Freebies are the key hook in new ‘streaming wars’
MAE ANDERSON
AP Technology Writer
If you make it free, will they come?
Apple, Disney and AT&T's WarnerMedia want to jump-start their challenges to Netflix by...
Twitter bans all political advertisements
RACHEL LERMAN AND BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies...
Purdue Pharma paid CEO $9M in year before bankruptcy
GEOFF MULVIHILL and TOM MURPHY
Associated Press
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma paid its CEO $9 million and its board chairman nearly $4 million in the...
Former Juul exec alleges company shipped tainted products
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Juul Labs executive who was fired earlier this year is alleging that the vaping company knowingly...
Snow jobs: In tight labor market, ski areas up the ante
LISA RATHKE
Associated Press
WARREN, Vt. (AP) — It used to be that a free ski pass was enough to lure workers to seasonal jobs...
Survey: Number of kids watching online videos soars
MARTHA IRVINE
AP National Writer
The number of young Americans watching online videos every day has more than doubled, according to survey findings released Tuesday....
A resurgence in Barbie sales helps lift Mattel’s 3Q results
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel Inc., helped by the resurgence of Barbie and other iconic toys, on Tuesday reported third-quarter...
Concert promoters turn away from facial recognition tech
MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Concert promoters in the U.S. are stepping back from plans to scan festivalgoers with facial recognition technology,...
Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware
FRANK BAJAK
AP Cybersecurity Writer
Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in U.S. federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users...
US stocks cap wobbly day of trading with modest losses
STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writers
Technology companies led stocks lower on Wall Street Tuesday as a wobbly day of trading ended with...