States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they dig deeper into their pockets to attract big employers and capitalize on a wave of huge new projects.
Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order to sell to an American company - unless the popular social media app can convince a high-powered panel that its data security restructuring plan sufficiently guards against national security concerns.
The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday the Biden administration hasn't given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in Congress last week.
Roku announced Wednesday plans to fire 200 employees, or 6% of its workforce, as the trend of belt-tightening continues across the industry.
While their bosses are no longer around the corner, remote workers are not free from surveillance.
The leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency expressed concerns about TikTok and told lawmakers on Thursday that the U.S. needs a policy to prevent foreign powers from using tech platforms to snoop on Americans.
A pandemic-era rule change by the Department of Health and Human Services has given patients the right to access medical test results online at the same time as their doctors.
A Chinese hacking group that is likely state-sponsored and has been linked previously to attacks on U.S. state government computers is still "highly active" and is focusing on a broad range of targets that may be of strategic interest to China's government and security services, a private American cybersecurity firm said in a new report Thursday.
As Taiwan's president began a stopover in the United States on her way to Central America, China said it was closely watching and would "resolutely safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity."
A year ago, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were being exposed to Kremlin disinformation.
Expulsions of Russian intelligence officers and visa refusals have substantially weakened Moscow's intelligence operations in neighboring Finland in the past year, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service said Thursday.
Sen. Josh Hawley accused fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of advocating for China's right to spy on Americans after Mr. Paul torpedoed Mr. Hawley's effort to pass a bill banning TikTok on Wednesday.
Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a "trans day of vengeance" protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Artifacts from Twitter CEO Elon Musk's past are set to sell for thousands at auction this week.
The virtual world, or metaverse, seems to be on hold as tech companies commit more resources to artificial intelligence technology.
