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What’s CFIUS and what does it have to do with TikTok?
Aug 5, 2020
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States screens deals for national security risks.
4 things to know about the committee behind the Microsoft-TikTok deadline
by
Janet Nguyen
Aug 4, 2020
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, has grown in influence over the years.
The latest on TikTok: Microsoft takeover talks, a potential U.S. ban and more
by
Jennifer Pak
Aug 3, 2020
A leaked memo from ByteDance’s CEO to its staff says TikTok has no choice but to sell its U.S. operations.
Tech companies reconsider facial recognition software
Jun 11, 2020
IBM says it will no longer sell or research facial recognition software, and Amazon announced a moratorium on police use of its software.
China's Googleless internet remains vibrant
by
Jennifer Pak
Apr 8, 2019
Many U.S. tech firms are blocked, but there are homegrown equivalents inside the "Great Firewall."
Some tech employees don't want their work used by the military
by
Molly Wood
Feb 27, 2019
But some military plans are banking on private partnerships.
Slack faces stiff competition on the road to public listing
by
Ben Bradford
Feb 5, 2019
Office communication services company Slack has applied with the SEC to list shares publicly.
For public good, not for profit.
Big tech companies have an affordable housing problem
by
Ben Bradford
Jan 17, 2019
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to fund affordable housing projects in the white-hot real estate market where they are based. As part of a community building initiative in Seattle, Microsoft is pledging $475 million in low-interest loans to support housing construction projects over three years, with another $25 million marked for homelessness. There has […]
Microsoft claws its way back to the top. How did it do that?
by
Andy Uhler
Nov 28, 2018
We don’t really talk about Microsoft in the same breath as Apple, Amazon or Facebook these days. Maybe we should. Over the last couple of days, Microsoft has been taking turns with Apple as the world’s most valuable public company. The last time Microsoft held that position was 2003. Microsoft once dominated the tech world […]
3 innovations that started out as inclusive design solutions
by
Kimberly Adams
and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 22, 2018
You can thank inclusive design for typewriters, flexible straws and the technology behind iPhone screens.