TikTok Reportedly Could Be Sold To American Investors To Avert US Ban
US investors are reportedly considering buying the video sharing app from Chinese parent company ByteDance in an effort to save TikTok's sizeable foothold in America.
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US investors are reportedly considering buying the video sharing app from Chinese parent company ByteDance in an effort to save TikTok's sizeable foothold in America.
For months before a scam co-opting the accounts of several famous people on Twitter was revealed and quickly quashed last week, a similar scheme was being perpetrated on YouTube using images of Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Tesla founder Elon Musk and others, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday.
The detection of an Asian gypsy moth in the city of Sunnyvale has prompted an extensive survey by the County of Santa Clara Agricultural Commissioner in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture.
A massive security breach forced GEDmatch to shut down its site and exposed the DNA profiles of more than a million people who use the online service to law enforcement agencies.
If wanderlust is getting the best of you during the coronavirus pandemic, United Airlines is having a mid-summer fare sale with no change fees, so you can at least dream about taking a vacation.
Bay Area-based Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk continued their winning streak Wednesday, reporting second-quarter net income of $104 million to mark the first time the company has reported four consecutive profitable quarters.
Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to QAnon, a group known for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation online.
Slack is ratcheting up its battle with Microsoft, filing an antitrust complaint in the European Union against its rival.
The response is part of Facebook's new policy, announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last month, to label posts about the November election.
LinkedIn is cutting about 960 jobs — roughly 6% of its global workforce — as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on the job market.
In a study comparing the carbon footprint of rich and low-income households in the U.S., San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood stood out as the greenest zip code and California was the greenest state in the country.
Using the same first stage that helped launch two astronauts on a May flight to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Falcon 9 roared to life and powered a communications satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Monday afternoon.
Leading Silicon Valley Internet companies have been largely shut out of China for years but, in 2020, the biggest names in U.S. tech have invested around $17 billion in India.
A lot of people will be going outside to see Comet NEOWISE this weekend, as the rare spectacle makes its first appearance in nearly 7000 years in the twilight sky. Anybody with a camera or a scope can try to snap a photo, but it won't be easy to find.
