China Telecom's U.S. subsidiary asked a U..S appeals court to block the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to revoke the telecommunication company's authorization to operate in the United States. China Telecom Americas was ordered by the FCC to discontinue its services by early January.

TechCrunch asked several professionals about how to optimize next year’s marketing spending and how to spend the money to kick-start their 2022 marketing efforts. The money could be used to buy 50 Herman Miller Aeron chairs or five top-of-the-line MacBook Pros for the engineering team.

Faraday Future is launching an investigation into recent allegations of financial fraud at the startup, including claims from a recent short-seller report by J Capital. J Capital accused the startup of lying about the number of reservations it had collected for its ultra-expensive electric SUV, the FF91. The EV startup’s board of directors has formed a “special committee of independent directors” which has hired a law firm to perform the investigation.

Russia destroyed one of its own satellites with a ground-based missile, creating thousands of pieces of debris that have spread out into Earth orbit, and many thousands of smaller ones that cannot be traced. The State Department indicated that the debris field is a danger to the space station, and that it will significantly increase the risk to astronauts.

Snap has signed a music licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment, which means Snapchat users will have access to songs from Sony artists, and Snap plans to take advantage of the milestone by launching new AR music filters. The company also has licensing deals with all the major music labels, and will release a set that will feature pre-selected songs embedded in the filter.

Bitcoin network has rolled out a long-in-the-making "Taproot" code upgrade to improve privacy and security for complicated transactions through new signatures that make them look like any other exchange. Would-be thieves or snoops should have a harder time recognizing when an unusual transfer is taking place.

China's cyberspace regulator on Sunday proposed requiring companies pursuing share listings in Hong Kong to apply for cybersecurity inspections if they handle data that concerns national security.

Unity plans to spend $1.6+ billion to acquire the tech side of Weta Digital, the legendary VFX studio co-founded by Peter Jackson, taking on the engineering teams, digital assets and responsibility of the ridiculously deep catalog of custom tools that Weta has spent the last 20 years building.

The family of a deceased man is suing his former business partner over control of their partnership's assets, a cache of about one million bitcoins, equivalent to around $64 billion today, belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto.

Manufacturers are finding workarounds to deal with a shortage of semiconductor chips, redesigning products, shipping uncompleted units and focusing on older, lower-tech models.

Sports Illustrated is angling to reach younger audiences with its new made-for-mobile series on Snapchat, a popular TV alternative for Gen Zers who are less interested in the traditional medium, with over 85% of the cohort having watched one in the second half of last year, per a Snap statistic.

The state of distributed work is changing as the tech industry is looking to hire more skilled workers than humans can currently meet. This is where top tech recruiters are sharing their plans to help companies land the people they need. This includes global compensation plans and custom offer decks for key candidates.