Jul 06 China’s leader denounces calls for technology blockades By Associated Press China's leader Xi Jinping has attacked calls from some in the U.S. and its allies to limit their dependency on Chinese suppliers and block the sharing of technologies. Continue reading
Jun 07 France fines Google $268 million for unfair treatment in online ads By Associated Press Practices used by Google “are particularly serious because they penalize Google’s competitors” in certain markets and publishers of mobile sites and applications, the statement by the Competition Authority said. Continue reading
May 03 Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion By Associated Press Verizon spent about $9 billion buying AOL and Yahoo over two years starting in 2015, hoping to jump-start a digital media business that would compete with Google and Facebook. Continue reading
Apr 24 Out of the cave: French isolation study ends after 40 days By Renata Brito, Associated Press ver wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days? Fifteen people in France did just that, emerging Saturday from a scientific experiment to say that time… Continue reading
Apr 13 The U.S. is worried about shortages of critical minerals for electric vehicles, military tech By Jordy Lee, Morgan Bazilian, The Conversation Right now, the nation is almost entirely dependent on other countries for minerals that are used in everything from wind turbines to strike fighters and satellites. Continue reading
Apr 05 Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle By Associated Press The high court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company's creation of the Android operating system used on most smartphones worldwide. Continue reading
Feb 10 Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves By Tali Arbel, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press A court filing Wednesday said the U.S. Commerce Department is reviewing whether Trump's claims about TikTok's threat to national security justified the attempts to ban it from smartphone app stores and deny it vital technical services. Continue reading
Jan 26 How four middle schoolers are navigating the pandemic By Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report Isolated from peers and forced into remote learning, students experience loss, educational setbacks – and some unexpected academic progress. Continue reading
Nov 11 TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. Continue reading
Aug 13 Apple boots popular game Fortnite from app store after developers bypass payment plan By Mae Anderson, Associated Press Apple has dropped the hugely popular Fortnite game from its App Store after the game's developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple's platform. Apple takes a 30% cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore… Continue reading