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  • Eric SchmidtTech

    Eric Schmidt on buying TikTok: ‘I looked at it for a while,’ but the government should regulate instead

    By Alex Barinka, Caroline Hyde, and others
  • TikTok content creators protest banTech

    TikTok eyes removal of exec in charge of placating U.S. government after House passes divest-or-ban bill

    By Jennifer Jacobs, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • TikTok CEO Shou Chew prepares to testifyPolitics

    Congress puts TikTok divest-or-ban bill on fast track, could become law in days

    By Steven T. Dennis, Alex Barinka, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc. introduced its latest lineup of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the virtual and augmented-reality industry just ahead of Apple Inc. pushing into the market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth just soared $28 billion in one day after Meta’s shares went on a tear

    By Alex Barinka, Jack Witzig, and others
  • Person buying item from TikTokTech

    TikTok tests feature to make every post shoppable as social media giant moves to create multibillion-dollar e-commerce business

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 17: Sheryl Sandberg attends the 2022 Women’s Media Awards at Mandarin Oriental Hotel on November 17, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)Tech

    Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta’s board, cutting her last tie after joining in 2008 as Mark Zuckerberg’s chief lieutenant

    By Alex Barinka, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc. introduced its latest lineup of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the virtual and augmented-reality industry just ahead of Apple Inc. pushing into the market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Meta’s talk of uncertainty next year and ‘volatility in the macro landscape’ sends its shares tumbling

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • The TikTok logo is seen in this photo illustration on 22 August, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Retail

    TikTok’s new shopping hub and would-be rival to Amazon is filled with cheap goods from China and possible counterfeits

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 30: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. The New York Times held its first in person DealBook Summit since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with speakers from the worlds of financial services, technology, consumer goods, private investment, venture capital, banking, media, public relations, policy, government, and academia. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Tech

    Influencers making big money mock Amazon’s offer of $25 per video to recruit them

    By Alex Barinka, Spencer Soper, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The Federal Trade Commission claims Meta’s plan to buy the competitor will give it an unfair advantage in the burgeoning VR market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Mark Zuckerberg tries to reassure employees that Facebook’s parent has an A.I. strategy after cutting 10,000 jobs

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The Federal Trade Commission claims Meta’s plan to buy the competitor will give it an unfair advantage in the burgeoning VR market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Mark Zuckerberg turns the screw on remote work by requiring Meta employees to be in the office 3 days weekly to help them ‘do their best work’

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • CULVER CITY, CA – OCTOBER 13: General view of the TikTok headquarters on October 13, 2020 in Culver City, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Tech

    Key TikTok leader trying to prevent a U.S. ban is leaving because he was given a job described as a ‘poison chalice’

    By Alex Barinka, Olivia Carville, and others
  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Tech

    Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg goes big in the chatbot wars by creating a team to build A.I.-powered ‘futuristic experiences’

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • Someone logging into TikTokTech

    South Dakota just banned TikTok from state-owned devices because of fears of a national security threat

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg
  • Snap CEO Evan SpiegelTech

    Snap is cutting 20% of its workforce while slashing investments in underperforming businesses and adding a new COO

    By Alex Barinka and Bloomberg