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China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening control over gay and lesbian content.

After former Trump adviser Jason Miller launched his new "cancel-free" social media app last week, it reached hundreds of thousands of new downloads.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday reported a likely 53% jump in second-quarter operating profit, beating market estimates on the back of strong chip prices and demand despite lower smartphone sales.

The Republican National Committee is denying a report that their computer systems were hacked by Russians over the weekend, but confirmed that a third-party vendor did fall victim to a breach.

REvil, a ransomware group linked to Russian hackers, has conducted 15 cyberattacks per week over two months.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband placed a bet of up to $6 million on Apple, Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet ahead of a powerful house committee moving forward with bills aimed at reining in the powers of big tech.

The Defense Department has canceled its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract as Amazon and Microsoft sparred for years over the deal.

Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson gave NBC's "Today" show an all-access pass to the inside of the aerospace company's prized VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo on Tuesday.

Businesses spent $1.74 trillion on mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies during the first six months of the year—the highest amount in more than four decades—as finance chiefs tapped into cheap funding options to acquire technologies, services and other assets.

The Boring Company launched by Elon Musk has pitched an offer to build an underground transit loop for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to connect between downtown and the beach.

Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark website.

Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals' information online.

Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.

China's cyberspace regulator said on Sunday that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering Didi Global Inc's (DIDI.N) app after finding that the ride-hailing giant had illegally collected users' personal data.

A cybercrime group with ties to Russia is believed to have launched a massive ransomware attack that involves hundreds of companies, according to a cybersecurity firm.

IBM announced Friday that Jim Whitehurst is no longer president of the company after 14 months at the helm, but will stay on as a senior advisor to the executive leadership team.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is continuing his criticism of the United Launch Association for accepting government money.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media site, the company said on Thursday.

U.S. consumers continued to spend wildly on new automobiles in the second quarter, pushing sales up 50.2% over last year despite tight dealer inventories and record high prices.

Japanese photo giant Fujifilm Corp. is closing several plants in South Carolina as more than half its employees in the state will lose their jobs.