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 ...
TikTok is now majority-owned by a group of U.S.-backed investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. The app's former owner, Chinese company ByteDance, retains a ...
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 ...
UpScrolled is a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text, and it aims to remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas. UpScrolled is a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text, and it aims to ...
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 ...
Snap Inc is speeding up its global expansion in countries from Mexico to Japan through tie-ups with wireless carriers and highlighting its popular augmented reality features, the company told Reuters.
The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid transit times, more than ten industry sources said.
A U.S. lawmaker's demand for trade curbs on a Chinese memory chipmaker in response to China calling products from Micron Technology a national security risk is the latest escalation of tension between the big powers.
An audio clip of former U.S. president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump issuing a “rally cry” to Britons attending a far-right protest in London is AI-generated, according to a forensic analysis tool and three experts who spoke to Reuters.
The Trump administration has put on hold an effort to blacklist Ant Group Co Ltd , the Chinese financial technology company affiliated with e-commerce giant Alibaba, following a phone call between a company executive and a top U.S. government official, four people familiar with the matter said.
Google's YouTube has settled a lawsuit brought by a minor who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, his lawyers said Tuesday, ahead of a second California trial over social media's role in the youth mental health crisis.
BuzzFeed's Marcela Martin has announced her intention to resign as president effective Jan. 12 to pursue other opportunities, the digital media firm said on Friday.
Romania's top court on Friday postponed a decision on whether to annul the first round of a presidential election until Dec. 2, after a shock result caused suspicions of interference in the campaign.
Online ad sellers added over $100 billion stock market value late on Tuesday after upbeat quarterly results from Alphabet , Reddit and Snap lifted investor optimism ahead of reports from Amazon and Meta Platforms .
Four out of five influencers on social media fail to disclose commercial content they post is advertising as required under EU law, a European Union study released on Wednesday showed.
UEFA is to launch a programme to combat online racist abuse of footballers by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms and raising awareness, it said on Sunday.
From economic pessimism to cynicism about Marxism and fears over the potential for war, Chinese and American users of RedNote took part this week in rare candid exchanges that tested the limits of censorship on the Chinese social media platform.
Shein and Temu, fast-fashion e-commerce platforms that ship merchandise from China, boosted their spending on digital ads in Europe in April, data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower showed, a shift away from the U.S. where the companies face crushing tariffs.
A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.
The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday to allow the government to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering WeChat for download in U.S. app stores pending an appeal.
A year since a Reddit-driven retail trading frenzy rocked the markets and created the 'meme stock' phenomenon, leading U.S. lawmaker Nancy Pelosi's investments have become a meme in their own right.
President Donald Trump faces an arduous task delivering on his Inauguration Day promise of a "Golden Age of America" in the face of a closely split Congress, inevitable lawsuits and recalcitrant world leaders.
Vietnam is preparing new rules to limit which social media accounts can post news-related content, three people familiar with the matter said, as authorities tighten their control over news and information sources in the country.