Dado Ruvic | Reuters Lemon8, a photo-sharing app by Bytedance, and RedNote, a Shanghai-based content-sharing platform, have seen a surge in popularity in the U.S. as “TikTok refugees” migrate to alternative platforms ahead of a potential ban. Now a law that could see TikTok shut down in the U.S. threatens to ensnare these Chinese social
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Executive Chair and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana | Reuters Microsoft plans to pause hiring in part of its consulting business in the U.S., according to an internal memo, as the company continues seeking ways to
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. says it wants to do its “own thing” when it comes to regulating artificial intelligence, hinting at a possible divergence from approaches taken by its main Western peers. “It’s really important that we as the U.K. do our own thing when it comes to
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Adam Mosseri, Facebook Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, said on Monday that the app will focus on prioritizing original and creative content in its algorithmic rankings in 2025. His comments came in a video Mosseri posted outlining Instagram’s priorities
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media interview while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S. September 25, 2024. Leon Neal | Via Reuters LONDON — The U.K is looking to build a homegrown challenger to OpenAI and drastically increase national computing infrastructure, as Prime
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. Kevin Wurm | Reuters With the levers of power in Washington, D.C., about to change hands, a raft of pro-crypto legislation is expected from Congress and the Trump administration. To date, there’s been
In this article META AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg slammed rival tech giant Apple for lackluster innovation efforts and “random rules” in a lengthy
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week that Meta would pivot its moderation policies to allow more “free expression” was widely viewed as the company’s latest effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump. More than any of its Silicon Valley peers,
In this article QCOM GLW AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple is losing market share in China due to declining iPhone shipments, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a report on Friday. The stock slid 2.4%. “Apple has adopted a cautious stance when discussing 2025
In this article SFIX AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Packages with the logo of Amazon are transported at a packing station of a redistribution centre of US online retail giant Amazon in Horn-Bad Meinberg, western Germany, on December 9, 2024. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Amazon is shutting down “Prime Try
In this article 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 26, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. posted December quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates, as the company continues
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, arrives to speak to the media with AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla shortly after the AfD leadership confirmed Weidel as the party’s candidate for chancellor on December 07, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Maryam Majd | Getty Images Elon Musk used his social network X
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed
In this article EBAY META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of the eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of eBay soared 12% Wednesday as Meta said it will allow some listings to show up on Facebook Marketplace, its popular platform connecting consumers
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits “Making Money With Charles Payne” at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024. Mike Coppola | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin slumped on Tuesday as a spike in Treasury yields weighed on risk assets broadly. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last lower by 4.8% at $97,183.80, according to Coin Metrics. The broader market of cryptocurrencies, as
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The photo illustration shows the Bitcoin cryptocurrency on November 12, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The price of bitcoin leapt back above $100,000 to start the first full trading week of the new year. The flagship cryptocurrency was
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters The U.S. political landscape is set to undergo some shifts in 2025 — and those changes will have some major implications for the
In this article TENB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amit Yoran, CEO and chairman of Tenable H/O Tenable Amit Yoran, who ushered cybersecurity company Tenable into the public market as chief executive, died on Friday. He was 54. Yoran’s passing was confirmed by Tenable in a Saturday press release. While the company said his