Tag: Computers and the Internet
After Deepseek, Entrepreneurship Capital Investors face questions about their bets on
Jordan Jacobs, an investor at the Entrepreneurship Capital Firm Radical Ventures, has spent in recent days raising half a dozen calls from his firm’s investors….
Why can Deepseek change what Silicon Valley believes about him
Advance of artificial intelligence that is sending shock waves through stock markets by spraying Silicon Valley’s giants and generating breathless takes over the end of…
Elon Musk, King of Video Games? Well, Maybe Not.
At first glance, the claim seems unlikely: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the CEO of multiple companies and a key adviser to…
When Google changed its advertising rules, charities paid the price
In July 2023, Google said it would no longer restrict advertisers from using trademarks belonging to other organizations. That change quickly became a headache for…
Trump signs executive order to try to delay TikTok ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay the implementation of a federal ban on TikTok for at least 75 days, although the…
TikTok, RedNote and the Broken Promise of the Chinese Internet
Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute and emotional moments after nearly 500,000 American users flocked to it last week to protest the…
Even before TikTok’s troubles, Chinese companies were wary of Washington
Chinese technology companies have long looked to the United States as a major market and source of investment. Firms such as ByteDance, the company behind…
The CIA’s chatbot stands for world leaders
Understanding leaders around the world is one of the CIA’s most important jobs. Teams of analysts comb intelligence gathered by spies and publicly available information…
Russian disinformation campaigns evaded Meta’s efforts to block them
A Russian organization linked to covert Kremlin influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political ads on Facebook, despite European and US restrictions barring companies from…
The ban on TikTok in the US is set to deal a major blow to ByteDance, its Chinese owner
Banning TikTok in the United States will create a visible hole in the social media. For ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China, it could also…