Uber Technologies Inc. is gearing up for battle in Asian markets against Didi, Ola and Grab—all ride-hailing services with investments from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.

Growing concerns about cybersecurity have made assessing cyber risk vital to deal strategy.

Qualcomm Inc. Chairman Paul Jacobs is trying to repel an assault by Broadcom that threatens to rip from him control of the company he and his father have shepherded since its inception.

The social-media giant played down allegations Russia exploited its platform during the 2016 elections, deepening perceptions that its leaders are oblivious to public concern about its social impact. The reaction has exacerbated a brewing backlash against many of Silicon Valley’s largest companies.

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Microchip Technology agreed to buy Microsemi for $8.3 billion, a deal that would create a growing power in chips for everything from washing machines and cars to missiles.

Members of a U.S. national security panel are locked in a dispute over a hostile takeover bid for chip giant Qualcomm Inc., pitting officials in the departments of Justice and Defense against Treasury.

YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males for technical positions because they didn’t help the company achieve its goals for improving diversity, according to a civil complaint filed by a former employee.

The same U.S. policies that have pushed a group of Mexican-born, U.S.-raised people back to Mexico is promising to drive a growing programming industry south of the border.

A Russian-backed propaganda group used social media in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry and influence energy policy, according to a new congressional staff report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

While people in the West debate about whether the internet and social media undermine democracy, a big question for many Chinese is whether cutting-edge technology strengthens the iron fists of autocrats.

The European Union upped its ante against tech companies, announcing sweeping guidelines for speedily scrubbing terror and other illegal content from their European websites.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund has joined other investors that include a Singapore sovereign-wealth fund and Sequoia Capital in committing $535 million to DoorDash, a San Francisco-based food-delivery service.

A company called Blade wants to take that computer off your desk and stick it in the cloud.

SoftBank is on a shopping spree, investing billions in firms such as Uber and WeWork, both directly and through an affiliated tech fund. People who know SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son describe his style as alternating between methodical and haphazard.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook will co-chair the Chinese government’s showcase global business forum next month, underscoring his increasingly high profile here as companies wrestle with tough new government demands on cybersecurity.

The case is one of several legal battles on law-enforcement access to private online data, and it requires the justices to interpret a law that Congress wrote before email and cloud computing were part of everyday life.

Qualcomm said it is getting closer to negotiating a deal for Broadcom to buy it—except the two sides can’t agree on a price.

When Apple next week begins shifting the iCloud accounts of its China-based customers to a local partner’s servers, it also will take an unprecedented step for the company that alarms some privacy specialists: storing the encryption keys for those accounts in China.

Huawei Technologies, a Chinese maker of smartphones and telecom gear, is seen in Washington as a potential tool of state-sponsored spying, but Britain and several other U.S. allies are embracing Huawei’s technology.

Wireless companies are finally setting deadlines for the rollout of the next wave of technology designed to revolutionize the way machines reach the internet, 5G.

Web-storage company Dropbox Inc. raised the curtain on its long-awaited IPO, which is set to be one of the biggest tech debuts of the past few years.

The hottest thing in China’s online shopping world is bricks-and-mortar stores. Inman, which started as an online-only women’s fashion brand but has now opened 450 shops, shows why.

Three technology titans have powered nearly half of the S&P 500’s advance this year, a worrying sign for investors expecting a strengthening economy to lift shares of manufacturers, oil companies and other firms whose fortunes typically improve with growth.

SpaceX’s proposed internet-via-space project is slated to launch two experimental satellites on Thursday, even as the company tamps down expectations such prototypes will quickly evolve into a functioning global system.

Snap Inc.’s overhaul of its core app splits the social from the media—but is that enough to survive?

A prominent white nationalist sued Twitter for kicking him off the social network, the latest in a spate of legal attacks by members of the far-right claiming tech companies discriminate against their viewpoints and challenging the idea that they operate neutral platforms.

Airbnb Inc’s Experiences service, where travelers book outings with local experts, has been off to a sluggish start as the company hunts for new revenue sources beyond home rentals.

Broadcom knocked more than $4 billion off its bid to acquire Qualcomm, firing back a day after Qualcomm sweetened its own offer to acquire NXP Semiconductors by billions.

Experts offer a lesson in how Facebook and other networks through history became hierarchies, as individuals got more influence.

Chip giant Qualcomm raised its bid for NXP Semiconductors to about $44 billion in an effort to win shareholder support for the acquisition.

The alleged Russian campaign to manipulate the U.S. presidential election was orchestrated by what amounted to a propaganda startup, with finance and graphics departments, performance targets and a sophisticated social-media strategy.

Disturbing social-media posts apparently made by Nikolas Cruz before a deadly shooting spree have rekindled questions about what responsibilities and capabilities technology companies and law-enforcement authorities have for detecting threats among the billions of words, images and videos online.

“Fortnite” wasn’t a big hit when it first came out as a $40 game. To attract players, Epic Games made an unusual decision: create a free version.

A Russian internet organization and 13 Russian nationals were indicted Friday by a federal grand jury on charges of seeking to interfere in the U.S. electoral process.