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Elon Musk said Apple Inc. AAPL -2.63% is threatening to remove Twitter Inc. from its App Store and criticized the tech giant for what he called censorship. He also said the iPhone maker has withdrawn most of its advertising spending from the social-media company.In a series of tweets Monday, Mr. Musk asked if Apple supports free speech and posted a poll asking users whether Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that…

SYDNEY—As layoffs in the tech sector mount, one highly valued startup is attempting to persuade businesses that its products offer better value when many are seeking to cut costs.Australian design-software startup Canva Pty. Ltd. hopes businesses will switch from more expensive products such as Adobe Inc.’s Creative Cloud. The risk is that potential customers, fearing a fall in revenue as the economy softens, will curb spending or even use more-limited design software available free. Founded…

Zoom has been scrambling to build up a larger base of business customers. Photo: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg News…

HP Inc. HPQ 0.75% said it would slash up to nearly 10% of its workforce with a sharp slump in demand for personal computers expected to stretch into next year. The computer and printer maker, which currently has around 61,000 employees, on Tuesday said it would part with 4,000 to 6,000 employees as part of a transformation plan that aims to achieve $1.4 billion in annualized cost savings. The company had a payroll of about 51,000…

Global companies are combining their purchasing power to help commercialize low-carbon technologies as part of their efforts to meet net-zero commitments.One of the biggest corporate spending plans announced at the United Nations climate conference, known as COP27, was the First Movers Coalition. Its 65 member companies promise to collectively purchase $12 billion of nascent low-carbon products and services by 2030 to help suppliers develop their offerings and scale up.  The money mobilized so far falls well short of what…

SINGAPORE— Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI 0.64% is halting most online game services in China in January, including “World of Warcraft,” “StarCraft” and “Diablo III,” as it and China’s NetEase Inc. NTES -0.38% end a 14-year licensing partnership.  Blizzard Entertainment Inc., an Activision Blizzard subsidiary, and NetEase failed to reach a deal to renew their licensing agreements, the…

SINGAPORE— Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY 10.78% ’s revenue declined for a second consecutive quarter as China’s slowing economy dented videogame user spending and the marketing budgets of digital advertisers. Tencent said its revenue fell 2% in the third quarter from a year earlier to 140.1 billion yuan, which is equivalent to about $19.7 billion, coming in below analyst expectations. That narrowed from a 3% decline in the previous…

Microsoft Corp. announced enhanced policies it said are meant to prevent sexual harassment and gender discrimination, in response to an independent review that outlined areas where the software giant should improve. The new policies, made public Tuesday along with a 50-page report by the law firm that conducted the review, followed an unexpected victory by activist shareholders last year when the company’s annual investor meeting passed a proposal demanding greater disclosure around…

Twitter users whiplashed by all the changes there since Elon Musk bought it have been experimenting with other sites in recent days. Mastodon is a popular choice. Some prefer Discord or Tribel.Others have landed on something a little more niche—the Matt Hancock app.…

The big technology companies that drove U.S. office demand for years as they expanded their empires are now canceling leases and flooding business districts with office space as they downsize. Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc., Lyft Inc., Salesforce. com Inc. and other tech companies are shedding millions of square feet of office space in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Austin, Texas, and elsewhere. Amazon.com…