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How to control the ads Facebook shows you

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Christophe Morin/IP3 | Getty Images News | Getty Images Quitting Facebook is not a realistic option for many …

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Snap, Twitter and Amazon are cutting into Google-Facebook duopoly

In a week that brought earnings from the top online advertising companies, Google and Facebook showed that they still dominate the market. But smaller players are growing faster and picking up market share. In addition to Facebook and Alphabet, which control a combined 51% of the global digital ad market, …

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Amazon Q2 earnings preview

Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images After spending $800 million in recent months to speed up package delivery, Amazon is seeing some signs of growth acceleration, …

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Alphabet Q2 earnings preview

Ruth Porat, Alphabet CFO Adam Galica | CNBC Entering its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday, Alphabet’s in a bit of a slump. The stock has dropped almost 10% in the past three months, leaving it up only about 9% for the year, dramatically underperforming its mega-cap tech peers and the …

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Japan-South Korea dispute impact on semiconductor supply chain, prices

A memory module by Samsung Electronics. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest escalation in tensions between Japan and South Korea has ignited fears that the important global manufacturing supply chain for semiconductors could be disrupted — and that’s adding to worries on an already slowing world economy. …

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Why Netflix says it had a rare subscriber loss in Q2 2019

Netflix Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Reed Hastings attends a Q&A during a Transatlantic Forum in Lille, France. Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images For the first time in eight years, Netflix reported a loss of paid domestic subscribers in its second quarter earnings release Wednesday. The company reported a loss of …

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Here is what makes workers the happiest at every age

No, it is not money or opportunity that makes workers the happiest. The majority of workers consider the meaning of their work to be the most significant contributor to their overall workplace happiness. The majority of workers (35%) rank meaningfulness No. 1 in contribution to on-the-job happiness, according to the …

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Twitter is getting a makeover — here’s what’s new

Twitter’s website has been rebuilt from the ground up for the first time ever. The new look began rolling out to users worldwide on Monday afternoon. No, you still can’t edit tweets, but the new Twitter looks pretty good. The company said changes were made to create an even more …

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Snap’s stock up more than 200% from its low and is huge winner in 2019

Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the company’s initial public offering on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a rough two years following its IPO, Snap is trading within …

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Microsoft Teams passes Slack in daily users; Rajesh Jha explains why

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a fireside chat with the CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen (unseen) where they unveiled their cooperation for the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud in Berlin on February 27, 2019. Tobias Schwarz | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft’s answer to the trendy team chat app Slack has …

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