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Apple probed in Japan over claims it stifles App Store competition
Apple is under investigation in Japan for alleged anti-competitive behavior related to the App Store, which is the default and only source of applications on iOS devices, including iPhone, iPod...
Here come the sweepstakes for Woj's NBA protégé
The biggest NBA free agent remaining is not a player. It is NBA insider phenom Shams Charania. Charania’s contract is up next month with Yahoo Sports, sources have told The...
Yahoo hacker sentenced to 5 years in prison
A young computer hacker who prosecutors say unwittingly worked with a Russian spy agency was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for using data stolen in a massive Yahoo...
SEC slaps Altbaba with $35 million fine over Yahoo breach
US regulators fined Altaba, the company formerly known as Yahoo, $35 million on Tuesday to settle charges that kept its massive 2014 cyber security breach a secret from investors for...
The inside story of Katie Couric's Yahoo debacle
“I wouldn’t say it was an unhappy marriage, but it certainly was not fulfilling for me.’’
Ex-Trump adviser tells court he never met with Russians
Carter Page — a former foreign policy adviser for President Trump — appeared in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to press his defamation case against Yahoo and The Huffington Post....
Verizon inks five-year streaming deal with NFL
Two giant American brands each needing some good news jumped into each other’s arm on Monday — hoping the hookup could jump-start better times. Verizon and the NFL announced a...
Tumblr CEO David Karp is stepping down
Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp will step down after more than 10 years at the helm of the blogging service, he said on Monday. “My decision comes after months...
Firefox picks Google over Yahoo as default search engine
SAN FRANCISCO — Alphabet Inc’s Google reclaimed on Tuesday its spot as the default search engine on Mozilla Corp’s Firefox Internet browser in the United States and other regions as...
Marissa Mayer testimony: I don't know how Yahoo hack happened
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the Silicon Valley giant still doesn’t understand how hackers managed to compromise the information of billions of Yahoo users....
Senate subpoenas Marissa Mayer over Yahoo cybersecurity breaches
Marissa Mayer said no, no, no — but the Senate said yes, yes, yes. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have subpoenaed the former Yahoo chief executive to testify on cybersecurity breaches...
Yahoo reveals that all 3 billion users were affected in 2013 hack
Every Yahoo e-mail user likely had info swiped when the web portal was hacked four years ago. The company on Tuesday said all 3 billion of its users could have...
Tim Armstrong is looking to expand Oath into China
Tim Armstrong, CEO of Oath — the company that emerged from the combination of AOL and Yahoo and now has more than 1 billion users — is eyeing entry into...
Ex-Trump aide Carter Page sues Yahoo, HuffPost for defamation
Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page filed a defamation lawsuit against Yahoo and the Huffington Post on Thursday over a story that said he was under investigation for...
Yahoo faces nationwide litigation over massive data breaches
A judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches. Wednesday...
Ross Levinsohn named LA Times CEO after newsroom shakeup
Newspaper company Tronc Inc. on Monday named digital media veteran Ross Levinsohn to be chief executive officer and publisher of the Los Angeles Times as part of a shake-up of...
Katie Couric turned down multimillion-dollar offer from Yahoo
Couric was hired in 2013 by then-CEO Marissa Mayer, and stayed on with the company while it was sold to Verizon.
Katie Couric is leaving Yahoo
“She wants to focus on creating content,” the source said.
Starboard Value sues comScore to force annual meeting
Activist investor Jeff Smith’s hedge fund found a novel way to announce its latest target: It sued them. Smith’s Starboard Value — which has wrested changes from big companies including...
Verizon boss says 'we'll see' on merger speculation
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The chilly morning air didn’t dampen the spirits of Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam as he and other media execs did the mogul walk into the opening...