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TikTok owner ByteDance announces China leaders, targets 100,000 global headcount
Beijing, China-based ByteDance, owner of global short video hit TikTok, has appointed new heads for its China business and set a goal to nearly double its global headcount to 100,000 by the end of...
Communication & Collaboration
Twitter labels edited video clip of Biden retweeted by Trump as manipulated media
Twitter Inc has used its new "manipulated media" label for the first time on a video clip of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was later retweeted by President Donald J Trump.The video,...
Covering Bases Blog
UK to consider opposition to digital tax in pursuit of trade deal with the US
The British government has said that it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to...
Mobile & Infrastructure
T-Mobile owner sets sights on becoming dominant in the United States
Deutsche Telekom is aiming to become market leader in the United States, Chief Executive Tim Hoettges has said, now that a deal for its T-Mobile US unit to take over Sprint is within reach.
Striking...
Mobile & Infrastructure
Huawei urging suppliers to break the law by moving offshore
China's tech giant Huawei has been encouraging its suppliers to violate US law by telling them to move operations offshore in a bid to avoid US sanctions, Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross told told...
Communication & Collaboration
Senate Democrats unveil privacy bill
WASHINGTON - Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc if they mishandle users' personal data.The measure comes at a time...
Platform News
Chicago approves traffic congestion tax on ride-hailing services
CHICAGO - A proposal to combat traffic congestion in Chicago by increasing taxes on certain ride-hailing trips won city council approval on Tuesday as the city and ride providers accused each other of...
Research and Analysis
Technology Adoption in the US
This data visualisation details the rates of adoption of a range of new technologies in the US, measured as the percentage of households with access or adoption over time, which in this case is...