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Didi app takedown may hit revenue, other US-listed Chinese firms probed
Ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc said a regulatory order that its app be removed from app stores in China could hurt revenue, while other newly US-listed Chinese firms also found...
China orders Didi app downloads suspended over data violation
China’s cyberspace regulator has said that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering Didi Global Inc’s app after finding that the ride-hailing giant had ill...
Pro-Trump app hacked on launch day as half million sign up
A social media site launched on Sunday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former US President Donald Trump, was briefly hacked, and more than 500,000 people have registered to us...
Google reports soaring attrition among Black women
Workers identifying as “Black+” or “Latinx+” left Alphabet Inc’s Google at higher rates last year than in 2019, the company has said.
Big Tech wins two battles in fight with US antitrust enforcers
Facebook Inc won two big fights with antitrust enforcers – and joined the $1 trillion club for market capitalization – as a federal judge threw out two lawsuits against...
Language-learning app Duolingo files for US IPO, reveals revenue surge
Language-learning app Duolingo Inc has filed for a US initial public offering and revealed that its revenue more than doubled in the first quarter this year.
Dingdong valued at $6.6 billion as shares rise 19% in NYSE debut
Shares of Dingdong, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund II, opened 19% above their offer price in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange, giving the Chinese grocery app a valuation ...
White House order pushes antitrust enforcement throughout US economy
The Biden-Harris White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry...
US panel votes yes on ‘break ’em up’ antitrust bill
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to require Big Tech platforms to choose between running a platform and competing on it, wrapping up two days of votes that...
French court sets date in Apple case over App Store developer contracts
A French court has set on the 17th of September as the date for hearing a case brought by the finance ministry against Apple over allegedly abusive contractual terms imposed by the...
US House panel approves higher merger fees and bigger enforcement budgets
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to approve a bill to increase the budgets of antitrust enforcers and increase fees on the biggest mergers as the panel con...
Pressure: US removes TikTok and WeChat from prohibited transactions list
The US Commerce Department announced it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to ...
German competition watchdog launches Apple investigation
Apple became the fourth major digital company to face closer scrutiny from Germany’s antitrust watchdog after the cartel office said it had launched an investigation into whe...
Facebook’s ‘Neighborhoods’ faces crowded niche market, profiling concerns
When Facebook began testing its new “Neighborhoods” feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a dedicated place for peop...