Josh Horwitz

As China’s internet matures, it continues to grow more isolated from the rest of the world. Thanks to the government’s Great Firewall, which blocks access to key foreign websites, Chinese web users have largely stayed within the gates the government has built around its cyberspace. Users search on Baidu instead of Google, tweet on Weibo instead of Twitter, and have little online interaction with people or information from outside the country.

Two terminals were evacuated in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after police received reports of a possible shooting.

Losing at the Olympics is a surefire way to win among China’s patriots.

The first major accident involving Tesla’s autopilot feature, in May, ended in death. The latest one is ending in a debate over semantics.

Bitcoin suffered yet another blow last week when Bitfinex, one of the cryptocurrency’s largest exchanges, suffered a hack that cost its users about $65 million. Every one of its investors saw their funds suddenly drop by 36%, as the company decided to “socialize” the losses.

On Sunday (Aug. 7), John Oliver aired a segment on his HBO TV show lamenting the demise of local newspapers due to financial pressures. “Sooner or later we are all going to have to pay for journalism,” said Oliver, “or we are all going to pay for it.”

The merger between Didi Chuxing and Uber’s China business marks the end of China’s ride-hailing wars. The battle has been bitter, rife with cash-burning, driver fraud, and online turf wars.

This post has been updated.

Uber and China’s Didi Chuxing were once rivals. Then, Didi bought Uber and became its friend. Now, days later, they’re enemies again. Maybe.

In another blow to bitcoin, one of the world’s biggest exchanges of the cryptocurrency suffered a massive security breach.

Netflix has introduced addictive, thrilling television series like House of Cards and Stranger Things to audiences worldwide. But this week it will release something for people who prefer entertainment a bit more sedate.

When Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced today he would merge Uber’s China division with local competitor Didi Chuxing, his company joined the ranks of American tech companies to face unceremonious ends in China. Google and eBay bowed out. Facebook and Twitter got shut out. Amazon continues to linger in irrelevance.

Uber’s slogan was once “Uber Everywhere.” Now “Didi Everywhere” is just as fitting for its onetime rival.

A long-running battle in China between two powerful internet companies is  over—and ride-hailing giant Uber has lost.

It seemed inevitable a Pokemon movie was on the horizon, given the early success of Pokemon Go.

If you’re an American trying to shut up someone who is saying something you don’t believe in, you should probably choose your tools carefully.

Nintendo’s 10-day stock surge came to an abrupt halt today (July 20) after reports surfaced that the company’s overloaded servers were not ready for a Japan launch, and investors and analysts questioned its long-term valuation.

US Republican Steve King is proud of his “sub-group’s” contributions to civilization.

Today’s news confirming the massive acquisition of UK-based chip designer and telecom firm ARM by Japanese telco Softbank for $31.6 billion came as a shock. Softbank is already mired in a very public booting of a top executive, and the UK is grappling with the possibility of more foreign buyouts post-Brexit.

Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank Group will announce today (July 18) a $32 billion takeover of British microchip designer ARM Holdings, according to numerous media reports.

After a suspected terror attack in France that killed at least 80 people, people around the world are turning to social media to search for friends and relatives who still have not been in contact hours later.

The largest tech IPO of the year takes place this week, as Japanese chat app Line sells $1.3 billion worth of shares on the New York Stock Exchange today (July 14) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday.

Dallas police chief David Brown held a July 11 press briefing on the sniper shootings that killed five officers several days earlier.

Nostalgic millennials are in love with Pokemon Go. So are Nintendo investors.