Business

Lyft’s diversity numbers are better than Uber’s, but only slightly

This would seem to challenge the company’s claim of ‘woke-ness’

Tesla fires female engineer who made claims of ‘pervasive harassment’

Lawyer for the ex-Tesla engineer says her termination amounts to ‘retaliation’

Tim Cook reportedly urged Trump not to withdraw US from Paris climate deal

The Apple exec called the White House on Tuesday

The New York Times gets rid of its public editor to focus on reader comments

Apple, Facebook, and Google CEOs unite in opposition to Texas discrimination

Tech executives say bathroom bill targeting transgender students would be ‘bad for our employees and bad for business’

Nintendo is reportedly boosting production of Switch consoles

The company is worried about ‘customer tantrums’ this holiday season

Snap recently acquired Ctrl Me Robotics, an LA-based drone company

The company behind Snapchat is trying to develop its own hardware

Qualcomm tells court that Apple is holding its payments ‘ransom’

Now seeks preliminary injunction on Apple’s suppliers

Facebook reportedly orders original video shows from BuzzFeed and Vox

Hey, that’s us

One in five ad-serving websites is visited exclusively by fraud bots

In web advertising, bots can be more lucrative than people

Apple reportedly plans to perform 5G internet tests in Cupertino

Testing millimeter wave technology for the iPhone

Twitter is making it easier for businesses to reach people with Direct Messages

With new cards containing “call-to-action” buttons

Apple and Nokia have settled their patent dispute

Apple will resume selling Withings products at its stores under new agreement

PayPal burns Pandora to the ground in lawsuit over logo similarities

Poor Pandora can’t catch a break

Uber is charging some riders more for high demand routes

Drivers won’t necessarily see a boost in pay on those routes

Apple may face backlash in China over demanding App Store cut on tips

Putting the iPhone maker at ends with WeChat

Kickstarter is launching in Japan later this year

You can now order McDonald’s from UberEats in more than 1,000 locations

Expanding to Los Angeles and Chicago

Qualcomm sues Apple suppliers amid global patent battle

Apple has started assembling iPhones in India

The company is seeking new markets to grow its iPhone business, and India is a key target

The tech sector is leaving the rest of the US economy in its dust

Apple, Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft

Lyft and Waymo are working together on self-driving car tech

Mastercard wants to speed up chip and pin transactions with new tech in card readers

Less time in the checkout line

Merger talks between T-Mobile and Sprint are back on

Both companies think they’ve got better odds of getting a deal done under President Trump.

Uber could face federal charges over alleged theft of Waymo trade secrets

Judge denies Uber’s request for arbitration

The Syfy channel is rebooting with a new focus on science fiction fandom

The rebranding comes as the network celebrates its 25th anniversary

Snapchat is losing twice as much money as it did last year

The moment of truth

AI pioneer will advise chatbot startup that provides free legal advice to immigrants

Yoshua Bengio helped develop the field of deep learning

Apple acquires sleep-tracking hardware company Beddit

Alipay takes on Apple and PayPal with US expansion

Comcast and Charter won’t make wireless acquisitions without the other’s permission

For one year

Facebook is reportedly working to debut premium TV shows next month

‘A-list stars’ are attached

Vector successfully launches its micro-satellite with a 3D-printed part

More tests are on the horizon

iPhone graphics supplier to sell off businesses amid patent battle with Apple

Ringling Bros. will broadcast its final circus on Facebook Live

Last. Show. Ever.