What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the…

How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse

The Chinese internet giant ByteDance has made some of the world’s most popular apps: TikTok and,…

How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese…

Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?

Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones…

With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge

Two days before a deadline for TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese company or otherwise…

Spotify Sells Itself to Advertisers as an Alternative to ‘Doom Scrolling’

Time passes in funny ways when you’re on your phone. Five minutes of swiping on TikTok…

Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.

Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app,…

How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul

For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to…

Visting Shanghai Now: It’s a Blue-Sky, App-Based Life

On a recent visit to Shanghai, I looked up through the canopy of trees in the…

Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate

President Trump plans to meet with top White House officials on Wednesday to discuss a proposal…