Verizon extended its waive of fees on international calls, texting and roaming to and from Ukraine and surrounding countries Wednesday, adding to a growing list of companies that are distancing themse...
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Oracle will hold TikTok user data in the US
TikTok will continue to exist in the US, but user data will be retained by Oracle and will not cross US borders. In theory. US, the agreement with Oracle for TikTok According to Reuters, TikTok is clo...
Pfizer, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan—Here Are The Companies Cutting Ties With Russia Over Ukraine Invasion
Drugmaker Pfizer said Monday it would donate all profits from its Russian subsidiary to humanitarian aid in Ukraine and will no longer do “business as usual” in Russia, adding to a growing list of com...
Youtube, Disney, Goldman Sachs—Here Are The Companies Cutting Ties With Russia Over Ukraine Invasion
Youtube expanded its actions against Russia Friday, adding to a growing list of companies including JPMorgan Chase and Disney that are distancing themselves from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. ...
Fake News Law Has Forced TikTok To Suspend Livestreaming In Russia
TikTok announced on Friday that it has halted live broadcasting and new material on its site while it considered the ramifications of a new fake news law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on ...
NHL Kicks Off New Partnership With TikTok At 2022 Stadium Series In Nashville This Weekend
The NHL’s Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series weekend at Nissan Stadium in Nashville will … [+] include the launch of the TikTok Tailgate Stage as part of a new league partnership. (P...
Privacy Changes To Google Cross-App Tracking Could Stir Stocks
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Key Takeaways Google Play will introduce stricter privacy policies for users Major tech companies like Facebook could take a hit if they don’t come up with new...
Why the U.S. is facing a paint shortage
Demand for raw materials in the paint industry soared over the pandemic as quarantined consumers took to DIY projects and home improvement. But supply just couldn’t keep up. “The raw-mater...
Gary Vaynerchuk Tackles Myths About TikTok, Talent And NFTs
When Gary Vaynerchuk sees an opportunity to build something, he goes all-in. In 1996, that meant helping his dad’s liquor store in Springfield, NJ by creating an e-commerce site called Wine Library. A...
A $500 Billion Market In 2022 As Amazon, Google, Facebook, TikTok Jump In?
Livestream shopping is projected to rake in a massive $480 billion in China this year, according to eMarketer, but only $11 billion in the United States, according to Foresight Research. That could ch...
TikTok owner ByteDance dissolves its investment arm
TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. Dado Ruvic | Reuters BEIJING — TikTok owner ByteDance has disbanded its invest...
India-Based TikTok Competitor Chingari Closes $15 Million Funding Round
One of the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx, has invested in the short-video platform Chingari which announced raising $15 million in a funding round. As part of OKEx’s strategic ...
Indian TikTok Rival Chingari Raises $15M Round Led by Republic Capital: Report
Chingari, an Indian short video platform akin to TikTok, has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Republic Capital, the private venture arm of investment firm Republic, according to a report b...
90 Day Fiancé Star Sells Her Farts In Jars Then Suffers Health Scare
Stephanie Matto (L), seen here with “Reality Check” host Daryn Carp, recently gave up her business … [+] of selling her farts in jars after a trip to the hospital. (Photo by Manny Ca...
The New Model For Legacy Food Brands Is Flawed
“The biggest surprise this year is that consumption of packaged foods remained elevated despite mobility returning and food-service establishments regaining customers.” that according to Robert Moskow...
Opinion: Meta CFO cries ‘wolf’ again with bleak Facebook outlook — but he may be right this time
Chief Financial Officer David Wehner has warned of impending financial doom at Facebook so many times that this column has dubbed him “the Chicken Little of Silicon Valley.” But this time, the sky may...