March 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is set to receive a roughly $10 billion fee from investors in the recently completed deal to take control of TikTok's U.S. business, the ...
Sept 25 (Reuters) - A group of three investors, including Oracle (ORCL.N), opens new tab and private-equity firm Silver Lake, will take a roughly 50% stake in TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the ...
Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...
The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot. By Catherine Pearson Most American teenagers use YouTube and TikTok daily, according to a report released ...
Son Heung-Min's move from Tottenham Hotspur to Los Angeles FC has electrified the vibrant LA neighborhood of Koreatown, where fans say they still cannot believe the South Korean star was now a member of their beloved 'Black & Gold'.
Group of Seven nations' finance ministers discussed in a call on Friday further sanctions on Russia and possible tariffs on countries that they consider "enabling" its war in Ukraine, as the U.S. called on its allies to impose tariffs on purchasers of Russian oil.
Colombia's peso and stock exchange closed higher on Tuesday, in the first session since the contest to elect the country's next president narrowed to two candidates, including business-friendly construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez.
Carlyle may be in line for some unwanted political attention. The buyout firm that once employed ex-U.S. President George H.W. Bush worked for years to shed its reputation as a shrewd Beltway operator. Former Co-Chief Executive Glenn Youngkin’s election victory on Tuesday makes him Virginia’s next governor. That gives him presidential potential and puts Carlyle back on the Washington map.
Blackstone is adding music to its digital-content playlist. The private equity firm is investing $1 billion with Hipgnosis Song Management to acquire music rights and manage catalogs from stars like Shakira. Streaming music is growing and there are opportunities for tunes to be used elsewhere. Steve Schwarzman's firm looks to be hitting the right note.
In China's take on Squid Game, fraudsters are preying on the financially distressed in a slumping economy with promises of prize money, debt restructuring and other schemes that are not always what is promised.
Kunlunxin may bag a $50 bln valuation, up 17-fold in months as semiconductor shortages continue, accounting for most of its top owner’s worth. The implied 25 times sales is akin to listed rivals. But the speed and disconnect highlight how the market is running uncomfortably hot.
Australia's media regulator will be able to force internet companies to share data about how they have handled misinformation and disinformation under new laws that will bolster government efforts to rein in Big Tech.
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad will begin a trip to Silicon Valley this week with a plan to lure data centers to his country by exempting the related technology investments from federal taxes, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country's internet regulator said on Friday, a sign the measure has had a swift and sweeping impact.
Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met foreign minister counterparts from America’s closest allies in the Indo-Pacific - the so-called “Quad” with Australia, India and Japan, as aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson finished its first big 2025 training exercise in waters near the Philippines.
China is leveraging its propaganda machine to hit back at U.S. tariffs.
A video of a map depicting Earth’s continents surrounded by an Antarctic “ice wall” is a creative interpretation from an online art forum. Some posts on social media have shared it with claims it proves the Earth is flat.
Deciding who gets hurt by sweeping new U.S. curbs on selling technology to China will come down in part to what constitutes a "supercomputer," experts told Reuters.
Tencent (0700.HK) is immersing itself in video games. Mobile blockbusters powered quarterly sales of $21 billion. Upcoming titles should give boss Pony Ma some cover from regulatory threats and fierce competition from ByteDance. The respite, though, may only be temporary.
Police earlier said that 68% of the 9,600 Telegram channels and groups in Vietnam violated the law.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not post on social media platform X saying that his government was passing a “Digital Existence Act” due to the spread of a new coronavirus variant. Viral screenshots stem from an impersonator account that describes itself as parody.
Tech and competition watchdog groups have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to probe YouTube, saying the video-streaming platform could enable Google and its parent company, Alphabet , to dominate home entertainment.
U.S. President Joe Biden took jabs on Saturday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about the mental fitness of his election opponent during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the 1880s.
Zendaya wore a dark blue gown adorned with grape clusters and Lana Del Rey donned a dramatic headpiece with tree branches, two of the eye-catching looks at this year's garden-themed Met Gala on Monday.