Facebook Again Seeks Dismissal of FTC’s Antitrust Case
Getting the case thrown out would give Facebook a much needed win.
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Hulu President Departs, Eyes Peacock Job
The company has yet to announce a permanent replacement for Kelly Campbell, who is leaving effective immediately.
Global Outage Takes Down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
For the second time in seven months, Facebook is dealing with a major service outage that has rendered several services inaccessible for users around the world.
Ozy CEO Says Company Isn’t Shutting Down After All
Carlos Watson's announcement on NBCUniversal's "Today Show," is the latest in a bizarre turn of events around the digital media company.
Southeast Asia’s Grab Raises Stake in Payment Firm Ovo
The move will intensify the battle in Indonesia's digital payment market between Grab and its major rival GoTo.
Jeff Bezos Invests in Indonesian E-commerce Startup Ula
The deal marks the Amazon founder's first personal investment in Southeast Asia's fast-growing e-commerce sector.
Covid in Vietnam Delays iPhone 13 Delivery
The delays show how widespread has been the disruption to global supply chains caused by the epidemic.
Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Her Identity
Former product manager previously worked on Facebook's Civic Integrity team.
Coinbase, Compound Reveal Glitches With Customer Accounts
This is one of many recent crypto-mishaps.
Electric Vehicle Maker Rivian Files for IPO
The maker of electric pickup trucks and SUVs, which has a deal to deliver 100,000 vans to Amazon by 2025, lost $994 million in the first half of this year.
Ozy Shuts Down
Less than a week after a New York Times exposé catapulted it into the mainstream, the digital media company Ozy is shutting down.
Instacart CRO Seth Dallaire Leaves for Walmart
Walmart deals a blow to Instacart as the companies increasingly go head to head in selling advertising based on commerce data.
Biden Admin Wants to Regulate Stablecoin Companies as Banks
This kind of regulation would focus on stablecoin issuers like Circle, Tether and Paxos.
Google Scraps Plans for Checking Accounts
Google had planned to work with larger banks like Citigroup and digital banks like BM Technologies (previously BankMobile) and Green Dot.
Crypto Prices Soar After Fed Comments
The comments from Fed Chair Powell stand in contrast to China’s recent crackdown.
Zoom and Five9 Call Off Proposed $14.7 Billion Acquisition
Zoom's declining stock price has scuttled its bid to enter the call center software market, and now the question is whether it has a Plan B.
Analysts Expect Robinhood Stock to Fall, Citing Declining Engagement and Expiring Lockups
The stock trading app’s number of active users and app downloads tanked in the third quarter, according to a research report published by JPMorgan Chase & Co., citing Apptopia data.
TikTok Makes First Foray Into NFTs
TikTok is turning six popular short-form videos into NFTs.
TikTok Makes First Foray Into NFTs
TikTok on Thursday announced its first-ever move into digital collectibles known as NFTs.
Cybersecurity Fund Ballistic Ventures Targets $250 Million
Longtime security investor Ted Schlein, a partner at Kleiner Perkins, is helping raise the new effort.
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