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As U.S. targets China tech, TikTok rival Bigo shifts servers from Hong Kong
By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - BIGO Technology, a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance, is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore, out of the reach of ...
Aug 17, 2020
Facebook exec in India files police complaint after report on content practices
By Aditya Kalra and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats following a media report tha...
Aug 17, 2020
Netflix tools up in South East Asia as Disney+ Indonesia launch sets scene for streaming battle
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just a...
Aug 17, 2020
Chinese dronemaker DJI makes sweeping cuts in ‘Long March’ reforms
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese drone giant SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd has been making sweeping cuts to its global sales and marketing teams as it faces coronavirus headwinds and mou...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House's disfavor toward the ByteDance-owned vide...
Aug 15, 2020
Trump says he’s ‘looking into’ banning China’s Alibaba in the U.S.
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said during a press conference that he was "looking into" whether Chinese technology giant Alibaba should be banned in the United States. (Reporting...
Aug 15, 2020
Rappi delivery workers in Colombia’s Bogota strike over conditions
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Close to 1,000 delivery workers for SoftBank-backed Colombian mobile application Rappi went on strike in the capital Bogota on Saturday to protest what they called...
Aug 15, 2020
‘Fortnite’ app removal threatens social lifeline for young gamers
By Sheila Dang and Patrick Graham NEW YORK/BENGALURU (Reuters) - A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker's schoolwork on Friday morning as he and kids all over the world woke up to the news that the...
Aug 15, 2020
In lawsuit, ‘Fortnite’ maker to test idea of iPhone as market unto itself
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games has launched the most significant effort yet to advance the legal theory that Apple's iPhone ecosystem has become so "sticky" that it is a dis...
Aug 14, 2020
Huawei lawyers say U.S. evidence ‘unreliable’ in Meng extradition case
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - Evidence used by the United States to justify the extradition of Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is "unreliable and defective" and should not be...
Aug 14, 2020
