States Demand That Google, Apple Raise Content Ratings for TikTok
TechAttorneys general warn of legal action if app stores don’t classify it as for mature audiences Source link
Cloud Computing
FTC’s Tussle With Microsoft Puts Spotlight on Cloud Gaming
TechWhile cloud gaming is a small part of the videogame market, industry participants expect it to become more influential Source...
TikTok Is Sued by State of Indiana, Accused of Targeting Young Teens With Adult Content
TechSuits come as states push back against the platform, citing worries over its influence on children and security concerns related...
Kanye West to Buy Parler, a Libertarian Social-Media Platform, Company Says
Parler says Kanye West has agreed to buy the libertarian-leaning social network popular with conservatives, the rapper’s latest foray into...
YouTube’s Top Business Executive Leaving Company
YouTube’s top business executive, who helped build the Google unit from an upstart into a video giant, is leaving the...
Rogers Network Outage Disrupts Canada Internet Access and Bank Transactions
One of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., RCI -1.02% reported Friday outages across its nationwide network, affecting millions...
FCC Member Calls On Apple, Google to Banish TikTok
WASHINGTON—A federal communications regulator has asked Apple Inc. and Google to remove Chinese-owned TikTok from their app stores, citing the...
Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
TikTok Owner ByteDance Taps Senior Lawyer Julie Gao as CFO
SINGAPORE—ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese owner of short-video platform TikTok, appointed a senior China-focused lawyer as their new chief financial officer,...
Venture Powerhouse Sequoia Capital Names New Leader
Sequoia Capital named a new top leader, a rare transfer of power at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture-capital...
Okta Says Probe Into Security Breach Finds No Evidence of New Attack
Identity management provider Okta Inc. OKTA -7.02% said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation found no evidence of any ongoing malicious...
Amazon Profits Show Resilience Even as Labor, Supply Crunch Weigh on Results
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -7.81% said profits nearly doubled in the critical holiday period, as the company managed to control labor...
Microsoft Earnings Grew Last Quarter With Demand for Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.66% said its earnings continued to grow last quarter as its cloud-services business stayed strong.On Tuesday, the...
Google and Tech Rivals Tap Cash Reserves to Realize Cloud Ambitions
Google and its rivals are wielding a new weapon in the battle for cloud-computing market share: big-dollar investments in companies...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Targets the Health Cloud With $28.3 Billion Bid for Cerner
Oracle Corp. ORCL -4.27% on Monday announced its largest deal ever, a roughly $28.3 billion purchase of electronic-medical-records company Cerner...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
Google to Pursue Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract
Google is pursuing a massive cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense, nearly three years after abandoning a similar bid...
Microsoft Earnings Jump as Cloud Services Thrive
Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.64% continued to benefit from the global shift toward remote work as its cloud business boosted its...
Microsoft Hires Former Top Amazon Cloud Executive, Adding to Rivalry
Microsoft Corp. hired a top Amazon.com Inc. cloud veteran and ally of Chief Executive Andy Jassy, according to a company...
Internet Outage Hits Major Websites
Dozens of websites in the U.S. and Europe briefly went dark Tuesday, victims of an internal glitch at a major...
