Category: Mobile Applications

TikTok, Facing a U.S. Ban, Tells Advertisers: We’re Here and Confident

The company’s executives tried to reassure potential advertisers about the app’s future in the United States without directly addressing a looming ban under a federal law.
DoorDash Plans to Buy Deliveroo and SevenRooms

The multibillion-dollar acquisitions would give DoorDash an expanded global presence.
DoorDash Agrees to Buy Deliveroo in $3.9 Billion Deal

The acquisition would give DoorDash a presence in the Middle East and expand its footprint in Europe.
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13

The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
Single Travelers Are Finding Love in Airport Lounges

For some people, the calmer, semi-exclusive spaces away from the deadening realities of modern air travel have become a prime place to find romance.
On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War

Videos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices. Americans are receptive.
Discord’s Jason Citron Steps Down as CEO of the Social Chat App

Jason Citron was a co-founder of the company, which is said to be working toward an initial public offering at some point this year.
EU Fines Apple and Meta Total of $800 Million in First Use of Digital Competition Law

The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
Boeing Will Sell Its Digital Businesses for $10 Billion

The deal, with the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, will help the struggling aerospace manufacturer pay down debt and streamline its operations.
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.
How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.
How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.