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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQ1oEDuGZ6w/alex-barinka.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Snapchat’s Spiegel Shifts Focus to AI After Reviving Ad Business]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-19/snap-ceo-evan-spiegel-focused-on-ai-machine-learning-push</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-19/snap-ceo-evan-spiegel-focused-on-ai-machine-learning-push</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1cvasJOt_CU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1cvasJOt_CU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Bloomberg Tech is a future-focused gathering that aims to spark conversations around cutting-edge technologies and the future applications for business.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mnuchin Believes TikTok Algorithm Could Be Rebuilt If He Buys It]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/mnuchin-believes-tiktok-algorithm-could-be-rebuilt-if-he-buys-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/mnuchin-believes-tiktok-algorithm-could-be-rebuilt-if-he-buys-it</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 22:30:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idyFmli0rUyY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idyFmli0rUyY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Steven Mnuchin Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Google CEO Schmidt Says He Considered Buying TikTok]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/schmidt-says-he-weighed-buying-tiktok-from-its-chinese-owners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/schmidt-says-he-weighed-buying-tiktok-from-its-chinese-owners</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 15:08:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixv4.42xDFRA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixv4.42xDFRA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Eric Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Futures, during the Aspen Ideas Climate conference in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The conference is designed for the public to interact, learn, and collaborate with engaged thinkers and doers whose ideas and actions are critical to address the realities of a changing climate.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Key US Lawmakers Want FTC Probe Into TikTok’s Use of Kids for Lobbying]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/us-china-committee-wants-ftc-probe-into-tiktok-s-use-of-kids-to-lobby-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/us-china-committee-wants-ftc-probe-into-tiktok-s-use-of-kids-to-lobby-congress</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven T. Dennis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 21:41:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viator Turns to AI for Ad Campaign to Raise Travel Company’s Brand]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-02/tripadvisor-s-viator-uses-ai-for-new-brand-ad-campaign</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-02/tripadvisor-s-viator-uses-ai-for-new-brand-ad-campaign</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 11:05:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDF4fjF.FhC0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDF4fjF.FhC0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A traveler walks towards the carparks at Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh, UK, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Vinci SA agreed to buy a majority stake in Edinburgh Airport for £1.27 billion ($1.6 billion), furthering an expansion in the UK by the French construction and concessions firm.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Shop Tops 500,000 US Sellers After 2023 E-Commerce Launch]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/tiktok-shop-tops-500-000-us-sellers-after-2023-e-commerce-launch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/tiktok-shop-tops-500-000-us-sellers-after-2023-e-commerce-launch</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_8ZVmlhMGrw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_8ZVmlhMGrw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok, ByteDance US General Counsel Andersen to Exit Role]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/tiktok-bytedance-us-general-counsel-andersen-to-exit-role</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/tiktok-bytedance-us-general-counsel-andersen-to-exit-role</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:01:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icOG5_FDbmzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icOG5_FDbmzg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>CORRECTS TITLE TO TIKTOK AND BYTEDANCE’S GENERAL COUNSEL- Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and ByteDance, speaks at the Verify cybersecurity conference on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Sausalito, Calif. Andersen, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday that the Biden administration has not given any feedback to the company since TikTok&apos;s CEO testified in Congress last week. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap Signals Ad Revamp Is Finding an Audience; Shares Surge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/snap-projects-sales-that-tops-estimates-on-improved-ad-business</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/snap-projects-sales-that-tops-estimates-on-improved-ad-business</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:11:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Users Make Fun and Money From US Effort to Ban the App]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-25/tiktok-users-show-no-panic-after-us-passes-bill-to-ban-or-force-sale-of-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-25/tiktok-users-show-no-panic-after-us-passes-bill-to-ban-or-force-sale-of-app</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:05:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMQ7lVeD3Hqw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMQ7lVeD3Hqw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The TikTok logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The US is moving closer to restricting access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok, with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner set to unveil a bill Tuesday that the Biden administration is poised to support, according to people familiar with the issue.