TOKYO (Reuters) – Activist fund Effissimo Capital Management, the biggest investor in Toshiba Corp (6502.T), was kept in limbo by Japan’s government over a key…

Read More Exclusive: Japan kept activist investor in limbo over key Toshiba vote, sources say

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is looking for investment partners for its domestic electric vehicles business and is finalising investment plans…

Read More Mahindra seeks investors for electric vehicle business

A new slugfest has erupted between two of Silicon Valley’s biggest corporations. Apple, after repeatedly rejecting Facebook Gaming app for iOS devices, finally approved the…

Read More Facebook Blasts Apple After Facebook Gaming iOS App Approved — but Without Any Games

TikTok responded to Donald Trump’s executive order issued Thursday night — to effectively ban the app if its parent company cannot complete a sale within…

Read More TikTok ‘Shocked’ by Trump Order Banning App, Threatens Legal Action Against President’s Move

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has added more technology companies that will be obligated to apply 10% value-added tax on sales to Indonesian customers to include…

Read More Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on Facebook, Disney, Tiktok

Instagram has launched a new tool in its popular social media app – Reels. This new addition lets you share 15-second videos made from multiple…

Read More New Instagram Reels feature is designed to stop users switching to TikTok

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has added more techology companies that will be obligated to apply 10% value-added tax on sales to Indonesian customers to include…

Read More Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on Facebook, Disney, Tiktok: tax office

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has charged a director of Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd for falsifying letters related to Wirecard, the troubled German payments firm,…

Read More Singapore charges Citadelle director with falsifying letters related to Wirecard

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Washington’s plan to ban certain technologies of Chinese origin is a sign of “madness” in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, China’s…

Read More Chinese state media slams 'madness' of U.S. tech purge

(Reuters) – Homebound customers of Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) more than doubled their orders from the company’s food-delivery service in the second quarter but demand…

Read More Uber rides take COVID-19 hit but food-delivery business doubles

(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc added more monthly phone subscribers than expected in the second quarter and said on Thursday it has overtaken rival AT&T…

Read More T-Mobile's subscriber boost challenges AT&T for spot as second-largest U.S. carrier

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is seen booking a 75% first-quarter profit plunge on Tuesday, albeit making a return to profitability, as the…

Read More SoftBank seen booking 75% first-quarter profit drop as it returns to profitability

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook will give most of its workers the option to work from home until July 2021. Facebook’s move to extend…

Read More Facebook Extends Option for Employees to Work From Home Until Mid-2021

While other firms have had to resort to mass layoffs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese tech company Black Sesame Technologies plans to more than double…

Read More Chinese tech firm actively recruiting AI talent in Singapore

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly…

Read More Facebook bars pro-Trump PAC from advertising, citing repeated false posts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a bill from Senator Josh Hawley banning federal employees from using video-sharing app…

Read More U.S. Senate votes to ban TikTok app on government devices

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing five people…

Read More Microsoft aiming to buy TikTok's entire global business: FT

The hashtag #SaveTheChildren was temporarily blocked on Facebook after it was linked to a baseless QAnon theory that there’s a “deep-state” with ties to a…

Read More Why #SaveTheChildren was temporarily banned from Facebook

Epic Games, creator and publisher of the massively popular “Fortnite” game, announced a $1.78 billion round of funding — which the company says gives it…

Read More ‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games Announces $1.78 Billion Funding, Including $250 Million From Sony

SINGAPORE – While other firms have had to resort to mass layoffs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese tech company Black Sesame Technologies plans to more…

Read More Tech firm Black Sesame Technologies actively recruiting AI talent in Singapore

LAGOS (Reuters) – Henry Okolo has grown accustomed to using his phone to stay in touch with God during the coronavirus pandemic. He uses an…

Read More Nigerian startup helps local churches digitize operations

Smoking cannabis puts people at a higher risk of heart failure and heart attacks, warns a new study. Scientists found taking cannabis comes with substantial…

Read More Smoking weed ups 'risk of irregular heart rate, heart failure and heart attacks'

Kodi users worried about a security warning that appears when attempting to install the latest version of the hugely-popular media player don’t need to panic,…

Read More Latest Kodi TV threat might not be as serious as it seems

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is positioning to become an influential shareholder in a tightly regulated broadband operator it plans to create by brokering a merger…

Read More Exclusive: Italy ups the ante in its plan to create a single broadband network – sources

Google started to send out emails to a number of its users with instructions to claim a slice of a cash settlement worth $7.5million. Earlier…

Read More Google is paying out £10 to its users, but do YOU meet the criteria?

Facebook’s Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record…

Read More Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels – The Denver Post

For Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue, we interviewed TikTok stars about their lives in quarantine. At 14, Jalaiah Harmon created the most viral dance…

Read More A Joint Interview With 14-Year-Old Jalaiah Harmon, Who Invented the Most Famous Dance on TikTok, and Her Mom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wants to see “untrusted” Chinese apps removed from American app stores, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on…

Read More U.S. wants to see 'untrusted' Chinese apps removed from app stores, Pompeo says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block California’s net neutrality law, arguing that federal law preempts the…

Read More U.S. Justice Department asks court to block California net neutrality law

Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record…

Read More Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels