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Yahoo
Yahoo
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.
Chairman / President
Tapan Bhat
CEO / Managing Director
Darsin Bassin
CFO / Finance Director
Monica Mijaleski
Industry
Media
Internet
Computer software
Web search engine
Website
yahoo.com
Headquarters address
Sunnyvale, California, U.S.
Stock Code
NASDAQ:YHOO
Year founded
1994
Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani (right) with his Lithuanian counterpart Dovile Sakaliene in Tokyo on May 28. Photo: Kyodo
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A teacher showed Tibetan students how to use a laptop computer in this photo dated 2006. China over the weekend marked the 30-year anniversary of its access to the global internet. Photo: China Photos/Getty Images
Smartphones

Google defends itself in once-in-a-generation antitrust trial

The tech giant’s lawyer argues that data showed users turning to Google whether the default search engine was Bing, Yahoo or Google.

Microsoft

Microsoft threatens to restrict Bing’s internet data from rival AI search tools

Microsoft has told at least two licensee firms that using its Bing search index to feed their artificial intelligence chat tools violates the terms of their contract, according to people familiar with the dispute.

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Internet

Yahoo will eliminate 1,000 jobs in latest tech workforce cuts

Yahoo will eliminate roughly 12 per cent of its workforce in the first round of cuts under a larger plan to restructure its advertising tech division amid a wave of lay-offs in the tech industry.

The Yahoo logo is seen in front of a building in Rolle, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters
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Microsoft partners with Science Park, Cyberport to nurture start-ups

More than 40 local start-ups have joined the programme, including AI-powered marine trash-collecting robot maker Clearbot and algorithmic trading marketplace AlgoBot.

Metaverse

Yahoo follows Meta in testing metaverse tech in Hong Kong

The US internet company says it will hold virtual concerts and exhibitions on a metaverse platform, after Facebook owner Meta announced similar plans.

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Regulation

China’s one-time tech copycats outsmart the originals. Here’s how

An increasing number of Western internet firms are calling it quits in the world’s second largest economy, but analysts say local competition may be more to blame than the pandemic and increased regulations.

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China was once seen as too big to ignore for foreign tech giants, but more and more companies are abandoning the market amid tightening regulations and fierce competition with well-funded local rivals. Illustration: SCMP / Lau Ka-kuen
China technology

No more Yahoo Mail for mainland Chinese users

Yahoo Mail told mainland Chinese users over the weekend that they could no longer send or receive email after February 28, marking the US company’s final retreat from China amid tightened data regulations.

The Yahoo logo is seen outside of the company’s offices in Santa Clara, California. The company will no longer provide email services to mainland Chinese users starting on February 28, 2022. Photo: AP Photo
Internet

Yahoo sounds final retreat in China amid tightened regulation

Yahoo marked its final China exit weeks after Microsoft’s LinkedIn announced the shutdown of its service in the world’s biggest internet market.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s proposed anti-doxxing law far too broad and vague, critics argue

The bill opens the door to arbitrary accusations and has left internet service providers unsure of how to comply, legal and industry experts say.

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Hong Kong politics

‘Too tough’ anti-doxxing law in Hong Kong aims to end cyber harassment

Doxxing must end, but government ‘needs to balance freedom of expression, right to privacy’, sector observers say.

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Technology

Facebook, Google ‘could stop offering services’ in Hong Kong over doxxing law

The Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition said the proposed legislation was too vague and broad.

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Tech giants could pull out of Hong Kong, the Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition says. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Dissident sues Verizon, saying data handover to China led to jail, torture

Ning Xianhua says Yahoo cut deal with Beijing to hand over emails of pro-democracy activists in exchange for access to Chinese market.

Technology

8 answers to what the internet wants to know about Silicon Valley

Home to tech bros, start-ups and huge pay packets, we used Google’s autocomplete search tool to sift through what people are searching for about Silicon Valley

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Computer hackers

Former Yahoo CEO apologises for data breaches, blames Russians

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Photo: AFP
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Yahoo sued over promises made to Chinese dissidents

Yahoo sued in US court for failing to keep promises to Chinese dissidents in 2007
Computer hackers

US charges Russian spies and hackers over cyberattack on Yahoo

Russian spies and hackers are charged by US over massive Yahoo cyberattack
Fairfax Media

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Computer hackers

Yahoo reveals hacking of billion-plus users

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CNBC

Google and Microsoft say email services are spy-free following Yahoo report

Yahoo insists it has done nothing wrong and complied with US laws. Photo: eGuidry/Flickr

New | Yahoo’s data breach draws negligence lawsuits by users

Yahoo’s data breach draws negligence lawsuits by users

New | Yahoo faces growing scrutiny over when it learned of data breach by hackers

CNBC

Yahoo poised to confirm huge data breach, hitting hundreds of millions of users

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