India likely to regulate, not ban crypto, OLA’s General Counsel quits, Policybazaar’s strong debut, Nykaa’s Q2 profit plummets
© Provided by CNBCTV18 Here’re the top stories from the startup and technology space: India Startup News The Crypto Debate: Parliamentary Committee Yet To Form An Opinion: Chair Jayant Sinha To CNBC-TV18 A parliamentary panel, chaired by BJP leader…
California will ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Are electric models quieter?
It’s time to upgrade your outdoor gardening equipment to battery power. That’s great news for the environment, but what about your ears? Over the weekend California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plan to ban the sale of gas-powered lawn…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Relocate HQ to Austin Amid Abortion Ban Fallout
Patrick Pleul/Reuters Elon Musk announced during a shareholder meeting on Thursday that Tesla will move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Texas, weeks after the governor boasted that the billionaire likes the state’s “social policies.” Texas last…
Lithuania Looks to Ban ‘Untrustworthy’ Phones After Chinese Censorship Concerns | Technology News
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing “untrustworthy” equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company’s flagship…
Xiaomi & Chinese Censorship: Investment Ban Warranted
Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun attends a product launch event for the Xiaomi Mi9 Pro 5G phone in Beijing, China, September 24, 2019. (Jason Lee/Reuters) Lithuania’s new recommendation to toss Chinese smartphones is a lesson for the U.S. In a bombshell…
Texas startups mount abortion ban fight on their own, without backing from big tech
Technology leaders across Texas have been privately meeting for weeks, discussing how to best combat the state’s new abortion law and challenge a cultural shift they believe will make it difficult to attract top talent. Absent from the discussion: Big…
Combative TikTok Founder Races to Save App Before Trump Ban
(Bloomberg) — Zhang Yiming is the little-known Chinese entrepreneur who built TikTok into one of the most promising franchises on the internet. Now the brainy, combative founder is under pressure to save the business from Trump administration…
TikTok’s UK headquarters in doubt as US considers ban
TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/PA Images) TikTok faces further question marks over basing its international headquarters in UK, as the US considers banning the app. ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns…
Tik Tok’s UK headquarters in doubt as US considers ban
TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/PA Images) TikTok faces further question marks over basing its international headquarters in UK, as the US considers banning the app. ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns…