TikTok to Invest More Than $1.5 Billion in GoTo to Restart Indonesia E-Commerce Business
Updated Dec. 11, 2023 4:29 am ETBytedance’s TikTok will invest more than $1.5 billion in a deal with GoTo Group...
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Tech’s New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All Costs
The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon Valley learned a long-lasting lesson: how to do more...
TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy...
The Biggest Winner in the OpenAI Fiasco
Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella made a huge bet on the world’s hottest AI company. After it nearly blew up...
OpenAI’s Path Ahead Is Unclear as Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns
Updated Nov. 20, 2023 8:01 pm ETThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees...
New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear Lands at Center of High-Stakes AI Boom
Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late Sunday puts him at the center of high-stakes drama within the company...
Sam Altman to Join Microsoft Following OpenAI Ouster
Updated Nov. 20, 2023 9:10 am ETSAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft said it is hiring Sam Altman to helm a new advanced artificial-intelligence...
WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Launches Free AI Classes in Bid to Win Talent Arms Race
Amazon.com is launching a program to train millions of workers in artificial-intelligence skills as the tech giant seeks to gain...
Microsoft Temporarily Blocked Internal Access to ChatGPT, Citing Data Concerns
Microsoft temporarily blocked employee access to ChatGPT on company devices, with a notice to employees citing security concerns, according to...
WSJ News Exclusive | Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down
Bumble Inc.’s Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the company known for the female-focused dating app...
Tech Giants Spend Billions on AI Startups—And Get Just as Much Back
Updated Nov. 3, 2023 1:41 pm ETAmazon, Google and Microsoft have spent the past year investing billions of dollars in...
WSJ News Exclusive | A Harvard Prodigy Set Out to Disrupt the Legal Industry. Now, CS Disco Tries to Fix Its Culture.
Kiwi Camara is gone from CS Disco, but the legal software company’s troubles aren’t.The Harvard Law School prodigy’s abrupt exit...
WSJ News Exclusive | ‘Wait, Netflix Has Games?’ Streaming Giant Plans New Videogames Based on Its Hit Shows
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 1:11 pm ETLast year Netflix put up a billboard on Los Angeles’s Sunset Boulevard to poke...
Microsoft’s Activision Buy Extends Nadella’s Decade of Deals
Updated Oct. 13, 2023 12:17 pm ETMicrosoft closed its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the largest in a decade of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple’s Latest China Challenge: A Crackdown That Could Shrink Its App Store
Country’s push to register foreign apps threatens to remove Facebook, Instagram and X from iPhone App Store in China. Source...
Cisco to Buy Cybersecurity Company Splunk in $28 Billion Cash Deal
Networking-equipment giant Cisco Systems has struck a $28 billion deal to buy analytics and security software company Splunk. Source link
The Executive Trying to Make Microsoft Smarter About AI
Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott spearheaded the tech titan’s unlikely partnership with OpenAI. Source link
Saudi Arabia Once Banned Videogames. Now, It Wants to Export Them.
Listen to article(3 minutes)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—For years, this kingdom’s Islamic clerics waged a war on videogames, banning popular titles such...
CEO With $110 Million Pay Package Is Suddenly Out
CS Disco co-founder Kiwi Camara’s departure means he could forfeit option grant. Source link
WSJ News Exclusive | Microsoft Will Use Carbon-Absorbing Rocks to Meet Climate Goals
A deal with Heirloom Carbon is one of the largest-ever purchases of carbon-removal credits. Source link
