A TikTok deal between the U.S. and China will give Americans six of the seven board seats and control over the popular social media app’s algorithm, the White House said on Saturday. “This deal means ...
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 ...
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 ...
This week, in the wake of widespread confusion about Trump's tariffs on China, a certain kind of video started going viral on TikTok, and then on other corners of the internet. What is it? Why, it's ...
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 ...
A video said by social media users to show Cristiano Ronaldo studying the Koran in Saudi Arabia is a digitally manipulated clip of a UK-based lookalike of the Portuguese soccer star.
The rapid spread of misleading claims and doctored images in the aftermath of a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel has put the focus on Elon Musk's X platform, which has drawn the ire of the European Union.
A package of social media tools designed to protect players from online abuse will be offered to all teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup, soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Sunday.
Pattern and its existing shareholders raised $300 million in its U.S. initial public offering on Thursday, after the e-commerce firm priced its shares within the marketed range.
Canada's Shopify Inc , beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter earnings on Thursday as more brick-and-mortar retailers opted for its e-commerce platform to tap a surge in online shopping due to the coronavirus crisis.
The Biden administration's top commerce official told her Chinese counterpart Washington is concerned about Beijing's industrial policies, the Commerce Department said on Thursday, the latest high-level exchange as the countries spar over disagreements.
Jazwares, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned maker of Squishmallows, has agreed to end a lawsuit against Build-A-Bear Workshop over its alleged knockoffs of the popular plush toys, according to a filing in Los Angeles federal court.
Apple is planning to add Apple Intelligence to its Vision Pro headset, along with an updated mode for guest users and a spatial content app as early as April, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.
ByteDance's short video app Douyin said on Wednesday that it has held preliminary talks with Dalian Wanda Group over the conglomerate's payments unit.
The European Commission on Monday said it had formally designated Meta's WhatsApp as a "very large platform" under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), making it more responsible for tackling illegal and harmful content.
Telegram Messenger said it does not know why fines against it and other major technology companies were dropped in Russia, but said it has no assets, offices or employees there.
An Indian court has rejected Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi Corp's petition against the seizure of 55.51 billion rupees ($676 million), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
ByteDance's Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, said on Friday it had received a request from Tencent to allow short videos, based on Tencent's copyrighted films and TV shows, to be shown on Douyin.
China's tax regulator said on Wednesday that it will crack down on tax evasion in its booming livestreaming industry, and will start requiring online platforms to report livestreamers' identities, income and profits every six months.
Thai B. Grimm Power Pcl and Singaporean digital infrastructure firm Digital Edge will invest $1 billion in a 100-megawatt data centre in Thailand, the companies said in a statement on Monday.
German fashion house Hugo Boss said on Tuesday it sought to expand its limited exposure to China and build brand visibility over the long run, despite a dent to its third-quarter sales from weak demand in the region.
Singapore's Sea Ltd reported a sharp rise in quarterly operating expenses on Tuesday, amid heavy spending to fend off competition in the Southeast Asian ecommerce industry, sending its U.S.-listed shares down around 25% in early trading.
Office rents in Singapore saw their steepest decline in 11 years in the third quarter, official data showed on Friday, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit leasing demand for commercial real estate in the regional business hub.
Snap will concentrate on expanding and diversifying its underperforming advertising business with a focus on augmented reality, CEO Evan Spiegel informed employees in a note on Tuesday.
Pinterest will roll out new features for brands to promote products and ideas to users, the digital pinboard company said Wednesday, part of an effort to grow online shopping on its site.