Less than 24 hours to the Creator Economy Summit! Save 50% on a subscription and get a free ticket
About Us
Pricing
Briefing
Asia

China Considers Opening Tencent and ByteDance to Third-Party Search

By Shai Oster
· · Source: Bloomberg

As it continues to tighten antitrust regulations, China is considering opening up Tencent and ByteDance to outside search by third-party companies, Bloomberg reported. No decision has been made on a move to further weaken the walls that have kept the content on the hugely popular platforms sealed off. If enacted, this would have profound implications for the internet companies’ business...

Get access to exclusive coverage
Read deeply reported stories from the largest newsroom in tech.
Latest Articles
 
Creator Economy Summit
Announcing the Creator Economy Summit Masterclasses 2022
By The Information Staff · May 23, 2022 5:58 PM PDT
We’re excited to see everyone on May 25  at The Information’s second annual Creator Economy Summit. Our masterclass breakout sessions are an important part of the Summit. At this year’s event, we’ll have three sets of 45-minute masterclasses. Here is a preview of this year’s topics. For group ticket information, please email [email protected] 10:15...
Latest Briefs
 
European Delivery Startup Gorillas to Cut 300 Employees
By Mark Di Stefano · May 24, 2022
 Airbnb is Closing its China Business
By Shai Oster · May 24, 2022
Zoom Shares Jump After Strong Earnings Report, Forecast
By Kevin McLaughlin · May 23, 2022
Stay in the know
Receive a summary of the day's top tech news—distilled into one email.
Access on the go
View stories on our mobile app and tune into our weekly podcast.
Join live video Q&A’s
Deep-dive into topics like startups and autonomous vehicles with our top reporters and other executives.
Enjoy a clutter-free experience
Read without any banner ads.
Apple's Tim Cook (clockwise from top left), Bob Iger, Al Gore and Mike Rockwell. Images by Bloomberg, Shutterstock. Art by Mike Sullivan.
Exclusive Facebook Apple
The Inside Story of Why Apple Bet Big on a Mixed-Reality Headset
By Wayne Ma
In 2016, Apple’s board of directors gathered inside one of its buildings in Cupertino, Calif., for a glimpse into the company’s future.
(L-R) Jonathan Ive, Johny Srouji, Dan Riccio and Tim Cook. Photos by Bloomberg; Apple. Art by Mike Sullivan
Exclusive Apple AR/VR
Behind the Apple Design Decisions That Bogged Down Its Mixed-Reality Headset
By Wayne Ma
Apple’s executives had a critical design decision to make about the company’s riskiest product in years.
Data Point Entertainment
Netflix Cancellations Rise Among Long-Standing Subscribers
By Jessica Toonkel
Netflix is losing its grip on long-standing subscribers. New data show that people who have been subscribers to Netflix for more than three years accounted for a significantly greater share of cancellations in the first quarter than they did two years earlier.
(L-R) Cameo CEO and founder Steven Galanis, and Cameo co-founders Devon Townsend and Martin Blencowe. Photo by Getty. Art by Mike Sullivan.
Exclusive Venture Capital Startups
At Cameo, Boom Times Give Way to Sharp Sales Slowdown
By Kaya Yurieff
By the beginning of last year, six-year-old startup Cameo was on a tear. Pandemic-induced lockdowns in 2020 had spurred demand for the personalized video messages celebrities sell on its website and app.
Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read Crypto
Panic at the Discord
By The Information Staff
The crypto party was as raucous as ever—and then someone turned on the lights. After a year of record-high token prices and newfound support from legacy financial institutions like Fidelity and BlackRock, reality bit hard the second week of May when the algorithmic stablecoin terraUSD (known as UST) crashed, taking down some $400 billion in crypto market cap with it.
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc. Photo by Bloomberg.
Exclusive Crypto
Coinbase Slashes Costs, Freezes Hiring Amid Crypto Crash
By Mark Matousek and Aidan Ryan
Cryptocurrency trading firm Coinbase, whose revenue has shrunk amid a downturn in the sector, is pausing new business projects, freezing hiring for two weeks and aiming to slash its cloud spending on Amazon Web Services, among other cost-cutting measures, according to a pair of internal emails sent to employees this week and viewed by The Information.