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Who Wins the (Online) Corner Store?
A big question about the future of commerce is how local businesses will succeed online.
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Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Diverging With Google on Proposed Law
With Australia moving to make the tech companies pay for news, Facebook took a hard line,...
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Google Is Suddenly Paying for News in Australia. What About Everywhere Else?
Pathbreaking legislation showed that even a small nation can get the tech giant to bend. But...
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Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’
Government antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected...
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Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online
After being cut off by Amazon and other tech giants, Parler worked for weeks to find...
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Big Tech’s Unlikely Next Battleground: North Dakota
A vote on a bill this week is part of a movement that could cost Apple...
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How to Fix Facebook Groups
Facebook groups spread conspiracy theories and shield abuse. Here are ways to make them less toxic.
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An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat
The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make...
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Google Shuts Loon Helium Balloon Project
Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company’s high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it...
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Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook
Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the...
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YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel for at Least 7 Days
YouTube is the latest tech company to bar the president from posting online, after Twitter, Facebook...
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How Parler, a Chosen App of Trump Fans, Became a Test of Free Speech
The app has renewed a debate about who holds power over online speech after the tech...
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Parler Pitched Itself as Twitter Without Rules. Not Anymore, Apple and Google Said.
Google and Apple told Parler, a social network popular with far-right conservatives, that it must better...
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Widely Used Software Company May Be Entry Point for Huge U.S. Hacking
Russian hackers may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the...
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Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by...
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Google Denies Antitrust Claims in Early Response to U.S. Lawsuit
The company said people use its services because they choose to, not because they lack alternatives.