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Says Law Is on Its Side as It Readies to Fight US Ban]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/tiktok-says-law-is-on-its-side-as-it-prepares-to-fight-us-ban</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/tiktok-says-law-is-on-its-side-as-it-prepares-to-fight-us-ban</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:19:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imEnhXl_MNnE/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imEnhXl_MNnE/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Ban in US Looms as Biden Kicks Off 270-Day Countdown]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/tiktok-s-us-ban-looms-as-biden-prepares-to-sign-law-with-a-270-day-sale-deadline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/tiktok-s-us-ban-looms-as-biden-prepares-to-sign-law-with-a-270-day-sale-deadline</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:49:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imEnhXl_MNnE/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imEnhXl_MNnE/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap Leans Into Election Coverage in Bid for Political Ads]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/snap-leans-into-election-coverage-in-bid-for-political-ads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/snap-leans-into-election-coverage-in-bid-for-political-ads</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iz_rbbhXXmUM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iz_rbbhXXmUM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Snapchat login screen on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Snap Inc. shares tumbled about 14% on Wednesday after the company projected its first ever quarterly revenue decline, casting a shadow over other advertising-dependent businesses.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Braces for US Divest-or-Ban Law — And a Legal Fight]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tiktok-braces-for-us-law-requiring-a-sale-and-fresh-legal-fight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/tiktok-braces-for-us-law-requiring-a-sale-and-fresh-legal-fight</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:12:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it0vG0Wommzk/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it0vG0Wommzk/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok to Remove Executive Tasked With Fending Off US Claims]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-21/tiktok-set-to-remove-executive-tasked-with-fending-off-us-claims</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-21/tiktok-set-to-remove-executive-tasked-with-fending-off-us-claims</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Jacobs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:47:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Expected to Become US Law in Days]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-20/tiktok-divest-or-ban-bill-expected-to-become-us-law-within-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-20/tiktok-divest-or-ban-bill-expected-to-become-us-law-within-days</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven T. Dennis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:15:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZnbivqUX9NE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZnbivqUX9NE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Divest-or-Ban Threat Brought Closer by US Congress]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-18/tiktok-us-ban-or-divest-threat-moves-closer-with-latest-bill-in-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-18/tiktok-us-ban-or-divest-threat-moves-closer-with-latest-bill-in-congress</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Barinka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:05:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXtsk87MJX_Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXtsk87MJX_Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TikTok Inc. offices in Culver City, California, US, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. By passing a bill that could ban video-sharing app TikTok in the US, the House of Representatives took one of the most aggressive legislative moves the country has seen during the social media era.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Says Limits on Sharing AI Technology May Dim US Influence]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/meta-says-limits-on-sharing-ai-technology-may-dim-us-influence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/meta-says-limits-on-sharing-ai-technology-may-dim-us-influence</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irEHbIG9kSmk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irEHbIG9kSmk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Nick Clegg Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok Seen as Just Part of the Data Privacy Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics push for laws to address more social networks.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-19/tiktok-ban-doesn-t-protect-enough-data-privacy-lawmakers-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-19/tiktok-ban-doesn-t-protect-enough-data-privacy-lawmakers-say</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Edgerton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:03:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDeeNd4d73gY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDeeNd4d73gY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Easy to download, harder to ban.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Should Think Bigger Than TikTok Ban, Tech Critics Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Facebook, X, Instagram and other platforms need stricter data regulation, according to privacy advocates.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-19/congress-should-think-bigger-than-tiktok-ban-tech-critics-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-19/congress-should-think-bigger-than-tiktok-ban-tech-critics-say</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Edgerton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:01:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipLQkPRXodsU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-999x-999.gif" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipLQkPRXodsU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-999x-999.gif"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ to Push for TikTok Divestiture in Senate Briefings]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/biden-officials-to-brief-wary-senators-on-tiktok-sale-push</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/biden-officials-to-brief-wary-senators-on-tiktok-sale-push</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Strohm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:31:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iID_RprE9kBM/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iID_RprE9kBM/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item></channel></rss>