https://www.scmp.com/rss/39131/feed Yahoo Inc. is best known for its web portal and search engine, but its services include Yahoo Directory, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance and others. Founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994, the company was initially in the forefront of the technology boom but has struggled to reinvent itself in the face of competition from companies like Google and Facebook. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ling Xin Ling Xin A radically different kind of chip created by Chinese researchers can now handle real-world data tasks, potentially reshaping artificial intelligence systems’ reliance on power-hungry digital processors, its developers said. Building on work reported in October, the Peking University team’s ultra-fast, energy-efficient analogue chip has moved beyond solving basic mathematical problems and can now power applications such as personalised recommendation and image processing. In a paper published on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340939/chinas-analogue-ai-chip-runs-12-times-fast-1/200th-energy-digital-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340939/chinas-analogue-ai-chip-runs-12-times-fast-1/200th-energy-digital-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:00:14 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela A microbiologist who revolutionised the production of laboratory-grown seafood protein took home the top prize in the 2025 African Business Heroes awards in Rwanda on Saturday, in the seventh annual edition of the largest event for start-ups of its kind on the continent. Diana Orembe, the founder of Tanzania-based NovFeed, was the winner out of 10 finalists in the awards, which received up to 32,000 applications from 54 countries. She took home US$300,000 in grant funding. Abraham Mbuthia of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3336326/china-africa-partnership-leaps-future-beijing-expands-market-access-envoy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3336326/china-africa-partnership-leaps-future-beijing-expands-market-access-envoy?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:19:45 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan A bizarre therapy involving thin golden threads embedded in people’s bodies during acupuncture treatment has garnered significant attention after media exposure revealed X-ray images of South Korean patients showing hundreds of these thread strands. One patient, a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee – a degenerative joint condition that causes pain and stiffness – shared her experience with the news portal Yahoo. She initially tried conventional medical treatments,... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3325467/gold-thread-acupuncture-uses-gold-wires-pain-relief-could-cause-infections-tissue-damage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3325467/gold-thread-acupuncture-uses-gold-wires-pain-relief-could-cause-infections-tissue-damage?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Perplexity AI said it had made a US$34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser, a low but bold bid that would need financing well above the start-up’s own valuation. Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers – it made a similar one for TikTok US in January, offering to merge with the popular short-video app to resolve US concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership. Buying Chrome would allow the start-up to tap the browser’s more than... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321652/ai-start-perplexity-makes-bold-bid-googles-chrome-browser?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321652/ai-start-perplexity-makes-bold-bid-googles-chrome-browser?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 02:47:32 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it’s officially pulling the plug for its service on September 30. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue dial-up internet,” AOL wrote in a brief update on its support site – noting that dial-up and associated software “optimised for older operating systems” will soon be unavailable on AOL plans. AOL,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3321565/youve-got-mail-no-more-aol-bidding-farewell-dial-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3321565/youve-got-mail-no-more-aol-bidding-farewell-dial-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:15:11 +0000 Julian Ryall Julian Ryall Japan is scrambling to shore up its cybersecurity capabilities through new legislation, international partnerships and training schemes – moves observers say are long overdue as threats from hostile states and criminal groups escalate. In the latest push, Defence Minister Gen Nakatani met his Lithuanian counterpart Dovile Sakaliene in Tokyo on Wednesday and agreed to deepen cooperation in cybersecurity. A Japanese defence ministry expert will be dispatched to Lithuania in June to learn from the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3312312/japan-boosts-cybersecurity-new-laws-overseas-partnerships-amid-rising-digital-threats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3312312/japan-boosts-cybersecurity-new-laws-overseas-partnerships-amid-rising-digital-threats?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:12 +0000 Chinese-American billionaires represent a unique fusion of wealth and influence, linking the world’s two largest economies. Many have made their fortunes in technology, finance or real estate, often using their dual cultural understanding to grasp lucrative business opportunities in both markets. Billion-dollar lifestyles aside, their philanthropic efforts also target issues in both hemispheres, addressing education, climate change and healthcare. This blend of wealth and power not only shapes... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3307690/8-richest-chinese-americans-2025-net-worths-ranked-founders-tech-companies-yahoo-nvidia-zoom-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3307690/8-richest-chinese-americans-2025-net-worths-ranked-founders-tech-companies-yahoo-nvidia-zoom-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:00:09 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Google won a court fight with the European Union over a €1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) fine for thwarting competition for online ads, partly making up for last week’s crushing defeat in a separate judgment for abusing its monopoly powers. Judges at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg backed the Alphabet unit’s challenge to a fine doled out in 2019, saying regulators were mostly correct in their findings but made key mistakes in their probe linked to the duration of the alleged wrongdoing. The... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3279068/google-wins-eu-ad-abuse-case-overruling-eu15-billion-fine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3279068/google-wins-eu-ad-abuse-case-overruling-eu15-billion-fine?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:09:17 +0000 April 20 is remembered in China for marking a milestone in the nation’s development: It was on this day in 1994 that the country officially connected to the internet through a 64 kilobit special line, thanks to the service of Sprint, a US telecoms company. To commemorate the event’s 30th anniversary and celebrate China’s achievements since then, the state-backed internet society hosted a symposium over the weekend. China has good reasons to pat itself on the back for embracing the web. The rise... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3259923/how-internet-has-transformed-china-past-30-years-and-vice-versa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3259923/how-internet-has-transformed-china-past-30-years-and-vice-versa?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:00:14 +0000 Search and advertising giant Google gave a glimpse of a main leg of its defence in court on Thursday, through data showing users happily stick with its search engine when pre-installed on their devices and quickly switch from Bing or others they like less. The Justice Department is arguing in a trial that began on Tuesday that the Alphabet unit sought agreements with mobile carriers to win powerful default positions on smartphones to dominate search. The government argues that this antitrust... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3234642/google-defends-itself-once-generation-us-antitrust-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3234642/google-defends-itself-once-generation-us-antitrust-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:37:36 +0000 Microsoft Corp has threatened to cut off access to its internet-search data, which it licences to rival search engines, if they do not stop using it as the basis for their own artificial intelligence (AI) chat products, according to people familiar with the dispute. The software maker licences the data in its Bing search index – a map of the internet that can be quickly scanned in real time – to other companies that offer web search, such as Apollo Global Management’s Yahoo and DuckDuckGo. In... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3214824/microsoft-threatens-restrict-access-bings-internet-search-data-rival-companies-providing-ai-powered?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3214824/microsoft-threatens-restrict-access-bings-internet-search-data-rival-companies-providing-ai-powered?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Mar 2023 03:10:15 +0000 Yahoo will eliminate about 1,000 jobs beginning this week, or roughly 12 per cent of its employees, the first round of cuts in a larger plan to restructure its advertising tech division amid a wave of lay-offs in the industry. The company, owned by Apollo Global Management, plans to reduce headcount at its Yahoo for Business ad tech unit by almost 50 per cent by the end of 2023, or more than 20 per cent of the workforce at Yahoo, a company representative said. “These changes announced today are... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3209730/yahoo-will-eliminate-1000-jobs-latest-tech-workforce-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3209730/yahoo-will-eliminate-1000-jobs-latest-tech-workforce-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:45:19 +0000 US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its latest start-up incubation programme in Hong Kong, joining the ranks of global Big Tech companies such as Amazon to tap the city’s potential as an international innovation centre. Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub is designed to provide Hong Kong-based start-ups with technology and guidance to tackle technical bottlenecks and boost business development. Participants can use Microsoft’s products – such as Microsoft 365, Teams, GitHub... