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    Dave Lee is San Francisco correspondent for the Financial Times, primarily covering ecommerce and the gig economy. His main companies of interest are Amazon, Uber and Airbnb. He is also a regular contributor to FT Magazine, where he writes about societal impacts of new technologies. He has covered the technology industry for more than a decade, joining the FT in 2020 having previously been the BBC’s Silicon Valley correspondent. He graduated from the University of Lincoln.

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    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon’s big dreams for Alexa fall short

      Teams working on the ecommerce giant’s voice assistant have been hit hard by the largest cuts in company’s history

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon pauses construction on its second headquarters in Virginia

      Ecommerce company is looking to cut costs after years of heavy investment

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      YouTube Inc
      YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki to step down

      Longtime Google employee had overseen the video site’s transformation into a digital content giant

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Amazon.com
      EU set to investigate Amazon’s $1.7bn purchase of Roomba-maker

      Regulators have privacy concerns over acquisition of iRobot in sign of growing scrutiny of Big Tech dealmaking

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Airbnb Inc
      Airbnb earnings surge as foreign travel rebounds

      A jump in cross-border trips and looser China Covid restrictions accelerate travel recovery

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon chief vows to ‘go big’ on physical stores

      Andy Jassy says ecommerce giant will double down on grocery despite recent stumbles

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can this man turn Amazon around?

      Plunging market value, falling revenue, lay-offs — Andy Jassy has a daunting in-tray

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Lyft Inc
      Uber surges further ahead of rival Lyft in ride-share race

      Lyft acknowledges profits will fall as it tries to catch up in increasingly lopsided battle

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Uber Technologies Inc
      Uber extends post-lockdown streak with strong rideshare and food delivery demand

      Company says it has overcome driver shortage but freight segment remains weak

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      Elon Musk
      Musk wins investor lawsuit over Tesla ‘funding secured’ tweet

      Verdict is a victory for billionaire chief executive of electric-vehicle maker

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Big tech
      Big Tech groups disclose $10bn in charges from job culls and cost cutting

      Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reveal hefty price tag as they rein in spending

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon posts solid sales but softer cloud growth

      Ecommerce company warns of ‘uncertain environment’ as economic worries prompt budget cutbacks

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      US gun violence
      Suspected Los Angeles gunman takes own life after 10 killed at dance hall

      Attack at lunar new year party in Monterey Park was deadliest mass shooting in US since Uvalde school massacre

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Salesforce.com Inc
      Elliott takes multibillion-dollar activist stake in Salesforce

      Pressure mounts on Marc Benioff’s software group after Starboard Value fund calls to boost profit margins

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Elon Musk
      Elon Musk plays down influence of his tweets on Tesla’s share price

      Electric-car maker’s CEO begins testifying in investor lawsuit over claim to have ‘funding secured’ for go-private deal

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Elon Musk
      Musk made ‘split-second’ decision on Tesla tweet after FT report, lawyer says

      Jurors hear opening arguments in investor lawsuit over billionaire’s messages about taking carmaker private

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Elon Musk
      Musk’s Tesla ‘funding secured’ trial to begin after jury selected

      Opening arguments set for Wednesday over investors’ claims billionaire misled them about taking electric-car maker private

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon plans to cut 18,000 jobs to rein in costs

      ‘Difficult’ reductions will hit ecommerce company’s online stores business, chief executive Andy Jassy says

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Elon Musk
      Head of Saudi Arabia wealth fund subpoenaed over Musk’s Tesla tweet

      Demand comes in litigation brought by Tesla investors unhappy over ‘funding secured’ tweet in 2018

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      Cloud computing
      Big Tech under pressure from cost-conscious cloud customers

      Microsoft, Amazon and Google adjust to slowing growth in one of the tech industry’s hottest categories

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Subscription box companies struggle to adjust to life after lockdowns

      Ecommerce retailers such as Blue Apron and Stitch Fix try to regain momentum after pandemic boom fades

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Amazon.com
      Amazon hit by ECJ ruling on online sale of counterfeit goods

      Case related to knock-off Louboutin shoes sold by third parties may lead more brands to challenge US ecommerce giant

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk seeks to sell Twitter shares in search of new funds

      Investors approached to purchase stock at $54.20 buyout price as social media company bleeds cash

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk suspends US journalists’ Twitter accounts

      Billionaire owner of social media platform cites sharing of location information about his private jet

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Elon Musk
      Elon Musk offloads another $3.6bn of Tesla stock

      Billionaire has sold $23bn of stock in EV group since announcing Twitter takeover

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