Asian stocks drop as Trump saps risk, dollar gainsIndexes in Japan and Australia fell as did equity-index futures for US stocks in early Asian trading. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 tumbl...
27 Mar, 2025, 06.38 AM IST
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere - or even there?This ambitious effort to protect kids from the dangers of social media won't go into effect for another year. The process of enforcing the ...
05 Dec, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
Monsters, asteroids, vampires: AI conspiracies flood TikTokFrom vampires and wendigos to killer asteroids, TikTok users are pumping out outlandish end-of-the-world conspiracy theories, researchers s...
18 Mar, 2024, 09.44 AM IST
Silicon Valley battles states over new online safety laws for childrenSocial media platforms said that some of the state laws contradicted one another and that they would prefer Congress to enact a federal law...
01 Feb, 2024, 12.11 AM IST
China is on edge as fallout from its real estate crisis spreadsChina's dependence on real estate was lucrative during what seemed like a never-ending property boom, but it has become a liability after y...
21 Aug, 2023, 07.41 AM IST
Sequoia’s split sends warning to every company doing US-China businessSequoia on Tuesday announced that its India, China and US units — which share investors and some returns — would officially become separate...
07 Jun, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
US House Republicans raise 'deep concern' on TikTok content decisionsIn March, US lawmakers questioned TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew during a Congressional hearing in what was a rare public appearance f...
11 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
Austria to join countries banning TikTok from government phonesVarious Western countries including Britain, the United States and several other European Union member states have already barred TikTok ov...
10 May, 2023, 04.53 PM IST
Irish government staff advised to remove TikTok from work devicesA number of Western countries including Britain, the US and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns.
21 Apr, 2023, 09.57 PM IST
Why it is essential for us to move beyond the binary of AI regulatory alignment versus innovationMany experts feel that this is when government needs to step in with regulation. But do we know what we want to regulate? Also, is there th...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
France bans TikTok on the staff phones of civil servants over cybersecurity concernsFrance has banned the use of TikTok on work phones of civil servants due to cybersecurity concerns.
25 Mar, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servantsFrance will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Gu...
24 Mar, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
European Parliament latest EU body to ban TikTok from staff phonesThe European Commission and the EU Council last week banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company.
01 Mar, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
30 days to remove TikTok from federal devices, White House tells agenciesByteDance-owned TikTok has said the concerns are fueled by misinformation and denied using the app to spy on Americans. The action does not...
28 Feb, 2023, 10.54 AM IST
Canadian privacy regulators launch joint investigation into TikTokThe federal privacy regulator, as well as provincial counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, will examine whether TikTok's pr...
24 Feb, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
Message in a battleIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Companies cut brand promotions in second Covid wave; Info Edge to offload Zomato shares; and Amazon to ...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
Silicon Valley welcomes the Biden presidency, but there are battles looming on the horizonThe transition comes amid a growing "techlash" as lawmakers and policymakers struggle over antitrust enforcement, social media regulation, ...
10 Nov, 2020, 04.47 PM IST