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3182674/microsoft-supports-hong-kong-start-ups-partnership-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3182674/microsoft-supports-hong-kong-start-ups-partnership-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:00:24 +0000 Yahoo will launch a series of metaverse activities in Hong Kong to explore the use of immersive advertising technologies, the US internet company said on Wednesday, a day after Facebook owner Meta Platforms announced similar plans. According to Yahoo’s announcement, the company wants to hold virtual concerts and exhibitions on popular metaverse platform Decentraland, featuring local idol groups and artists. It also plans to release a limited amount of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). “Yahoo Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3181823/yahoo-joins-facebook-owner-meta-testing-metaverse-tech-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3181823/yahoo-joins-facebook-owner-meta-testing-metaverse-tech-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:00:35 +0000 Just by the size of its economy and population, China has long stood as a market that global businesses cannot afford to ignore. Yet a string of recent exits, including Airbnb and Amazon, shows the country is increasingly becoming a cautionary tale for multinational firms. While economic reforms started almost half a century ago, a recently emergent middle class has made China even more appealing to many global firms seeking a toehold in the world’s second largest economy. Not even one of the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3181275/chinas-hostile-environment-western-tech-pushed-out-amazon-and-airbnb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3181275/chinas-hostile-environment-western-tech-pushed-out-amazon-and-airbnb?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:00:25 +0000 US internet company Yahoo said it would officially stop providing email services to mainland Chinese users from February 28 onwards, following its announcement in November that it was withdrawing from China, where foreign websites such as Google’s search engine and Twitter have been unavailable for years. After Monday, Yahoo Mail users “will no longer be able to send or receive new emails from mainland China or download data”, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said in an email sent to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3168685/yahoo-stops-email-service-mainland-users-final-retreat-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3168685/yahoo-stops-email-service-mainland-users-final-retreat-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:30:16 +0000 US internet company Yahoo stopped all its remaining online services in mainland China on Monday, marking its final retreat from the country, weeks after Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn announced its exit from the world’s second-largest economy because of greater compliance requirements. The Sunnyvale, California-based firm said its “suite of services will no longer be accessible” in the country, according to a statement posted on its website over the weekend. It added that “Yahoo products and services... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3154575/yahoo-makes-final-china-exit-amid-tightened-regulation-worlds-biggest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3154575/yahoo-makes-final-china-exit-amid-tightened-regulation-worlds-biggest?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:00:16 +0000 The newly unveiled draft of Hong Kong’s anti-doxxing bill is so broad and vague that it could open the floodgates to arbitrary accusations and leave internet service providers vulnerable to unjustified prosecution, experts and industry leaders have warned. A day after details of the bill were made public, critics cautioned against forging ahead with what could be one of the toughest anti-doxxing laws in the world. However, supporters of the bill have argued that Hong Kong is long overdue for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3141292/hong-kongs-proposed-anti-doxxing-law-far-too-broad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3141292/hong-kongs-proposed-anti-doxxing-law-far-too-broad?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:12:42 +0000 MTR Corporation union leader Tam Kin-chiu remembers how upset and threatened he felt after someone posted his photograph, workplace details and mobile phone number online in August 2019. In the midst of escalating anti-government protests, Hong Kong’s train stations had become a target of serious vandalism. The 55-year-old Tam, a train driver and vice-chairman of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Railway Trade Unions, said being doxxed left him feeling intimidated. Hong Kong anti-doxxing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3140805/hong-kong-gets-serious-cyber-harassment-are-tech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3140805/hong-kong-gets-serious-cyber-harassment-are-tech?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:16 +0000 A regional internet industry group with Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo among its members has warned the tech giants could stop offering services in Hong Kong if a proposed anti-doxxing law goes ahead in the form proposed. The Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition said the proposed legislation was too vague and broad, stressing it was also unfair to hold local staff responsible if their overseas-based companies did not remove content on their platforms as authorities required. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3139926/facebook-google-and-other-tech-giants-could-stop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3139926/facebook-google-and-other-tech-giants-could-stop?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:02:12 +0000 A US-based Chinese dissident has sued the Verizon Communications subsidiary that owns Yahoo, citing allegations that former Yahoo executives handed over private user data to the Chinese government, resulting in the activist’s detention and prosecution. Ning Xianhua, who is described in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday as a participant in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests of 1989, “suffered brutal beatings and torture for years” in China as a result of Yahoo sharing data taken from his... