Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, how China and the US are building the future, and more
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Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future
One way that Silicon Valley and the Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless.
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.
Sources: ByteDance plans US IPO for new global TikTok business if Trump approves deal including Walmart and Oracle, which will take less than a 20% global stake
if Trump approves. No more carved out U.S. co. https://www.cnbc.com/... @cnbcnow : UPDATE: Treasury Dept. sent major term sheet revisions to Oracle & TikTok last night to specifica...
Sources: CFIUS sent letters to Epic, Riot, and other game companies asking for information about their data security protocols involving Tencent
- Cfius sent letters to gaming companies about data security — Move is part of heightened scrutiny on Chinese companies
Sources: Trump administration is signaling that US companies can continue to use WeChat in China, and intends to prohibit downloads of WeChat in US app stores
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As tech giants renew vows to diversify their workforces, a look at why their efforts have fallen short, especially in retaining new Black and Latinx employees
Quora Inc., which runs the eponymous questions and answers website, couldn't figure this one out: Why were so many Black … Tweets: @rebeccamkern , @dinabass , @girlsintech , @paige...
As tech giants renew vows to diversify their workforces, a look at why their efforts have fallen short, especially in retaining new Black and Latinx employees
Quora Inc., which runs the eponymous questions and answers website, couldn't figure this one out: Why were so many Black … Tweets: @rebeccamkern , @dinabass , @girlsintech , @paige...
Recent pledges by Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft to diversify their workforce come after years of similar claims followed by little progress
Bloomberg : Tweets: @aarti411 , @qmatteoq , @bradsmi , @lorrainebardeen , @sbanjo , @carnage4life , and @fxshaw Tweets: Aarti Shahani / @aarti411 : Microsoft just made a concrete ...
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias
From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company. Tweets: @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @teamcoworke...
The tech industry, with an eye towards improving its reputation, is quickly pivoting to offer remedies to the pandemic crisis
Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a hig...
The tech industry, with an eye towards improving its reputation, is quickly pivoting to offer remedies to the pandemic crisis
Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a hig...
Apple removes app from the App Store that tracked Hong Kong police and protests after pressure from China, says it “violates our guidelines and local laws”
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple removed an app on Wednesday that enabled protesters in Hong Kong to track police …
As China exports its domestic standards, the US should treat China's leveraging of market access into self-censorship by US companies as trade violations
A single tweet … Reuters : TikTok's Musical.ly deal needs U.S. national security review: senator Tony Xu / TechNode : US official presses for review of Bytedance's Musical.ly acqui...
As China exports its domestic standards, the US should treat China's leveraging of market access into self-censorship by US companies as trade violations
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Blizzard is facing an intense backlash after banning a player over Hong Kong pro-democracy comments, with some fans boycotting its games
Players are boycotting games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone after a user was punished for supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong during a tournament.