in a shift dramatically accelerated by COVID-19. “We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale,” Zuckerberg told employees in his weekly staff Q&A…

UPDATED with closing stock price. Facebook stock rose 5.5% on Wednesday after the company announced a new feature called Shops, a virtual mall designed to help businesses suffering during COVID-19. Shares closed the trading day at $228.90 after establishing a new all-time high of $230.75 earlier in the session. The…

The exit of Kevin Mayer as Disney’s streaming chief and arrival as COO of Chinese tech giant ByteDance has more than a few media and tech minds trying to envision the road ahead for its best known platform, TikTok. Launched in 2016, TikTok has enjoyed meteoric growth in the U.S. and elsewhere, especially among…

Apple shares gained 2% to around $314 in early trading Monday after the tech giant outlined plans to reopen 25 of its U.S. stores. After being forced to close for two months due to COVID-19, stores in California, Florida and Hawaii are reopening this week, leading the effort of retailers decimated by the pandemic to…

Facebook is betting on the potency of GIFs by acquiring Giphy, whose technology will be integrated into Instagram, which Facebook acquired in 2012. The price was reported by multiple media outlets to be $400 million, but the companies did not confirm the valuation. The transaction fits with Facebook’s drive to…

Amazon is rolling out a new line of Fire tablets, including a new $90 model aimed at families stuck at home due to COVID-19. The Fire HD 8 tablets include the new HD 8, the HD 8 Plus, and the HD 8 Kids Edition. The HD 8 is $90 or $160 for a limited-time package of two tablets. The Plus and Kids Edition go for…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED, 11:15 AM: Jeffrey Katzenberg has always loved a good scrap, and the Quibi kingpin came out swinging Tuesday after being officially named a defendant in the ongoing and competing lawsuits over the mobile platform’s Turnstyle technology. “With its amended complaint, Eko's desperation and the weakness…

Working from home is fast becoming the new normal for many. Now add Facebook and Google employees to that list. The tech giants have extended their previous work-from-home orders to employees. Previously, both gave earlier dates for return. Now, both have extended that to the end of the year. Facebook will not reopen…

As parts of the U.S. economy start to emerge from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, Apple says it will reopen a handful of its 271 U.S. stores next week. Initial openings of select stores will happen in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama and Alaska, with precautions to avoid crowding. Face coverings will be required…

Roku delivered strong results in the first quarter, with the onset of COVID-19 propelling an 80% rise in total streaming hours in April as linear TV viewing in younger demos showed declines. Total revenue rose 55% from the year-earlier quarter to reach $320.8 million, ahead of Wall Street analysts’ estimates. The…