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3100000/verizon-sued-dissident-ning-xianhua-claiming-yahoo-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3100000/verizon-sued-dissident-ning-xianhua-claiming-yahoo-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:42:33 +0000 Silicon Valley has become much more than simply a nickname for a Northern California region. It's come to represent the rise of the internet, the pioneering of new technology and the American dream come true, all thanks to tech money. This is the birthplace of Goliath tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple, whose social networks, search engines, email services, and smartphones and computers now run our lives – and those are just some of the more recent innovators to have been born here.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3087747/its-home-tech-giants-facebook-apple-and-google-where-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3087747/its-home-tech-giants-facebook-apple-and-google-where-us?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:00:07 +0000 Former Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer apologised on Wednesday for two massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents for at least one of them, at a hearing on the growing number of cyberattacks on major US companies. “As CEO, these thefts occurred during my tenure, and I want to sincerely apologise to each and every one of our users,” she told the Senate Commerce Committee, testifying alongside the interim and former CEOs of Equifax Inc and a senior Verizon... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2119053/former-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-apologises-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2119053/former-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-apologises-data?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2017 02:21:36 +0000 Oath, the subsidiary of Verizon Communications that owns Yahoo and AOL, expects to give a boost to the digital advertising market in Hong Kong as it brings more than 50 media and technology brands to its local online platform. “With Oath’s house of brands, we can better understand users’ habits and preferences through data analytics, allowing advertisers to reach more of their target audience,” said Rico Chan, the managing director of Oath for Hong Kong, India and Southeast Asia, on Thursday. He... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2116220/yahoo-owner-oath-seeks-increased-digital-advertising-prospects-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2116220/yahoo-owner-oath-seeks-increased-digital-advertising-prospects-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Oct 2017 03:44:08 +0000 By Todd Haselton Yahoo on Tuesday said that every single Yahoo account was affected by a data breach that took place in 2013. In 2016, Yahoo disclosed that more than one billion of about three billion accounts had likely been affected by the hack. In its disclosure Tuesday, the company said all accounts were likely victimised. Yahoo included the finding in a recent update to its Account Security Update page, saying that it found out about the wider breach through new intelligence obtained during... https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2113941/yahoo-says-every-single-account-was-affected-2013-attack-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2113941/yahoo-says-every-single-account-was-affected-2013-attack-3?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:00:15 +0000 Yahoo! failed to keep financial and humanitarian commitments made a decade ago after it admitted helping the Chinese government find dissidents who were later jailed, according to a lawsuit against the web company. The suit brought by seven previously imprisoned Chinese dissidents and the wife of an eighth seeks to enforce promises made when the Sunnyvale, California-based company settled a 2007 lawsuit in San Francisco federal court. The complaint was filed Tuesday in federal court in court in... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2086872/yahoo-sued-us-court-failing-keep-promises-chinese-dissidents-2007?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2086872/yahoo-sued-us-court-failing-keep-promises-chinese-dissidents-2007?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:21:32 +0000 Two Russian intelligence agents and two “criminal hackers” were indicted Wednesday over the theft of 500 million Yahoo accounts in one of the largest cyberattacks in history. The indictment unveiled in Washington by the US Justice Department links Russia’s top spy agency, the FSB, to the massive data breach at Yahoo, which began in 2014 and which officials said was used for espionage and financial gain. The Russian agents were identified as Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin, both of whom were... https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2079260/russian-spies-hackers-charged-us-yahoo-cyberattack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2079260/russian-spies-hackers-charged-us-yahoo-cyberattack?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:38:04 +0000 By Jane Lee Yahoo7, a partnership between Yahoo! and Australian entertainment and television broadcasting company, Seven West Media has been fined A$300,000 (US$230,880) and convicted of contempt of court for publishing an article that aborted a murder trial, with a judge saying that one of Australia’s biggest media companies put profits before professional journalism. Its employee, Sydney journalist Krystal Johnson, who wrote the article, has escaped with a good behaviour bond, the Supreme... