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Google

Multinational American technology company
April 2025 Google DeepMind announced Lyria, a text-to-music model, and Chirp 3, a voice-cloning feature capable of synthesizing speech in approximately 35 languages, at the Google Cloud Next Conference.

Amazon

American multinational technology company
April 29 2025 Amazon Prime Video debuts 'Wear Whatever the F You Want', an English reality series.

Apple Inc.

American multinational technology company
April 2025 VISA offered a $100 million upfront payment to replace Mastercard as Apple Card's payment network issuer, following Goldman Sachs' plans to exit the consumer lending business.

Yandex

Russian multinational technology company
September 2024 The Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia fined Yandex Taxi GEL 4000 for illegally transferring personal data of Georgian users to Russia.

BlackRock

American investment company
February 2025 A group of 17 U.S. state attorneys general criticized BlackRock for making improper or inadequate disclosures about investments in China.

The Boring Company

American infrastructure and tunneling company
February 2025 The Boring Company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Roads & Transport Authority (Dubai) to build the Dubai Loop, a tunnel transportation system with an initial plan of 11 stations to transport 20,000 passengers per hour.

Tesla, Inc.

American electric vehicle and clean energy company
April 2025 Eight US state treasurers send a joint letter to Tesla's board, requesting more effective supervision of Elon Musk due to concerns about his political activities.

Nvidia

American multinational technology company
April 16 2025 Launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, the first consumer GPU in the RTX 50 series to utilize PCIe 5.0 interface and GDDR7 video memory. It features a TSMC 4N process, 21.9 billion transistors, and a 181 mm2 die size, with a base core clock of 2407 MHz and a boost core clock of 2572 MHz.

New Relic

Technology company
December 2023 New Relic announced Ashan Willy, former Proofpoint, Inc. CEO, as its new CEO.

WWE

American professional wrestling and entertainment company
April 22 2025 Noam Dar becomes a record four-time NXT Heritage Cup champion by defeating Lexis King on NXT.

McDonald's

American fast food restaurant corporation
March 2025 The Equality and Human Rights Commission wrote to all 1,400 McDonald's branches, warning them to comply with legal duties or face potential enforcement action.

Alphabet Inc.

American international technology conglomerate
December 10 2024 Alphabet unveiled its new quantum computing chip 'Willow', which solved a complex problem in five minutes – a task that would take a classical computer longer than the age of the universe. The announcement caused Alphabet's shares to rise about 5%, with the stock up 25% for the year.

PayPal

American multinational financial technology company
March 2025 Google updated extension terms and conditions to explicitly disallow extensions claiming affiliate commissions without providing discounts. In response, Honey updated their extension to stop claiming affiliate revenue when no discount is available.

Walmart

American multinational retail corporation operating department stores
January 13 2025 Walmart unveiled a new logo designed by Jones Knowles Ritchie and Landor, featuring a redesigned spark and a new custom wordmark 'Everyday Sans'.

Meta Platforms

American multinational technology conglomerate
April 2025 Meta was fined 200 million euros ($230 million) for breaking the Digital Markets Act by imposing a 'consent or pay' system that forces users to either allow personal data use for targeted ads or pay for an ad-free subscription.

SpaceX

American private spacecraft company
March 7 2025 SpaceX launched another Starship rocket from Texas, with contact lost minutes into the test flight. Preliminary investigation revealed an oxygen leak, sustained fires in the aft section, causing engine shutdown and self-destruction.

A24

American independent entertainment company
April 25 2025 A24 to release an untitled film about a girl's quest to return a baby magical creature to its kind.

UKG

American software company
July 2024 Jennifer Morgan, former SAP Co-CEO, replaced Christopher Todd as chief executive officer of UKG.

Chery

Chinese automobile manufacturing company
April 2025 Chery released the Kunpeng Super Hybrid CDM/CEM, the Global Hybrid Technology Standard Declaration, and the Hybrid Technology Open Source Plan.

Wells Fargo

American multinational banking and financial services company
February 28 2025 The Wells Fargo History Museum in San Francisco held its final day of operation, marking the end of the museum's long-standing presence at the company's corporate headquarters.

LVMH

French multinational luxury goods conglomerate
January 2025 Over 100 Olympic medalists requested replacement medals due to the poor quality of the medals created by Chaumet, a subsidiary of LVMH.

Volkswagen Group

German multinational automotive manufacturing corporation
February 2025 Volkswagen's market capitalization was valued at US$50.5 billion, highlighting the company's significant financial standing in the automotive industry.

The Walt Disney Company

American multinational mass media company
April 2025 Announcement made to relaunch Disney Jr. in the Netherlands, set to replace Disney XD on May 1.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

American mixed martial arts promotion company
March 24 2025 The acquisition of Endeavor by Silver Lake was completed, finalizing the ownership transfer of TKO and UFC.

Nike, Inc.

American athletic equipment company
January 2024 Phil Knight remains the largest individual shareholder of Nike, owning 17.4% of the company's shares in early 2024.

Palantir Technologies

American software and services company
November 14 2024 Palantir announced its stock listing transfer from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market, effective November 26, 2024.

Nintendo

Japanese video game company
April 2025 Nintendo Music adds soundtracks for F-Zero and F-Zero X.

Tata Group

Indian multinational conglomerate
October 10 2024 Tata was given a state funeral where his last rites were conducted at the parsi crematorium at Worli. He received military honors including a 21-gun salute and a ceremonial guard of honour from the Mumbai Police.

Starbucks

American multinational coffeehouse chain
January 2025 Starbucks ended its 'open-door policy', now requiring customers to make a purchase to use restrooms and seating areas.

Wagner Group

Russian private military company
November 21 2024 At least seven Wagner soldiers were killed by al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM in an ambush on a convoy in the Mopti region of Mali.

General Motors

American multinational automotive company
December 4 2024 Ideanomics filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, with plans to sell all of its assets, including VIA Motors.

Samsung

South Korean multinational conglomerate
April 2025 The Galaxy S20 series reached its end of life with the March 2025 security patch, while the S20 FE continues to receive quarterly security updates.

Panasonic

Japanese multinational electronics corporation
December 13 2022 Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. and Lucid Group, Inc. entered into multi-year agreements to supply batteries for Lucid's electric vehicles.

Intel

American multinational technology company
April 2025 Chief Marketing Officer Brett Hannath announced a new marketing campaign—'That's the power of Intel Inside'—to showcase Intel products across different markets and industries.

Equinix

Internet and data center company
February 2025 Equinix collaborated with designer Maximilian Raynor to create a dress from repurposed data center equipment, revealed at London Fashion Week pre-show.

Royal Enfield

Indian motorcycle manufacturing company
October 31 2024 Royal Enfield officially releases the Interceptor Bear 650, a scrambler-styled variant of the INT 650 model with enhanced off-road capabilities, new design elements, and updated technological features.