Most drivers with advanced auto safety technologies in their cars say the features have helped keep them out of crashes, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports.About 57% of respondents said features like automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning…

Microsoft's market dominance is extraordinary at a time when so much focus is on the immense power of Big Tech.Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple face legitimate concerns about big fines, more regulation or possibly even breakups.Both Republicans like President Donald…

1. FedEx lawsuit: FedEx is suing the US government, claiming it shouldn't be required to enforce federal export bans like the one targeting Huawei.Policing the contents of packages "is a virtually impossible task, logistically, economically, and in many cases, legally,"…

US delivery company FedEx has filed a lawsuit against the US government, arguing that it should not be required to enforce federal government export bans.The move comes after FedEx mishandled a couple of deliveries for Huawei, and failed to deliver…

Amazon's Prime Day will return for the fifth time next month, and this year the discount holiday will run for two entire days.Amazon announced that Prime Day this year will start at midnight on Monday, July 15, and run for…

Want to see how Rupert Murdoch's media empire is at work for President Trump? Look around — you can't miss it. In the past week:-- The New York Post published and then mysteriously deleted a story about Trump accuser E.…

For most of recent American history, presidential campaigns have largely overlooked the question of housing.It's subject to local zoning laws and varies too much across markets to have federal-level arguments about the topic, the thinking goes. Even after the mortgage…

Google's parent company continues its attempts to sell Toronto on its controversial vision for a utopian city neighborhood.Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation company of Alphabet, released a 1,524-page report Monday detailing plans to develop part of the Canadian city as…

Bill Gates has a resume of career highs, but he calls Microsoft's failure to become Apple's chief iOS rival his "greatest mistake."The Microsoft founder made the admission twice in recent interviews when discussing how Microsoft lost out to Google in…

An anonymous pilot is suing Boeing, alleging the company "demonstrated reckless indifference and conscious disregard for the flying public" in its development of the 737 Max.The suit also accuses the Federal Aviation Administration of joining Boeing "in an unprecedented cover-up…

Facebook pushed back on Monday against critics' calls for a break-up of the company, urging instead that policymakers develop new regulations swiftly to prevent countries such as China and Russia from "writing the new rules of the Internet."Though Facebook may…

Woody and Buzz Lightyear couldn't save Hollywood from its summer slump, and movie theater chains are feeling the pressure.Shares of AMC Entertainment fell 5% Monday to a new all-time low, the first day of trading after the opening weekend for…

Bill Gates says the US government must step up its regulation of big tech companies, whose influence in culture, business and all areas of life is becoming more pervasive."Technology has become so central that governments have to think: What does…

The US stock market has never been higher. Unemployment is at the lowest level in nearly half a century. But Wall Street is betting the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates — and the Fed doesn't want to disappoint.Failing to…

Six months ago, Verizon declared that its media brands were virtually worthless. Now it's trying to reinvent the business under a new name, with a plan to turn readers into online shoppers.Guru Gowrappan, a former Alibaba executive who took the…

Ann Sarnoff is about to become the new chair and CEO of Warner Bros. -- and the first female chief in the studio's storied history.Sarnoff's appointment was announced on Monday by John Stankey, the CEO of WarnerMedia, which is also…

A plant-based burger company from the United Kingdom wants a slice of the hot market for meat alternatives in the United States.Meatless Farm, which is based in Leeds, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Whole Foods to sell its…

Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized desktop computer that has won over millions of hobbyists. It just got a big upgrade: The first major new edition of Raspberry Pi since February 2016 launches Monday, promising faster speeds and support for…

A 30,000-square-foot cannabis museum is coming to Hollywood.Weedmaps, a Los Angeles-based cannabis technology and media company, is behind the new museum, which is aimed at destigmatizing cannabis and will open later this summer."We're at this point now where there is…

One of China's biggest tech companies is launching a new smartphone line that is designed by art majors and aimed at young shoppers.Xiaomi announced the Mi CC smartphone series — which CEO Lei Jun referred to as a "trendy mobile…

More than a dozen of the richest Americans have a message for 2020 presidential candidates: Tax us more.In a letter sent to candidates Monday, 18 members of some of the nation's wealthiest families advocated for a wealth tax on people…

Dow futures are pointing to a higher open on Monday, and that could mean that the stock index will break the all-time closing high it set last October.At Friday's close, the Dow was 0.4%, or 109 points off its record.Dow…