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2071773/yahoo7-fined-and-convicted-contempt-court-after-publishing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2071773/yahoo7-fined-and-convicted-contempt-court-after-publishing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:00:00 +0000 Yahoo announced Wednesday more than a billion users may have had data stolen in a hack dating back to 2013 - separate from its previously disclosed breach affecting 500 million. In a huge blow to the struggling internet pioneer, Yahoo said it made the discovery as it was investigating what was already the largest data breach of a single company. “Yahoo believes an unauthorised third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one billion user accounts,” it said in a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2054743/yahoo-says-1-billion-accounts-exposed-largest-security-breach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2054743/yahoo-says-1-billion-accounts-exposed-largest-security-breach?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:21:49 +0000 Microsoft and Google want to make it clear that their email services, Outlook, Hotmail and Gmail, are safe from US government spies. The two companies issued the following statements to CNBC, following a Reuters report revealing that Internet giant Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence officials, according to reporter Joseph Menn’s sources. “We have never engaged in the secret scanning of email traffic like what has been reported today about Yahoo .” — a Microsoft... https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2025286/google-and-microsoft-say-email-services-are-spy-free-following?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2025286/google-and-microsoft-say-email-services-are-spy-free-following?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Oct 2016 04:40:07 +0000 Yahoo! is being accused in lawsuits of failing to secure customer data after the company said the personal information of at least 500 million users was stolen in a 2014 hack. As a result of the company’s “failure to establish and implement basic data security protocols, contrary to Yahoo’s guarantees, its users’ personal information is now in the hands of criminals and/or enemies of the US,” according to the latest complaint, filed Friday in federal court in San Jose, California. The case was... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2022741/yahoos-data-breach-draws-negligence-lawsuits-users?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2022741/yahoos-data-breach-draws-negligence-lawsuits-users?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:27:31 +0000 Yahoo on Friday faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a cyber attack that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, a critical issue for the company as it seeks to prevent the breach from affecting a pending takeover by Verizon. The internet company has so far not provided a clear, detailed timeline about when it was made aware of the breach announced Thursday. Yahoo blamed the incident on a “state-sponsored actor” but has not provided any technical information... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2022204/yahoo-faces-growing-scrutiny-over-when-it-learned-data-breach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2022204/yahoo-faces-growing-scrutiny-over-when-it-learned-data-breach?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:11:20 +0000 Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach of its service, according to several sources close to the situation, hacking that has exposed several hundred million user accounts. While sources were unspecific about the extent of the incursion, since there is the likelihood of government investigations and legal action related to the breach, they noted that it is widespread and serious. Earlier this summer, Yahoo said it was investigating a data breach in which hackers claimed to have access... https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2021645/yahoo-poised-confirm-huge-data-breach-hitting-hundreds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/2021645/yahoo-poised-confirm-huge-data-breach-hitting-hundreds?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:28:19 +0000 Yahoo plans to sell roughly 3,000 patents, including for its proprietary search technology, in a deal that could bring in an additional US$1 billion to the company, The Wall Street Journal reports. Yahoo has hired investment bank Black Stone IP to handle the sell-off of its patent portfolio, which includes intellectual property that dates back to 1996. Yahoo confirmed that it was exploring the sale of 3,000 patents, and a source told the WSJ that Yahoo will take bids until mid-June. The report... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1969835/yahoo-sell-search-tech-and-and-other-patents-us1-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1969835/yahoo-sell-search-tech-and-and-other-patents-us1-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:45:30 +0000 Yahoo forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the current quarter as it struggles to revive its core online advertising business and spends more to attract users to its websites. Shares of Yahoo were marginally down at US$39.34 in after-market trading. Yahoo has been developing content for its mobile platform to drive user engagement and ad sales as its core online advertising business struggles in the face of stiff competition from Google and Facebook. Traffic acquisition costs (TAC), the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1842699/yahoo-revenue-below-estimates-company-eyes-us31-billion-alibaba?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/1842699/yahoo-revenue-below-estimates-company-eyes-us31-billion-alibaba?