The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence. More

For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success. More

ByteDance owns both TikTok and Douyin, and although TikTok has more users around the world, Douyin is the company’s cash cow and a China mainstay. More

Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet. More

“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.” More

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said. More

A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip. More

Google’s parent company topped revenue and profit estimates and said that it would offer a stock dividend for the first time. More

The tech giant’s quarterly results included strong growth in cloud computing, fueled by its services in generative artificial intelligence. More

Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water. More

REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019. More

The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario. More

Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor, is among the fans of Donald J. Trump who helped turn Trump Media into a meme stock with volatile prices. More

While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people. More

Lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance, countered that he should receive no prison time. More