Here's the final tally of where tech billionaires donated for the 2020 election

Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz and Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson were two of tech's biggest political contributors this cycle.

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YouTube will end full-day 'masthead' reservations like Trump bought for Election Day

YouTube has faced tension from dueling political campaigns as Presidential candidate Donald Trump was able to reserve a prime ad spot for Election Day

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Here's what Facebook will show if a candidate declares premature victory

Facebook is ready to label content from any candidates or campaigns that try to prematurely declare victory using the social network.

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Alibaba-owned Lazada suffers data breach for its grocery delivery business in Singapore

Lazada confirmed to CNBC that personal information from 1.1 million RedMart accounts were compromised.

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Facebook acknowledges and fixes technical error affecting political ads days before the election

Facebook on Thursday acknowledged that a technical error in its systems caused a number of ads from both political parties to be improperly paused.

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On Alibaba's Singles Day, Chinese shoppers are set to splurge on foreign brands as fewer travel overseas

With fewer Chinese going abroad, foreign brands are likely to be a big hit on the annual Singles Day shopping festival, an Alibaba executive told CNBC.

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Instagram will disable a feature that could be used to sow election misinformation

Instagram announced it will temporarily remove the recent tab from hashtag pages to reduce the spread of misinformation in the lead up to the U.S. election.

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Google is taking a new step to show investors how serious it is about the cloud

Alphabet will begin reporting operating income for its cloud business, showing the scale of its expenditure.

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Mark Zuckerberg just gave Facebook employees all of Thanksgiving week off

The move is meant to reward employees for the work they've done during "unprecedented challenges."

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Samsung predicts fourth-quarter decline in profits due to weak demand and growing competition

Samsung announced a 59% year-on-year jump in operating profit to 12.35 trillion Korean won (about $10.89 billion) for the July-September quarter, which was in line with earlier guidance.

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India could contribute up to 20% of Amazon's growth in next 5 years, tech investor Gene Munster says

Amazon has announced investments of at least $6 billion in India, including a $1 billion pledge in January to help small businesses in the country.

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Microsoft's search revenue decline could spell bad news for Google

The company's search ad results have shown a correlation to Google's.

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Ant Group closes Hong Kong book early due to strong demand for its record dual IPO

Ant Group will close its Hong Kong institutional book building process a day earlier than expected due to strong demand for its record initial public offering (IPO),

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TikTok parent ByteDance in early IPO talks to list businesses including short video app Douyin

Chinese technology giant ByteDance is in early stage talks to take some of its business including Douyin public, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.

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Chinese fintech giant Lufax seeks up to $2.36 billion in U.S. IPO

Lufax said it will issue 175,000,000 American depositary shares (ADS) which will be priced between $11.50 and $13.50 per share

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Huawei's growth slows sharply as U.S. sanctions bite

U.S. sanctions, including the blacklisting of Huawei and moves to cut the Chinese company off from key semiconductor supplies, are weighing on the results.

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Uber and Lyft face setback in case to reclassify workers, but it's far from over

An upcoming ballot measure could still undermine the entire case.

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Ant Group gets final approvals for its massive dual IPO and reveals share structure

Ant Group will split its stock issuance equally across Shanghai and Hong Kong, issuing 1.67 billion shares in each location.

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Amazon employees can work remotely through June 2021

Amazon follows in the footsteps of several tech companies that have extended their work from home policies until at least early 2021.

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Ant Group wins approval from Chinese regulators for the Hong Kong leg of its blockbuster IPO

Ant Group, which is 33% owned by Alibaba and controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, is seeking to list in Shanghai and Hong Kong in a concurrent IPO.

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