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:03:23 +0000 US internet giant Yahoo will close its research and development centre in Beijing as the firm seeks to consolidate some jobs into fewer offices. The Sunnyvale, California-based company told its 350 employees, mostly engineers and scientists, on Wednesday that the centre will shut down. Lay-offs would begin at the end of this month, a person familiar with the matter said. A Yahoo spokesperson said in a statement: “We are constantly making changes to align resources, and to foster better... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/enterprises/article/1741024/yahoo-close-beijing-research-centre-company-seeks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/enterprises/article/1741024/yahoo-close-beijing-research-centre-company-seeks?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:15:30 +0000 Yahoo is close to investing in Snapchat in a funding round that values the start-up at US$10 billion, a source said. The web portal was the lead investor in the financing and set the terms of the round, the source said. Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers had also invested as part of the Snapchat funding, sources said. Yahoo separately agreed to buy mobile-chat platform MessageMe for less than US$12 million, sources said. The moves continue a spate of acquisitions and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1610303/yahoo-invest-snapchat-us10b-value?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1610303/yahoo-invest-snapchat-us10b-value?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2014 20:10:48 +0000 Yahoo said the US government threatened to fine the company US$250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to surrender online information, a step the company regarded as unconstitutional. The outlines of Yahoo's secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance emerged on Thursday when a federal judge ordered the release of some material about Yahoo's court challenge. In a statement, Yahoo said the government amended a law to allow it to demand user information... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1591216/yahoo-reveals-threat-us250000-daily-fines-over-internet-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1591216/yahoo-reveals-threat-us250000-daily-fines-over-internet-data?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:15:30 +0000 Yahoo said on Thursday that the US government threatened to fine the company US$250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to go along with an expansion of US surveillance by surrendering online information, a step the company regarded as unconstitutional. The outlines of Yahoo’s secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance emerged when a federal judge ordered the unsealing of some material about the web portal’s court challenge. In a statement, Yahoo said... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1590723/yahoo-describes-secret-court-battle-us-government-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1590723/yahoo-describes-secret-court-battle-us-government-over?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2014 02:30:15 +0000 Executives at messaging start-up TangoMe were brainstorming expansion plans when one of their investors, Jerry Yang, made a suggestion: talk to Alibaba. Yang, a co-founder of Yahoo, quickly introduced TangoMe to an Alibaba executive. That led to a meeting with Yang, Alibaba vice-chairman Joe Tsai and the young company at its office in Mountain View, California, in late 2013, a source said. By March, Alibaba had agreed to invest US$215 million in TangoMe as part of a round that valued the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1590503/yahoo-founder-jerry-yang-plays-key-role-alibabas-listing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1590503/yahoo-founder-jerry-yang-plays-key-role-alibabas-listing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:19:45 +0000 A senior female Yahoo executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Maria Zhang, a senior director of engineering at Yahoo Mobile, has been sued by Nan Shi, who worked as a principal software engineer in Yahoo from February last year, according to a complaint filed in a California court last Tuesday. The complaint alleges that Zhang coerced Shi to have oral and digital sex with her on multiple... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1552862/female-yahoo-executive-sued-accused-sexually-harassing-female-employee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1552862/female-yahoo-executive-sued-accused-sexually-harassing-female-employee?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:32:17 +0000 Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer and Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma Yun are among the invited guests at the annual Allen & Co Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, according to a person with a copy of the list. The pair are pegged to attend the annual retreat running from July 8 to 13, said the person. Alibaba's anticipated August initial public offering could be the largest ever in the US. Yahoo has a 23 per cent stake in the Chinese e-commerce company. The event, always heavy on executives from... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1539912/yahoo-alibaba-chiefs-meet-key-allen-co-retreat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1539912/yahoo-alibaba-chiefs-meet-key-allen-co-retreat?