Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May 2021 carrying the 29th batch of approximately 60 satellites as part of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband Internet network. reader comments 280 with 161 posters participating Share this story Earlier in December, the Chinese government filed ..
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Chris Delmas | Getty Images reader comments 38 with 32 posters participating Share this story Riot Games has settled a class-action lawsuit for $100 million. Filed in 2018 by two female employees and later certified as a class-action, the lawsuit accused the studio of discrimination, sexual harassment, and unequal pay. Under the terms of the ..
reader comments 17 with 17 posters participating Share this story In the world of tech policy news, 2021 began with Twitter and other social networks banning then-President Donald Trump after the January 6 insurrection. Many other noteworthy stories followed in the ensuing months. The Elizabeth Holmes trial featured fascinating revelations about Theranos, while the judge ..
Enlarge / Photo taken on Aug. 2, 2019 shows the booth of CPU chip manufacturer Intel at China Digital Entertainment Expo and Game Expo in Shanghai, China. Future Publishing |Getty Images reader comments 331 with 133 posters participating Share this story Intel has apologized for a ban on using components from Xinjiang in response to ..
Enlarge / Street sign for K Street, the Wall Street of political influence in the US capital. Bjarte Rettedal | Getty Images reader comments 97 with 75 posters participating Share this story Growing tensions between Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Apple lie behind the death of the Internet Association (IA), the nine-year-old lobby group that ..
Jens Buettner/picture alliance reader comments 181 with 122 posters participating Share this story Wish 2021 had been a better year? Facebook probably does, too. The company has long been maligned by politicians, media observers, and consumer advocates, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it felt like the tide truly began to turn. Though Facebook had ..
Enlarge / An Apple Store in Cambridge, UK. Martin Pope | Getty Images reader comments 61 with 39 posters participating Share this story The Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected Apple’s petition to block three shareholder proposals from going to a vote at its next annual meeting—a win for activists that signals trouble for other ..
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Enlarge / Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus claim that an upcoming C-band 5G rollout will interfere with airplane instrumentation. reader comments 79 with 61 posters participating Share this story Boeing and Airbus have asked US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to delay the deployment of C-band spectrum for 5G wireless service. The companies claim ..
Enlarge / A worker picks up trash in front of the new logo in front of Meta’s headquarters on October 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images reader comments 104 with 70 posters participating Share this story After a year of stunning and damning revelations, Meta, formerly Facebook, is facing calls from investors ..
