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The Nasdaq cracked the 10,000-point mark for the first time Tuesday before cooling off to close at 9,953.75, a gain of 29.1 points for the day. Over the past year, the tech-heavy index has climbed 33%, far outpacing economic growth and downright contradicting the bleak picture of unemployment and collapse over the…

If you’ve ever wanted to zero in on only certain people you want to watch in a YouTube video or a Netflix film or TV show, RealNetworks has a product for you. The tech pioneer, whose technology kicked off the streaming age in 1995, has rolled out two new artificial intelligence tools. One, a browser extension called…

Kanopy, the streaming film service that is free for users through a network of library partnerships, has made two senior management hires and set an expansion plan in Orange County, CA. Google veterans Dave Barney and Chase Rigby have joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer…

Already under investigation and review by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet could soon face similar probes in more than a dozen states. Appearing Tuesday at the the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum (see full video above), DOJ antitrust…

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, believes a degree of regulatory scrutiny is “fair” given the company’s sprawling scale, but he insists it is “not a monopoly.” He made the comments to CBS News (see the video below) as Apple unveiled a range of new products and services at its developers conference in San Jose on Monday. On the…

Apple’s 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. The launch of the annual four-day confab always known for breaking news from the tech giant starts with CEO Tim Cook’s opening keynote address. As per usual, Apple will host a livestream of…

Roku, the emerging tech player whose streaming technology has helped power the TV industry’s great re-bundling, is planning an initial public offering it hopes will raise more than $200 million. At that price, the company is valued at about $1.3 billion. According to an SEC filing, the company plans to start trading…

Google executive Dan Fredinburg was one those killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, following the devastating 7.8 earthquake that rocked Nepal early this morning. Fredinburg served as Chief of Privacy for Google X, and headed up product management for the company’s Privacy team. His sister made the news public via I…

Perhaps it’s due to profit taking ahead of earnings season. Or maybe investors became scared early this morning when Samsung said that it expects its Q2 earnings to come in far below analyst expectations due to weakening demand for its mobile products. Whatever the reason, or reasons, traders pummeled tech stocks…

In this week’s podcast, Deadline’s executive editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom preview the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, which David L. will be covering in Las Vegas. Among the big trends the Davids say we can expect from the mammoth show: big, big TVs showing ultra-high-definition “4K” images; new tech…

Deadline Financial Editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom talk with Chris DeWolfe, CEO of SGN Games and former CEO and co-founder of MySpace, about the very big and very quickly evolving businesses of online video games and social media. The Davids also talk about the creepy-cool future of TV that is just around…