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Vote on Big Tech Bill Unlikely Before Election
By Eric Cortellessa
Senate Holds Hearing on Social Media and Homeland Security
By Jasmine Aguilera
Twitter Whistleblower Testifies in Congress
By Vera Bergengruen and Andrew R. Chow
Xi Calls for Tech Push in China After U.S. Escalates Curbs
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The U.S. Releases New Plans In the Fight To Bring Chip-Making Back
Semiconductors are a vital part of almost every technology in use today, from cars to video games to defense missiles.
By Nik Popli
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Japan's Digital Minister Is Waging War on Floppy Disks
The dated storage medium is still used for some 1,900 government procedures in Japan
By Low De Wei/Bloomberg
August 31, 2022
How The Inflation Reduction Act Will Spur New Climate Tech
The new climate policy could lead to the creation of 1,000 new companies, estimates the head of investment at Bill Gates’ climate fund
By Justin Worland
August 18, 2022
China Attacks U.S. Chip Handouts
China says a $52 billion program to expand American chipmaking targets Beijing’s own efforts to build a semiconductor industry
By Bloomberg
August 18, 2022
Apple Targets Sept. 7 for iPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of New Devices
The new iPhones will kick off a busy fall product season, which will also include new Macs, low-end and high-end iPads, and three Apple Watch models.
By Mark Gurman/Bloomberg
August 17, 2022
Chinese Internet Giants Share Algorithm Details With Beijing
The unprecedented move is aimed at curbing data abuse but may end up compromising closely guarded corporate secrets
By Jane Zhang/Bloomberg
August 15, 2022
Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him
Elon Musk is a singular visionary driving humanity toward a better future—or at least that’s what he and his admirers want us to believe. For the past two decades, supporters and news outlets have praised...
By Paris Marx
August 8, 2022
Why Schumer Is Stalling an Anti-Big-Tech Bill
The bill, which Amazon, Meta and Google oppose, appears to have the support of enough Senators for it to pass.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 4, 2022
Google, Apple Back Affirmative Action in Harvard Case
Businesses risk inflaming a conservative backlash against companies taking progressive stances.
By Maia Spoto and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson / Bloomberg
August 1, 2022
The Metaverse Will Reshape Our Lives. Let's Make Sure It's for the Better
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports that in the first six months of 2022, the word metaverse appeared in regulatory filings more than 1,100 times. The previous year saw 260 mentions. The preceding two...
By Matthew Ball
July 18, 2022
We're Dangerously Close to Giving Big Tech Control Of Our Thoughts
Elon Musk has proclaimed himself to be a “free speech absolutist” though reports of the way employees of his companies have been treated when exercising their free speech rights to criticise him might indicate that...
By Susie Alegre
June 29, 2022
U.S. Sanctions Are Supercharging China's Chipmaking Industry
Demand for home-grown components means China’s chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world
By Bloomberg
June 21, 2022
Crypto's Layoffs Are Just Beginning, Experts Warn
Many companies weren't expecting the crypto downturn to happen this rapidly. Now, insiders are bracing for more than a year of doldrums.
By Andrew R. Chow
June 15, 2022
A New Congressional Bill Aims To Spur Crypto's Growth
A bipartisan bill from Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis aims to take a “take a light regulatory touch" toward crypto.
By Andrew R. Chow
June 7, 2022
Tim Cook: Loss of Privacy Could Change Behavior
"If we begin to feel like we're being surveilled all the time, our behavior changes."
By Megan McCluskey
June 7, 2022
The Strange Coalition in Congress Poised to Score a Major Win Against Big Tech
Congress doesn’t get much done these days, but one major piece of legislation stands a good chance of becoming law thanks to a bizarre coalition that includes virtually every Democrat not from California and some...
By Eric Cortellessa
May 31, 2022
5 Takeaways From the DC Blockchain Summit
The summit proved that there are many crypto supporters on the hill, and that formal processes are underway to grow and normalize the industry.
By Andrew R. Chow
May 26, 2022
The Crypto Industry Was On Its Way to Changing the Carbon-Credit Market, Until It Hit a Major Roadblock
Crypto entrepreneurs hoped to revolutionize the carbon credit market to fight climate change. They've been met with resistance.
By Andrew R. Chow
May 26, 2022
Niantic’s New Technology Could Enable The Next Generation of Developers To Build Their Own Pokémon Go
The tech company announced two key features that they hope will pave the way for the expanded use of augmented reality (AR) in everyday life
By Andrew R. Chow
May 24, 2022
What Terra's Crash Means For Crypto and Beyond
UST's downfall could have short-term and long-term ripple effects, especially as skeptical legislators like Elizabeth Warren survey the damage
By Andrew R. Chow
May 17, 2022
Elon Musk Sows Doubt Over His $44 Billion Twitter Takeover
Musk has said he wants to defeat spam bots, authenticate all humans and make Twitter's algorithms open source
By Giles Turner / Bloomberg
May 13, 2022
India Will Test Elon Musk’s Twitter Free Speech Pledge
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter could give the Indian government extra leverage to crack down on critics—despite Musk’s stated aims to preserve free speech on the platform—due to Tesla’s business ambitions in the country. Under...
By Billy Perrigo and Suprakash Majumdar
April 29, 2022
Elon Musk and the Tech Bro Obsession With 'Free Speech'
They say that something is worth what someone will pay for it. If that's true, then protecting "free speech," which Elon Musk has cited as a central reason he agreed to buy Twitter for $44...
