Technology

SINGAPORE – Mall operator Frasers Property Retail will launch a new e-commerce marketplace in Singapore next month, allowing tenants to reach potentially more than 800,000 shoppers online amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Frasers eStore…
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LONDON – When freelance journalist Laura Walters submitted a 1,000-word article about Chinese political influence in New Zealand to her new editors at non-profit media outlet Peace Data, the response was emphatic. “I’d like to express our…
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WASHINGTON • The Russian group that interfered in the 2016 US presidential election is at it again, using a network of fake accounts and a website set up to look like a left-wing news site, Facebook and Twitter said on Tuesday. The…
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NEW YORK – Centricus Asset Management Ltd and Triller Inc are seeking to buy TikTok’s operations in the US and several other countries from ByteDance Ltd for US$20 billion (S$27 billion), according to a person familiar with the matter.…
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Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a company-wide meeting, questioning his leadership and decision-making, following a week in which the platform promoted violent conspiracy theories and…
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The net worth of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos eclipsed US$200 billion (S$273 billion) shares of the e-commerce giant climbed to a record. Forbes said it made the 56-year-old the world’s first-ever person to amass such a fortune. The move…
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The private launch industry isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, and a new $172 million Series B round of funding for China commercial launch startup iSpace indicates it could be heating up internationally. The new funding…
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NEW YORK – Apple Inc was spared from having to immediately reinstate Epic Games Inc’s Fortnite on its App Store, an early court victory for the iPhone maker in an intensifying battle over the tolls charged to app makers. But US…
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WASHINGTON – TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday (Aug 20). The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Home-sharing startup Airbnb on Wednesday (AUg 19) said it has confidentially filed with US regulators for an initial public offering. The number of shares and price has yet to be determined, according to the San…
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