What's happening in the digital world.
The China State Administration for Market Regulation announced the recall of nearly 50,000 Tesla Model S and Model X cars.
Read more: Tesla recalls nearly 50,000 Model S and X cars in China over faulty suspension
Apple’s “other products” category has already been growing rapidly thanks to AirPods and the Apple Watch.
Read more: That missing iPhone 12 charging plug is poised to provide a boost to one of Apple’s hottest growth areas
CNBC confirmed with two separate Amazon accounts that an Apple Card used to make a purchase on Thursday had been removed as a payment option on Friday.
Read more: Amazon blames ‘technical issue’ for removing Apple Card as payment option
DOJ cites “public estimates” saying that Google pays Apple between $8 billion and $12 billion per year to be the default search engine on Safari as well as other services, such as Siri.
Read more: Apple’s services success story relies on massive payments from a single partner: Google
Forrester Research predicts consumers will get more emails, texts and push notifications than ever, as brands try to develop more direct relationships with customers amid the pandemic and economic fallout.
Read more: Expect more marketing texts and emails in 2021 than ever before
U.S. sanctions, including the blacklisting of Huawei and moves to cut the Chinese company off from key semiconductor supplies, are weighing on the results.
Read more: Huawei’s growth slows sharply as U.S. sanctions bite
An upcoming ballot measure could still undermine the entire case.
Read more: Uber and Lyft face setback in case to reclassify workers, but it’s far from over
Scaling Minority Businesses, a new field class in the Elective Curriculum (EC) this fall, aims Harvard Business School (HBS) resources straight at Black-owned businesses in greater Boston. By pairing MBA students with local businesses as consultants, teaching relevant cases, and bringing in expert speakers, Professors Henry McGee (MBA 1979), Jeff Bussgang (MBA 1995), and Archie Jones (MBA 1998) hope to make a lasting difference in the fight for racial justice and against systemic racism.
Read more: Students Pair with Local Black-Owned Businesses in New MBA Field Course
The Google complaint is far from a carbon copy of Microsoft’s, according to five lawyers involved in that earlier case interviewed by CNBC.
Read more: Lawyers who went after Microsoft in antitrust case say DOJ will have a difficult time succeeding against Google
The pandemic fueled growth in Intel’s PC business, but data center spending fell off in the quarter.
Read more: Intel drops on weak results for its data center group