Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes he had a verbal agreement in place with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund to help finance a plan to take the auto maker private, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Besides bumping skill ratings, pro players also want their avatars in Madden NFL to be more attractive; ‘I looked like a thumb,’ one complained.

Razor USA kicked off the last big scooter fad in America nearly two decades ago, now the California company is racing to catch up in a new scooter boom, hoping for a second act in a crowded market for shareable electric rides for adults driven by high-octane startups and torrents of venture capital.

Millennials outsource life—cleaning, social planning, even shampoo—to housing startups. Visit Scott Levine, who is part of a growing phenomenon that tech and real-estate companies are hoping to cash in on: co-living.

Election machines used in more than half of U.S. states carry a flaw disclosed more than a decade ago that makes them vulnerable to a cyberattack, according to a new report.

Securities regulators sued Elon Musk for fraud and sought to remove him from Tesla, raising doubts about the future of an electric-car maker synonymous with the audacious entrepreneur.

Blue Origin, the space-transportation company run by Jeff Bezos, has won a contract to provide engines for a potential rival’s next-generation rocket, vaulting Mr. Bezos into the lucrative market for Pentagon satellite launches.

Beijing is increasingly leaning on an array of levers to extract intellectual property—sometimes coercively—say U.S. companies. China says it’s payment for market access. The phenomenon is central to the trade fight between the two countries.

A congressional hearing showed momentum behind legislative efforts to strengthen online users’ privacy, but also some resistance from tech companies leery of overregulation.

Uber executive Cameron Poetzscher, who played a key role in negotiating SoftBank’s investment in the ride-hailing firm, was disciplined after a probe found he had a pattern of making sexually suggestive comments about other co-workers.

Instagram’s co-founders increasingly clashed with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over a range of issues, including recent changes to the photo-sharing app that appeared designed to promote Facebook’s growth at Instagram’s expense.

Changing styles and haircuts can throw off the increasingly popular facial-recognition technology on devices, leading users to wonder what’s so wrong with how they look; “It was an existential crisis.”

Verizon, looking to trim its workforce, has offered early-retirement packages to thousands of staff, as part of a broader cost-cutting effort.

Qualcomm accused Apple of funneling proprietary information to rival chip maker Intel, broadening a long-running legal battle.

After selling Instagram to Facebook, Systrom vaulted the platform past Snapchat and had been gearing up to take on YouTube. WSJ. Magazine interviewed the CEO before he announced his resignation.

Silicon Valley tech giants can’t be trusted to police themselves and should be subject to tougher regulation, including around their pattern of acquiring competitors to accumulate ever-larger stores of user data, according to a critical new report released Monday.

New web browsers present the perfect reason to test what a modern browser can do and even consider making a change.

Two of the newest iPhones hit stores Friday, with scenes of customers around the world lining up outside Apple stores. Customer turnout will go a long way toward determining Apple’s results over the next year.

Days after the Trump administration instituted a controversial travel ban in January 2017, Google employees discussed how they could tweak the company’s search-related functions to show users how to contribute to pro-immigration organizations and contact lawmakers and government agencies, according to internal company emails.

Amazon is offering makers of electronics a small chip that would let people use their voice to command everything from microwaves and coffee machines to room fans and guitar amplifiers.

Google said it continues to allow other companies to scan and share data from Gmail accounts, responding to questions on Capitol Hill about privacy and potential misuse of information in users’ emails.

The quest to offer free two-day delivery has forced retailers like Walmart and Target to spend billions on distribution infrastructure. It’s also forced smaller retailers to hand off selling, warehousing and shipping to a growing roster of startups and giants like FedEx and UPS—not to mention Amazon itself.

Google Inc. told lawmakers it continues to allow other companies to scan and share data from Gmail accounts, responding to questions raised on Capitol Hill about privacy and potential misuse of the information contained in users’ emails.

For the second straight year, Apple is starting to sell its new iPhone models at different times—but this time, the lag reflects a staggered production timeline set by the tech giant rather than manufacturing issues it experienced last year.

The U.S.-China trade fight is becoming more perilous for Apple as the Trump administration’s tariffs threaten some of its gadget sales and as China weighs retaliatory measures.

The rousing recent listing of Dutch payments company Adyen is offering investors hope that Europe’s tech scene is finally fertile enough to generate a stream of successful startups.

Amazon.com is investigating internal leaks as it fights to root out fake reviews and other seller scams from its website.

Hiding behind fake profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn, a group linked to Pyongyang solicited information-technology work, then stiffed its subcontractors, a WSJ investigation shows. The technique, replicated more widely, could be bringing millions of dollars in hard currency to the country.

Hiding behind fake social-media profiles, a group linked to Pyongyang solicited information-technology work, then stiffed its subcontractors, a WSJ investigation shows. The technique, replicated more widely, could be bringing millions of dollars in hard currency to the country.

Facing political backlash over Amazon’s growing market dominance, Jeff Bezos said that while big companies deserve to be scrutinized, politicians shouldn’t “vilify” them.

Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos and his wife are committing $2 billion to fund a new charitable organization dedicated to helping the homeless and educating preschoolers.

Apple’s smartwatch got its first major redesign—an improvement—but the real reason people will buy it will be its potentially lifesaving health-monitoring features.

The U.S., China, South Korea and Japan are all chasing a big payoff from winning the battle for the wireless future.

The signature features of Apple’s new iPhones—bigger screens and dual-SIM support—speak directly to demands in the all-important China market. Chinese rivals already offer similar features for less money, however.

The bubble around self-driving cars is turning into a ‘trough of disillusionment, with