But one nation isn’t giving rave reviews: North Korea. A North Korean propaganda website, Arirang Meari, reported on what the international response has been to the South Korean survival drama. Viewers have been drawn to a show that highlights the “sad reality of a beastly South Korean society” that adheres to the “law of the […]
The U.S. has convened a summit of more than 30 nations starting Wednesday to discuss methods to combat ransomware. Russia wasn’t invited. Attendees of the virtual meeting, hosted by the White House’s National Security Council, will discuss international cooperation on issues such as the use of cryptocurrency by hackers, norms for conduct in cyberspace and […]
DoorDash Inc. has started selling restaurant ads that appear atop the search results in its app, as companies in the largely unprofitable food-delivery industry dive deeper into advertising to boost revenue. The company already let marketers pay to run ads offering free delivery or discounts, as well as banner ads, but hadn’t offered ads above […]
Anyone who has spent Christmas morning sending a choo choo around the tree knows the primary hazards to trains are toys wandering onto the track, and taking turns at high speed—both of which are also more or less the primary hazards to trains in real life. So, you might ask, how hard can it be […]
Twitch streamer earnings this year Total earnings $889 million Notes: Through September. Excludes users that didn’t receive any revenue Source: WSJ analysis of purported Twitch data Twitch streamer earnings this year Total earnings $889 million Notes: Through September. Excludes users that didn’t receive any revenue Source: WSJ analysis of purported Twitch data Twitch streamer earnings […]
Months before Cristiano Amon started as CEO of Qualcomm Inc., QCOM -1.01% he already was at work on his first crisis. To solve it, he sat in a mostly empty meeting room in Taipei and pleaded with executives from one of the world’s biggest semiconductor makers for more chips. He needed the help so that […]
It bothers Frank McCourt, the billionaire real estate mogul and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, that his data—his contacts and search history, his shopping preferences and driving habits—is being harvested and used in ways he can’t control. “Big tech knows more about me than my wife, and I didn’t give them that permission,” he says […]
Leaked data this week from the streaming platform Twitch Interactive revealed that some people can make six-figure monthly incomes from playing videogames in front of a live online audience. A user of the online chat forum 4chan claimed to have access to the payout information, and several people who called themselves Twitch streamers said many […]
SINGAPORE—Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan was fined more than $533 million on Friday for engaging in anticompetitive practices, the latest move by Beijing in a yearlong regulatory crackdown aimed at reining in the country’s powerful tech companies. China’s top antitrust body, the State Administration for Market Regulation, said Meituan had violated antimonopoly laws by effectively forcing […]
HONG KONG—When she was detained in Canada nearly three years ago, Meng Wanzhou was crisscrossing the globe as finance chief of all-conquering Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. She arrived back home in late September to a very different company, one forced into retreat by American sanctions that have left it fighting for its future. […]
