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Trump says he will allow sales of US equipment to Huawei, where there are no national security issues, for now; US will not impose new tariffs on China — U.S. agrees to halt additional tariffs on Chinese goods for now — OSAKA, Japan—President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed … | Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Bytedance spent ~$1B advertising TikTok in 2018, heavily promoting its short video app on Facebook and Instagram, and becoming Snap's biggest advertiser — China's first big hit in the U.S. uses an advanced algorithm to personalize its video-sharing app, and parent Bytedance's enormous ad spending … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the challenges, downsides, and huge costs of 5G rollout in the US, which may take a decade or more to complete — As carriers launch their 5G networks, the promise of superfast wireless is clashing with the reality of the rollout; ‘the real onslaught has not yet begun’| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News: |
A look at a dispute among Wikipedia administrators and some on the Wikimedia Foundation board after a prolific, long-serving administrator was banned for a year — The once-derided open-source encyclopedia is the closest thing the internet has to an oasis of truth.| Susan Adams / Forbes: |
Cloud computing, AI, and low-cost sensors have given rise to a slew of weather forecasting startups that think incumbents are vulnerable to new business models — “Nasty.” That is the professional opinion of Joel Myers, the CEO of AccuWeather, about the weather on Mother's Day in New York City … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Splyt, which wants to bring international roaming to ride-hailing apps and already allows Alipay users to book Grab rides, raises $8M Series A from Grab, others — The vision of a universal global ride-hailing service is over. Uber's decision to exit markets like China … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Beijing-based PingCAP which is replacing IBM and Oracle as the enterprise software provider of choice for Chinese startups, amid US trade tensions — - PingCAP's open-source database lures tech giants like Meituan — Big Chinese finance firms mull shift to PingCAP amid trade war| Rachel Premack / Business Insider: |
Amazon Air has started operations in Anchorage, Alaska, which could allow Amazon to expand its in-house logistics to moving goods to and from Asia — - Observers say Amazon is building a logistics empire to compete with UPS and FedEx. — Beginning June 27, Amazon will start daily operations … | Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Data mining and ad targeting company LiveRamp, formerly known as Acxiom, to acquire Data Plus Math, which helps advertisers analyze TV viewer data, for $150M — Cash-and-stock deal, valued at $150 million, combines companies' data sets that help advertisers check efficiency of campaigns| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
Creative Group, which offers mobile phone top-ups and e-vouchers for iTunes, Google, Spotify, Xbox, PlayStation, and other online services, raises €22M — Creative Group, a fintech startup headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has landed a €22 million in funding from Prime Ventures … | Bloomberg: |
EU-based IT-consultant Capgemini to buy Altran for $4.1B, to fill the gap in its services competing with rivals like Accenture for IoT, 5G, and AI contracts — Capgemini SE said it will acquire Altran Technologies SA for 14 euros-a-share to expand its software engineering network with internet and technology companies.| Reuters: |
Chinese Netflix equivalent iQiyi announces it has reached 100M subscribers; senior exec says it intends to expand into other Asian countries and North America — BEIJING (Reuters) - iQiyi, China's answer to Netflix, intends to push harder into overseas markets such as North America and Japan …
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