US stocks: Pinterest deepens Amazon partnership with $4 billion cloud dealAmazon.com's cloud computing unit will provide Pinterest its custom chip processors, including Graviton and Trainium, to help scale its AI ...
04 Jun, 2026, 07.47 PM IST
The viral ‘Immortal Snail’ meme is now a ‘bizarre’ desktop game — and you only get one lifeThe ‘Immortal Snail’ meme became viral because of its simple but psychologically disturbing premise, which sparked endless debates online a...
12 May, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
India is facing a data obesity epidemic—as storage in phones fails to keep up with people’s voracious appetite for visualsIndia’s growing use of smartphones, AI tools and social media is driving a surge in demand for digital storage, with experts warning of a “...
10 May, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
Who is Hunter Peterson: Man behind the viral ‘Let’s Buy Spirit Airlines’ campaign that drew $214 million in pledged crowdfundingA viral online campaign, 'Let's Buy Spirit,' emerged after Spirit Airlines ceased operations, proposing public crowdfunding to revive the c...
07 May, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Walmart breaks its no-frills mold with in-store beauty experts and personalised adviceWalmart is bringing beauty experts to its stores. These trained staff will offer personalized makeup and skincare advice. This move aims to...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
Walmart’s beauty push gets personal with in-store consultationsWalmart is bringing trained beauty experts to its stores. These specialists will offer personalized makeup and skincare advice. This initia...
30 Apr, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
TikTok ban canceled? US-China reach framework deal, Trump and Xi to discuss on FridayTikTok US-China deal: The United States and China have reached a framework agreement that will allow TikTok to continue operating in the US...
15 Sep, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: reportsThe transition officials want to hear from the companies about their priorities and any barriers to addressing issues around the sales of d...
09 Dec, 2024, 07.47 AM IST
Snap beats first-quarter expectations, shares jump 25%Snap exceeded revenue and user growth expectations, with shares spiking 25%. Improved ad system and user interaction drove Q1 revenue to $1...
26 Apr, 2024, 08.55 AM IST
US lawmakers urge commerce department to put ByteDance on export control listThe lawmakers, led by Republican representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to commerce secretary Gina Raimondo ...
09 Feb, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
US lawmakers urge Commerce to put TikTok-parent ByteDance on export control listCFIUS demanded TikTok's Chinese owners sell their shares or risk a ban, but no action has been taken. U.S. courts blocked Donald Trump's at...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
TikTok owner bets on Resso & Lark for a Byte of India marketIndia is the world’s largest internet market after China with close to 800 million users and provides a huge opportunity for apps looking t...
12 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Hyundai and Kia settle suit over TikTok theft challengeHyundai and Kia on Friday announced a deal to settle a lawsuit filed by car theft victims after a TikTok "challenge" showed how easy it was...
20 May, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
Vietnam to conduct 'comprehensive inspection' of TikTok over harmful contentThe popular Chinese-owned application, that carries bite-sized videos, has recently allowed "toxic, offensive, false and superstitious" con...
06 Apr, 2023, 10.54 AM IST
Kylie Jenner & Kim Kardashian – Instagram’s two biggest stars – urge Meta-owned app to ‘stop trying to be like TikTok’. Could this create trouble?In 2018, when Jenner shared her disappointment over Snapchat's new layout, it tumbled its stock value.
26 Jul, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
TikTok, originally launched with 1-min limit, will now let users upload longer videos in challenge to YouTubeTikTok, owned by ByteDance in China, had bumped the cap to three minutes last year.
01 Mar, 2022, 09.37 AM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance woos India's Gen Z with RessoResso, which calls itself the world's first social music streaming app, is also looking at expanding its service to Indonesia in the the ne...
04 Mar, 2020, 08.39 PM IST