By Charlotte Alter
April 29, 2022
Elon Musk Decided Not to Join Twitter’s Board After All
“I believe this is for the best,” Agrawal said in an internal memo he shared on Twitter
By Sarah Frier, Edwin Chan and Dana Hull / Bloomberg
April 11, 2022
What Elon Musk Can Do at Twitter—and What He Can't
One of corporate America's most notable loudmouths has acquired the largest stake in the home of online loudmouths: Twitter, the microblogging platform. Of course, the person in question is multi-billionaire Elon Musk, the wealthiest person...
By Simon Constable
April 8, 2022
3D-Printed Homes Could Help Solve Affordable Housing Crisis
Videos of 3D-homebuilding are racking up tens of millions of views and helping people envision a world in which affordable 3D-printed houses are the new norm
By Megan McCluskey
April 4, 2022
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on the Chip Shortage, Supply Chain Issues, and Russian Sanctions
Earlier this week, I wrote about how potato chips may be harder to come by as Russia's invasion of Ukraine hinders production of sunflower oil, a common snack food ingredient. Today, I spoke with United...
By Abby Vesoulis
March 9, 2022
There's Still Time to Make a Better, More Ethical Web
Twelve years ago, I was 24 years old when I handed my boss a printed piece of paper with the description for a job I believed should exist but didn’t: a reporter covering the emerging...
By Laurie Segall
March 8, 2022
CES Companies Make the Case That Telehealth Can Work
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients’ fears of getting infected in health care settings pushed many to use telehealth from the comfort of their own homes. That has come with some upsides. As telehealth has become...
By Tara Law
January 11, 2022
Elon Musk: 'My Career is Mars and Cars'
For Elon Musk, Monday evening was a family affair. Waving to his mother Maye Musk in the audience, and balancing his toddler X Æ A-Xii (pronounced “X”) on his knee, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO...
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 14, 2021
Frances Haugen Warns of Congress 'Inaction' on Facebook
Deep partisan divisions are hampering any legislative or regulatory reforms to hold tech platforms accountable
By Vera Bergengruen
December 1, 2021
Samsung Picks Texas for $17B U.S. Chip Plant
Samsung is planning to invest $17 billion and create about 1,800 jobs in Taylor, Texas over the first 10 years, according to documents submitted to local officials.
By Jenny Leonard and Sohee Kim/Bloomberg
November 23, 2021
The Quentin Tarantino-Miramax Dispute Isn't the First Lawsuit Over NFTs—And it Won't Be the Last
The lawsuit is another example of the sometimes fraught way in which the concept of NFT ownership has collided with existing copyright law.
By Andrew R. Chow
November 17, 2021
How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World
In human years, Ryan Kaji is 10. In YouTube views, he’s 48,597,844,873. If, in our digital age, a person’s life can be measured by their online footprint, Ryan’s is the size of a brachiosaur’s, which,...
By Belinda Luscombe
November 12, 2021
Trump Plans to Regain Social Media Presence With New Company
Trump Media and Technology Group says it plans to start a social media company called Truth Social
By Jennifer Jacobs and Mark Niquette / Bloomberg
October 21, 2021
Xi Eyes Innovation and Oversight for China’s Digital Economy
China has identified the digital economy as a key driver for growth and made tech self-sufficiency a top priority
By Bloomberg
October 19, 2021
Alibaba Just Unveiled One of China’s Most Advanced Chips
The new Alibaba server chip is a milestone in China’s pursuit of semiconductor self-sufficiency
By Coco Liu and Debby Wu / Bloomberg
October 18, 2021
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Season 3 Is the Best Installment Yet—and a Brilliant Send-Up of Suburbia
'You' is what you might get if 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' “social assassin” Larry David were a literal assassin, violently vanquishing braggarts and navel gazers and empty-headed trend chasers of every variety
By Judy Berman
October 17, 2021
Why Regulating Facebook’s Algorithm Could Be Unconstitutional
Taking aim at the algorithm instead of breaking up the company through antitrust law would be a novel approach that would almost certainly invite legal challenges
By Julia Zorthian
October 13, 2021
This Is the White House's Plan to Take on Facebook
President Joe Biden wants Congress to strengthen antitrust laws, make sure privacy is better protected, and rewrite Section 230
By Brian Bennett
October 7, 2021
How Fixing Facebook's Algorithm Could Help Teens—and Democracy
Frances Haugen's testimony depoliticized the conversation about Facebook, making it less about extremism and more about kids' mental health.
By Charlotte Alter
October 5, 2021
Instagram Is Doing Grave Harm to Our Generation. We Need Help to Stop It
Although Destinee was just 13 when she created her first Instagram account in 2012, she was late to the world of social media. She remembers standing in her best friend's bathroom, posing in front of...
By Destinee Adams and Zamaan Qureshi
September 21, 2021
Why Apple's Health App Could Be the Sleeper Hit of iOS 15
When Apple's iOS 15 goes live Monday, it will come with the usual bevy of software upgrades meant to enhance slightly older iPhones while also laying the groundwork for the Cupertino, Calif. company's next generation...
By Alex Fitzpatrick
September 20, 2021
What China's Tech Crackdown Means for the U.S.
New regulations include: only three hours of video games per week allowed for kids, limits on social media algorithms, and a ban on online celebrity fan clubs
By Billy Perrigo
September 1, 2021
Technology Can Help Foster Inclusivity, Productivity at Work
'We destigmatized working from home— letting the messiness of our personal lives permeate a sanitized working world'
By Anjali Sud
August 11, 2021
How China Is Using AI to Fuel the Next Industrial Revolution
"AI is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution. China is at the forefront in manifesting this change"
By Kai-Fu Lee
August 11, 2021
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