With over 800 million active users worldwide, TikTok’s growth since its $1 billion rebrand of Music.ly in 2018 — a number thought to have been bolstered by the coronavirus pandemic — has…
China Urges White House to “Correct its Mistakes” over Blacklisting
China’s foreign ministry has condemned the United States’ blacklisting of 33 Chinese entities to a trade blacklist, as relations between the two nations threaten to nosedive. The US Department of Commerce added…
Here are Chicago’s Five Hottest Tech Startups
It’s rare to hear Chicago, America’s third most populous city, mentioned in the same breath as Silicon Valley, New York or Boston when it comes to the country’s tech industry. But make…
Scooter Firm Bird to Hit $2bn Value with Huge Funding Round
Electric scooter startup Bird is on the verge of a $2 billion valuation, as it prepares to close a $300m funding round. The Venice, CA-headquartered company, which has already raised $115m, will…
Brussels Shows Up America’s Toothless Big Tech Reaction
Last month, as Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from US senators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, took the microphone. “I’m a proud member of Facebook,” the…
Proscia is Fighting Cancer with Artificial Intelligence
It is a centuries-old image of good science: the lab-coated expert, hunched over a microscope analyzing a glass slide. Proscia wants to resign it to history – at least, when it comes…
Trump Fires First in China Trade War – Tech Looks on Nervously
Is it ever a quiet week at the White House? After Donald Trump fired H.R. McMaster as national security advisor, replacing him with Bush Jr-era hawk John Boston, the President launched his…
Las Vegas Shooting: Social Media Has Failed America Again
As information about Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas emerges, the United States has reverted to its usual polarized self, forcing voices on either side of the gun control debate into ever-decreasing circles…
In #TakeAKnee, Donald Trump Has Found a Worthy Web Opponent
Colin Kaepernick, the NFL free agent quarterback, surely did not imagine that his taking a knee for the American national anthem, before a 2016 pre-season game for the San Francisco 49ers, would still…