Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes on Harvard’s campus in 2004, well before Facebook started taking over the world. Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images reader comments 96 with 58 posters participating Share this story Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes isn’t just idly wondering if regulators might break up the tech behemoth he helped launch. He’s ..
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Enlarge / Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images reader comments 248 with 104 posters participating Share this story Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sued Google on Thursday. She argued that the search giant illegally blocked her from buying ads on Google’s platform for several hours on June 28—two days after she appeared in the ..
reader comments 68 with 51 posters participating Share this story Four major automakers have reached an agreement with California to produce more fuel-efficient cars for the US market, despite efforts by the Trump administration to roll back emissions regulations. Honda, Ford, Volkswagen, and BMW of North America all agreed to a voluntary framework that will ..
Enlarge / The company is not having its best-ever week. reader comments 30 with 25 posters participating Share this story Facebook’s legion of lawyers is certainly earning its keep this year: the company disclosed to investors Tuesday that it is under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. This is a completely different investigation than ..
Getty Images | AndreyPopov reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story Broadcast TV stations are being blacked out on cable and satellite TV systems in record numbers this year, with 230 blackouts so far in 2019. That beats the record of 213 blackouts set in 2017, even though 2019 is just seven ..
Enlarge / The company can afford to shrug it off. reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story The Federal Trade Commission today announced a long-rumored, record-smashing $5 billion settlement with Facebook over allegations related to user privacy. The fine is high, and the settlement demands more privacy oversight at the company. But ..
Enlarge / DoorDash CEO Tony Xu. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 114 with 69 posters participating, including story author Share this story In recent months, food delivery company DoorDash has faced a growing backlash over a compensation formula that critics said amounted to DoorDash pocketing drivers’ tips. On Tuesday evening, DoorDash CEO ..
reader comments 90 with 60 posters participating, including story author Share this story The Justice Department plans to approve the T-Mobile/Sprint merger as part of a settlement involving the sale of spectrum licenses, wholesale access, and a prepaid wireless business to Dish Network, The Wall Street Journal reported today. “The companies have spent weeks negotiating ..
Enlarge / An AT&T store in New Jersey. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 47 with 35 posters participating Share this story When Michael Terpin’s smartphone suddenly stopped working in June 2017, he knew it wasn’t a good sign. He called his cellular provider, AT&T, and learned that a hacker had gained control ..
Enlarge / Graffiti urging people to use Signal, a highly encrypted messaging app, is spray-painted on a wall during a protest on February 1, 2017 in Berkeley, California. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images reader comments 175 with 116 posters participating Share this story US Attorney General William Barr today launched a new front in the ..
