TikTok Seeks to Distance Itself From Its Chinese Owner
TikTok needs to build on its success in the U.S. to help its parent, ByteDance, capture significant advertising revenue outside of China.
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Ride-Hailing Firm Juno Quits New York
The company blamed regulations limiting the freedom of ride hailing companies for the move.
Uber CEO to Temporarily Take Over Product Team
The company is starting a search for the product chief's replacement, which one might have expected the company to start sooner.
Google Acquires Cloud Startup With Data Center Expertise
For all of its vast engineering talent, Google is still figuring out how to bridge the gap between corporate data centers and its public cloud.
Facebook Quietly Releases New Meme-Making App
The new app, made by the company's skunkworks group, is aimed at attracting younger users.
FCC Chairman Rejects Bid for Private Auction of 5G Airwaves
The satellite companies have argued a public auction would be slow and vulnerable to legal challenge.
TikTok Chief Denies Chinese Censorship Allegations
The company has good reason to mount a charm offensive, as the U.S. CFIUS is currently examining a deal that was crucial to TikTok's worldwide success.
WeWork to Start Layoffs This Week
The job cuts are just one part of the trouble office rental company's efforts to put itself on a path to profitability.
T-Mobile’s Legere Leaving
There's no word on where the executive is heading, but there are lots of companies in tech and other sectors that could use his energy and out-of-the-box thinking.
Another Three-Month Reprieve for Huawei
Putting off the ban shows how closely intertwined U.S. and Chinese tech are, and takes place as the two countries are trying to reach a trade deal.
Softbank’s Second Vision Fund Has Initial Close of $2 Billion
The new fund is off to a rocky start and investors will be watching to see if future closes bring it closer to its target of more than $100 billion.
Twitter Political Ads Ban Applies to Candidates, Not Causes
The policy isn't as clear cut as first indicated and may cause confusion about what issue ads will be permitted.
Supreme Court to Hear Google v. Oracle
The outcome of the case is likely to have far-reaching consequences for software producers, and copyright law in the age of the internet.
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Launches Facebook, Twitter Rival With No Ads
The new social media site, which hopes to offer an alternative to Facebook, relies on user contributions and carries no ads.
SEC May Investigate WeWork
Securities regulators, and possibly others, may be looking into an unanswered question: Did WeWork executives break the law as they tried to push its IPO over the line?
Google Cuts Back All-Hands Due to Leaks
The move is a sign that the company can no longer keep private what goes on in the meetings, which were once vaunted as a sign of the search giant's open culture.
Alibaba Launches Share Sale for Hong Kong Listing
The Chinese e-commerce giant's secondary listing, half a decade after its U.S. IPO, could raise $12 billion and would be good news for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s Government Turns to Online Censorship to Quell Unrest
Some fear that a temporary ban on publishing messages that incite violence will undermine Hong Kong's vibrant local media ecosystem.
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