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Roku's streaming TV platform accounted for more than 30% of U.S. sales of connected-TV devices in the first quarter, and its lead over the No. 2 provider, Sony PlayStation, will reach 70% by the end of 2019. Those are among the findings in a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. The report counted more…

President Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-Twitter stance Wednesday morning, telling Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo that Twitter employees “are all Democrats” who “make it very hard for people to join me on Twitter.” “They make it very much harder for me to get out the message,” Trump said. “It’s…

UPDATED with Google Calendar outage resolved. Google Calendar became unavailable for users in the U.S. and UK for more than two hours Tuesday, delivering a “404” error message instead of scheduled appointments. “The problem with Google Calendar should be resolved,” the company said on its G Suite status page. “We…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is making his first extensive comments about reports of a possible U.S. antitrust probe into the tech giant, saying he is not surprised. “We have gone through similar situations in Europe, so it’s not a surprise to us,” Pichai said in an exclusive interview with CNN Business. “For some of the…

During a lengthy telephone interview with CNBC that covered topics such as trade tariffs, 5G and relations with China, President Donald Trump said tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon are “colluding” with Democrats. Asked by Squawk Box host Joe Kernen for his view on whether tech companies should be broken up…

Claire Stapleton, one of the organizers of last year’s global Google walkout in protest of the media giant’s sexual harassment policies, says she resigned from the tech giant after facing retaliation. Stapleton explained her reasons for quitting in a letter to her colleagues that was published Friday on Medium. “These…

UPDATED with news of House committee probe. The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee plans to investigate giant tech companies, a development that follows reports over the weekend that Google and Amazon are about to get closer regulatory scrutiny. The committee promises a “bipartisan look at competition in…

If you can’t check your GMail, watch your favorite puppy video on YouTube or use your favorite filter on Snapchat, you’re not alone. A number of web services have been wonky across the country after Google's Cloud service, which powers many apps outside its own web services, has experienced an outage on Sunday…

The US Justice Department is investigating Alphabet Inc.’s Google for potential ant-trust violations linked to search and advertising policies, according to a Wall St. Journal report. According to the report, any potential case would likely hinge on a prior investigation by the Federal Trade Commission that was closed…

YouTube has confirmed a significant shift of its original programming strategy, announcing all of its originals will now get a run on the free, ad-supported side of the fence. The strategic evolution has been in the works over the last several months, with YouTube Premium (which was born in 2015 as YouTube Red)…

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported first-quarter earnings of $9.50 per share, well below Wall Street forecasts, as a European Commission fine put a dent in its results. Not counting the $1.7 billion fine, earnings would have hit $11.90 a share. Analysts had expected $10.58. Revenue gained nearly 17% over…

EXCLUSIVE: Already having broken pre-sale ticket records, Avengers: Endgame has smashed through another milestone before it squashes all box office benchmarks starting Thursday, April 25: The Anthony and Joe Russo-directed feature is far and away the biggest marketing promotional campaign in Marvel Studios history at…