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  • HOLD FOR MORGAN Microsoft Surface equipment lies on the turf before an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in Atlanta. Microsoft earnings are reported on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/John Amis)Tech

    Recession-proof Microsoft shares are plunging because people aren’t buying PCs

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk’s Twitter account is displayed on the screen of an iPhoneTech

    Here’s what could throw Elon Musk’s Twitter deal off track, again

    By Tom Krisher, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • BOCA CHICA BEACH, TX – AUGUST 25: SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites. (Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)Finance

    Elon Musk’s U-turn on buying Twitter is just the first step. Here’s what’s next with the trial and funding the deal

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. Twitter wants a Delaware court to order Elon Musk to buy the social media service for $44 billion, as he promised back in April. But suppose a judge makes that ruling and Musk balks? The Tesla billionaire’s reputation for dismissing government pronouncements has some worried about how he’d react to an unfavorable ruling of the Delaware Court of Chancery, known for its handling of high-profile business disputes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Tech

    Elon Musk could lose his Twitter case in Delaware. But what happens if he refuses to pay up?

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conferenceTech

    Elon Musk debuts humanoid Tesla robot to cheering crowd but AI experts aren’t impressed: ‘Next level cringeworthy’

    By Tom Krisher, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Delaware judge allows Elon Musk to include evidence from Twitter whistleblower but denies request to delay trial

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • US actress Kiki Layne arrives for the Disney+ premiere of “Chip’n Dale: Rescue Rangers” at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles, May 18, 2022. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Disney+ ad-free subscription price to rise in December

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla’s design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun!” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)Tech

    Elon Musk’s big plans for Twitter: What we know so far

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Air passengers navigate busy holiday travel crowds in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

    Winter storms and COVID cancel more than 5,300 flights in the U.S. over the New Year’s weekend

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Dr. Frida Polli, co-founder and CEO Pymetrics, demonstrates AI technology used to assess job skills during an interview with The Associated Press at the Pymetrics headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Careers

    A new bill would limit employers’ use of A.I. hiring tools to recruit New York City applicants

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 29: In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 29, 2021 in Paris, France. On October 28, during the Facebook Connect virtual conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change of Facebook, believing that the term Facebook was too closely linked to that of the platform of the same name, launched in 2004. It is now official, the Facebook company changes its name and becomes Meta. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook is ending its controversial face recognition system, delete faceprints of more than 1 billion users

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • REDMOND, UNITED STATES &#8211; 2021/04/27: A logo marking the edge of the Microsoft corporate campus in Redmond, United States.<br /> The company announced its Q2 earnings on 27th Apr 2021. (Photo by Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Targeting of Americans’ data ‘routine’, says Microsoft exec

    By Eric Tucker, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • ILLUSTRATION &#8211; 22 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mannheim: A woman is working in her apartment in front of a computer at a high desk.Tech

    Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • In this April 14, 2021 image provided by Wing LLC., Girl Scouts Alice Goerlich, right, and Gracie Walker pose with a Wing delivery drone in Christiansburg, Va. The company is testing drone delivery of Girl Scout cookies in the area. (Sam Dean/ Wing LLC via AP)Tech

    One Virginia community is having Girl Scout cookies delivered to their doorstep by a drone

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • 26 March 2021, Bavaria, Munich: The Microsoft logo hangs on the facade of an office building in Parkstadt Schwabing, in the north of the Bavarian capital.Tech

    Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for U.S. Army

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press