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:30:45 +0000 Yahoo is pushing ahead with its transformation into an internet age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines about technology and food. The fresh online offerings were showcased by Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer during a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote presentation. "We have been … re-imagining Yahoo's core businesses across search, communications, media and video - all powered by two powerful platforms, Flickr and Tumblr," Mayer... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1400856/yahoo-sees-future-digital-publishing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1400856/yahoo-sees-future-digital-publishing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:53:02 +0000 The headlines have been buzzing this week with word that tarnished former Internet titan Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) will shutter its Chinese Internet music service, with many pointing out the move reflects a broader reshuffling in the online music space. But from my perspective, the much more intriguing question is whether this move represents the first small step before Yahoo withdraws from the market completely – a step that seems increasingly likely as it focuses on turning around its core US... https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1108967/yahoo-preparing-china-exit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1108967/yahoo-preparing-china-exit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:42:01 +0000 A dissident whose conviction in 2003 for subversion was based on evidence from United States internet giant Yahoo will be released from a 10-year jail term this week, his wife says. Wang Xiaoning , 62, became a cause célèbre after a Beijing court named Yahoo (Hong Kong) as the source of its evidence, a public relations disaster for the firm. His wife, Yu Ling , said yesterday the Beijing prison authorities had said Wang would be released tomorrow morning. Wang was prosecuted after posting essays... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1025847/dissident-jailed-evidence-yahoo-hk-be-freed-wife-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1025847/dissident-jailed-evidence-yahoo-hk-be-freed-wife-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A Chinese dissident whose conviction for subversion was based on evidence provided by US internet giant Yahoo will be released from a 10-year prison term this week, his wife said on Wednesday. Wang Xiaoning, 62, became a cause celebre after a Beijing court named Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) as the source of evidence that led to his 2003 conviction, in a public relations disaster for the company. His wife Yu Ling said the Beijing prison authorities had said he would be released on Friday... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1025474/jailed-dissident-yahoo-case-be-freed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1025474/jailed-dissident-yahoo-case-be-freed?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:02:24 +0000 In most markets it was long ago surpassed by Google as the most popular search engine, but Yahoo still rules the roost in Hong Kong.That makes the city a unique and important market for Yahoo's first woman CEO. Lorraine Cheung, head of audience at Yahoo Hong Kong, welcomed the appointment of former Google executive Marissa Mayer to the firm's top job, but declined to comment on how Mayer might influence Hong Kong operations. 'I'm happy and excited but we don't have any further comment,' Cheung... https://www.scmp.com/article/1007460/yahoo-still-hks-top-search-engine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1007460/yahoo-still-hks-top-search-engine?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Mohamed bin Hammam Asia's football chief won his appeal against Fifa's life ban from all soccer-related activity over bribery allegations. The Geneva-based Court of Arbitration for Sport found that soccer's international governing body had not investigated the claims thoroughly enough. Bin Hammam, who played a key role in securing the 2022 World Cup for his home country, Qatar, still has a long way to go to clear his name. The Kuala Lumpur-based Asian Football Confederation has just suspended... https://www.scmp.com/article/1007474/good-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1007474/good-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A New York-listed Chinese internet company has denied claims that it inflated its internet usage data and revenue. The allegations were levied against Qihoo 360 Technology by Anonymous Analytics, a network of anonymous investigators that claims to be linked to Anonymous, a loose group of computer hackers purporting to promote political transparency. 'Qihoo's traffic volume is the reason the company has reported revenue growth of 200 per cent per year in the last three years,' Anonymous Analytics... https://www.scmp.com/article/1006032/ny-listed-qihoo-360-denies-hyping-usage-revenue-numbers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1006032/ny-listed-qihoo-360-denies-hyping-usage-revenue-numbers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Activists staged a noisy protest outside the South China Morning Post's Causeway Bay office yesterday, accusing the paper of self-censorship by downplaying coverage of the death of dissident Li Wangyang. A score of protesters from the Democratic Party and the League of Social Democrats accused the paper of being unfair to Li and Post readers by underplaying the news in its June 7 issue. They also accused Post Editor-in-Chief Wang Xiangwei of trying to serve Beijing's interests. One of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/1004623/activists-stage-protest-outside-newspaper-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1004623/activists-stage-protest-outside-newspaper-office?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000