Scarlett Johansson has filed a breach of contract suit against Disney for breaching her contract. The suit claims that the studio breached its agreement with the star when it released the film on Disney+ alongside its theatrical debut. Disney responded to the suit, saying that the release of Black Widow has enhanced her ability to earn additional compensation.

Facebook has sold 4 million units of its Quest 2 headset in the U.S. to date. The company is making silicon coverings available to existing Quest 2 owners and also including new units sold going forward. Facebook began a voluntary recall of the Quest 2 earlier this week due to a risk of skin irritation from the headset's foam face shield.

Microsoft has released the first beta of Windows 11, available to those enrolled in its Windows Insider Program, which is for “highly technical users” as it has “rough edges” According to Microsoft, the beta release is less volatile, with builds being validated by Microsoft.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that the company will be building a set of connected social apps and some hardware to support them, aiming to build a maximalist, interconnected set of experiences straight out of sci-fi. The company's divisions focused on products for communities, creators, commerce, and virtual reality would increasingly work to realize this vision.

A robot in Oregon ran a 5K in 53 minutes, the first bipedal robot to use machine learning to control a running gait on outdoor terrain. The robot fell twice, once because of an overheated computer, and the second time because it was asked to turn at too high a speed.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has talked about opening up his company’s vast Supercharger network to other electric vehicles, but earlier this month, Musk tweeted that Tesla plans to do this “later this year,” and this week offered some details about how it might work.

Walmart’s investments in software and retail technologies it used to transform its business from a brick-and-mortar to one that combines both in-person and online shopping will now be made available to other retailers for the first time, allowing Walmart to potentially reach thousands of small to mid-sized retailers who will be able to tap into the same tools that one of the largest global retailers is using to run their business.

TikTok has announced a new live video features, including scheduled “events” and picture-in-picture support for iOS and Android, and group livestreams with two users. The new features are part of the company's increased efforts to push users to create and watch live videos.

Twitter has acquired the team from Brief, a news aggregator and summary app that aims to tackle many of the problems with today’s news cycle, including information overload, burnout, media bias and algorithms that promote engagement over news accuracy. Twitter declined to share deal terms, but it hopes to leverage the founders’ expertise with Brief to build out and accelerate projects in both those areas.

Shopify has made it possible for eligible sellers to sell NFTs via its platform, opening up a whole new world for e-commerce merchants. The Chicago Bulls launched its first-ever NFs, including digital artwork of NBA championship rings, selling out within 90 seconds. The move was driven by merchants asking for the ability to sellNFTs and the desire to give creators and artists another forum to grow professionally.

Many older people stay in touch during the pandemic using the phone, video calls and other forms of virtual contact to stave off isolation, but many older people experienced a greater increase in loneliness and mental health disorders due to the switch to virtual contact as a result.

Google Cloud will designate a subset of APIs across the company as Google Enterprise APIs, which will include a majority of Google Cloud APIs. The announcement is a response to feedback from customers and derision from the internet regarding Google's history of ending support for its APIs without sufficient notice or foresight.