Facebook increasingly suppresses political movements it deems dangerous
Facebook adopted earlier this year to stop what it calls "harmful communities" from gaining traction on its platform.
Klobuchar, Grassley seek to block Big Tech from promoting own products over competition
Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., on Thursday unveiled a bill blocking Big Tech companies from promoting their own products over others.
Microsoft folds LinkedIn social network in China
Microsoft said it would shut the Chinese version of LinkedIn after facing challenging internet regulations from the Chinese government
Apple studying potential of AirPods as health device
Apple is studying ways to make AirPods into a health device, including enhancing hearing, reading body temperature and monitoring posture
Facebook Whistleblower’s Claims Test SEC’s Reach
The controversy over what Facebook Inc. has said about social and emotional hazards stemming from its products could become a test of regulators’ growing interest in policing corporate risks that hurt reputations more than profits.
Facebook won’t say why it took down then reinstated ‘Reopen California Schools,' group's founder says
Facebook took down, then reinstated a page run by parents critical of school COVID policies but never explained its actions to the administrators, Jonathan Zacherson, founder of “Reopen California Schools” told Fox Business.
‘We’re in a Hurry.’ A new CEO scrambles to cope with a global chip crisis.
Months before Cristiano Amon started as CEO of Qualcomm Inc., QCOM -1.01% he already was at work on his first crisis. To solve it, he sat in a mostly empty meeting room in Taipei and pleaded with executives from one of the world’s biggest semiconductor makers for more chips.
Singapore set to increase control over online content
Singapore's legislature approved a bill that targets foreign influence campaigns by giving the country’s government new powers over internet content, despite criticism that officials could use them to stifle dissent.
Workplace automation bots gain clout amid COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic-fueled growth in the adoption of software robots designed to ease routine office work is making one task a lot easier for chief information officers: selling the idea to their corporate bosses.
US government to probe Zoom deal over China ties
A Justice Department-led panel is investigating Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s deal to buy an American customer-service software company, citing potential national-security risks posed by the U.S. videoconferencing giant’s China ties.
TikTok maker caps screen time for youths in China
In the latest move to curb screen time for younger Chinese users, ByteDance Ltd., the maker of the hit short-video mobile app TikTok, said that it would restrict access to Douyin, the Chinese version of the app, to 40 minutes a day for users under 14 years old.
DOJ: Former US intel personnel fined $1.68M for providing hacking services to foreign gov
Three former intelligence employees agreed with the The U.S. Department of Justice to pay $1.68 million for offering hacking services to a United Arab Emirates company.
Fintech startup Pagaya nears $9 billion SPAC deal
Pagaya Technologies Ltd. is close to an agreement to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company that would value the financial-technology startup at about $9 billion, said people familiar with the matter.
Facebook says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal a secret elite that’s exempt.
Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with the elites of politics, culture, and journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, but newly revealed documents contradict that promise.
Secret to Apple’s iPhone sales boom: Big 5G deals from wireless carriers
The newest iPhones—set to be showcased at Apple’s annual September event, which will be livestreamed—are expected to be more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Salesforce billionaire CEO says he'll move workers out of Texas due to abortion law
Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, is offering to help employees who have concerns about access to "reproductive healthcare" to move out of Texas in light of the state’s new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected around six weeks.
Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end
Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork.
Amazon considers more proactive approach to determining what belongs on its cloud service
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according to two sources, a move likely to renew debate about how much power tech companies should have to restrict free speech.
Apple CEO Tim Cook gets $750M payload after 10-year agreement
Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to receive an estimated $750 million payout as part of a 10-year deal he received in 2011 after the late Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder, stepped down from the position.
Airbnb allowing anyone to host Afghanistan refugees, not just hosts
Airbnb is allowing anyone around the world to host refugees from Afghanistan through the vacation rental platform rather than just regular hosts.