Billionaire founder of JD.com steps down as tech execs in China retreat from the spotlight
Xu Lei, the president of JD.com, will take over as CEO and join the company's board of directors, with immediate effect.
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UK targets more nuclear, wind power — and fossil fuels — in bid for energy security
The British government has called the strategy "bold," but it has drawn ire from some quarters.
Tencent shuts down its rival to Amazon's Twitch months after China blocked key $6 billion gaming merger
Tencent said it will shut down its video game streaming platform Penguin Esports, citing a change in business strategy.
China's smartphone market could plunge 20% as Covid cases spike — but Apple may see growth
Android players such as Xiaomi could fare worse than Apple which continues to fill the gap left by Huawei in the premium segment of the market, analysts said.
A VPN company just became Lithuania's second tech unicorn
Cyber firm Nord Security said it hasn't seen a significant number of new users in Russia following the country's internet clampdown.
'Amazon, here we come': Biden boosts warehouse unionization efforts
Biden previously endorsed union drives happening nationwide, but he stopped short of naming Amazon, which was in the middle of a unionization effort in Alabama.
This daughter and father founded a company to bury nuclear waste by drilling deep boreholes
Deep Isolation, founded by Elizabeth and Richard Muller, aims to use horizontal borehole drilling tech to bury nuclear waste in long, thin canisters.
This crypto fund has outperformed bitcoin for the last five years. Here’s how
In a space filled with venture investors and traders, a blockchain fund run by value managers thinks it can give investors greater returns than bitcoin itself.
We're trimming tech stocks and an automaker because it never pays to fight the Fed
We're making several more trims, targeting tech and an economically sensitive automaker due to our concerns about an aggressively hawkish Fed.
Uber looks to create travel 'superapp' by adding planes, trains and rental cars
The San Francisco-headquartered firm announced Wednesday that it is adding trains, buses, planes and car rentals to its U.K. app this year.
Elon Musk spent $2.64 billion on Twitter shares so far this year, new filing shows
Twitter said in an SEC filing on Tuesday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has purchased $2.64 billion worth of shares since the end of January.
Twitter confirms it is testing edit button after Elon Musk polls followers
The feature has been one of the most requested new features for the social networking service for over a decade
Elon Musk's Twitter board seat raises questions about his plans for the company
Analysts are already speculating whether the Tesla CEO may agitate for more control over Twitter now that he's a major shareholder and director.
Twitter shares rise after Elon Musk takes board seat
Twitter's stock climbed 2% on Tuesday after Elon Musk took a seat on the board of directors.
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors, teases 'significant improvements'
Musk took a 9.2% passive stake in the company.
Fintech stocks Toast, Affirm close down on analyst concerns about 'longer-term growth trajectories'
Toast and Affirm plummeted on Tuesday after analysts from MoffettNathanson issued words of caution.
Microsoft wants to help business customers simplify those annoying software updates
Despite its successful transition to the cloud, Microsoft still has a persistent problem when it comes to software updates. The company is trying to fix it.
Apple just announced its big annual conference starts June 6, new iPhone software expected
Apple usually unveils new iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac software at a presentation on the first day of WWDC.
Amazon signs massive rocket deal with 3 firms, including Bezos' Blue Origin, to launch internet satellites
Project Kuiper is Amazon's plan to build a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit, to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world.
There's a new way to quickly send U.S. dollars around the world with bitcoin
Lightning Labs announced it's launching the Taro protocol that will route stablecoins and other digital assets through the bitcoin monetary network.
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