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Alexandra Levine

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Reporter at Bloomberg News

Bloomberg reporter covering TikTok and social media. Past @Forbes @Politico @NYTimes. Got a tip? Signal/WhatsApp: 310-526-1242 | alevine136 at bloomberg dot net

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Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Kurt Wagner |Alexandra Levine

    One of the first actions President Donald Trump took at the outset of his second presidency was granting a stay of execution for TikTok. Two and a half months later, he granted a second. Under a law passed by Congress in 2024, the popular video app was facing a nationwide ban starting Jan. 19 after its Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd., failed to divest the app’s US operations to ease national security concerns.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kurt Wagner |Alexandra Levine

    NowSiri’s big AI upgrades may still be a long way off, but some changes to the Shortcuts app in iOS 18.4 offer the first major hints in Apple’s software of what’s to come. Shortcuts has gained new actions for Apple apps, with super fine-grained controls available for building shortcuts that change …

  • 1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Alexandra Levine

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  • 1 month ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Alexandra Levine

    (Bloomberg) -- TikTok generated $1.7 billion globally in sales from TikTok Live in just one quarter in 2023, with more than $400 million of that coming from the US, according to a newly unsealed lawsuit brought against the company in Washington. TikTok projects that the popular livestreaming feature will generate $77 billion globally by 2027, the complaint claims.

  • 2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Alexandra Levine

    This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our revamped daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Alexandra Levine looks at how TikTok has been hurt by the questions surrounding its future in the US. Apple’s low-cost phone: Apple introduced the iPhone 16e, the successor to the iPhone SE, at a price of $599. The new phone includes Apple Intelligence and the company’s first in-house cellular chip.

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Alexandra S. Levine
Alexandra S. Levine @Ali_Lev
3 Mar 25

Scoop: TikTok projects that TikTok Live could generate $77 billion a year globally by 2027, according to a newly unsealed lawsuit brought against the company in Washington. The financials, from a @DCAttorneyGen complaint, haven't been previously reported:https://t.co/ivHeET6ZbX

Alexandra S. Levine
Alexandra S. Levine @Ali_Lev
21 Feb 25

RT @markgurman: BREAKING: Apple is pulling its end-to-end encryption feature — Advanced Data Protection — in the UK, in a stunning developm…

Alexandra S. Levine
Alexandra S. Levine @Ali_Lev
14 Feb 25

RT @sarahfrier: Must-read story from @byJuliaLove. Elon Musk has repeatedly posted about the dangers of letting unauthorized people into th…