Report: TikTok Deal Moves Forward with Oracle
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the wildly popular video sharing app TikTok, has rejected Microsoft’s bid to buy the app...
Millennials Connect Via Social Media Challenges During COVID-19
Bingo is back, this time among millennials and Gen Zers. To stave off boredom caused by the coronavirus quarantine and connect with others,...
Nigeria Math Teacher Offers Free Lessons on Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram
A teacher in Nigeria is offering free mathematics classes via Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram to help struggling students affected by the coronavirus lockdown. After almost six months, more than...
China Launches Data Security Initiative
China’s foreign minister announced Tuesday the start of a global data security initiative, outlining principles that should be followed in...
Robot Sloths Beat Humans In Race to Save Endangered Plants
Many robots are being developed and used these days to maximize speed so factories can efficiently make more products. One...
Facebook Removes Pages of Right-wing Group Patriot Prayer After Portland Unrest
Facebook Inc on Friday removed the pages of U.S. right-wing group Patriot Prayer and its founder Joey Gibson, a company...
Twitter Confirms Indian PM Modi’s Personal Website Account Hacked
Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked with a series...
Facebook to Halt New Political Ads Week Before US Election
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. presidential election...
Pakistan Blocks 5 Dating Apps Over ‘Immoral Content’
Pakistan has blocked access to five dating apps for their delivery of “immoral/indecent content” in the majority-Muslim nation. The state regulator,...
Amazon Wins FAA Approval to Deliver Packages by Drone
Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it...
How China Dominates Global Battery Supply Chain
After years of planning, China now dominates the world’s production of new generation batteries that are key to transitioning away...
Facebook Says Will Stop News Sharing in Australia if New Regulations Become Law
Facebook Inc said it would block news publishers and people in Australia from sharing news on Facebook and Instagram if...
US Cyber Forces Go Hunting for Election Trouble
U.S. forces are taking an aggressive approach in cyberspace ahead of November’s presidential election, aiming to wipe out threats from...
Pandemic Paves Way for Virtual Reality Education
While most parents are stressed about kids and remote online learning, some experts say expect more of that in the...
Zoom Suffers Worldwide Outages
Videoconferencing platform Zoom experienced worldwide outages Monday morning, coinciding with the first day of remote classes for many schools and...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is Fulfilling Another Steve Jobs Vision
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be...
US WeChat Users sue Trump Over Order Banning Messaging App
Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they...
TikTok says It’ll Sue Over Trump Crackdown
Video app TikTok said Saturday it will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform, which...
Facebook in India Embroiled in Political Hate Speech Controversy
Facebook’s India chief said Friday the social media giant denounces hate and bigotry in the wake of a controversy sparked...
Trump Wants Supreme Court OK to Block Critics on His Personal Twitter
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The administration...
Apple is 1st US Company to Be Valued at $2 Trillion
Apple is the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion, just two years after it became...
USAGM Funds Two Internet Freedom Projects
The U.S. Agency for Global Media announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with funding two internet firewall circumvention projects...
