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The Spying That Changed Big Tech
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. I want to rewind…
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Alphabet’s Project Taara laser tech beamed 700TB of data across nearly 5km
In January, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, shut down Project Loon, an initiative exploring using stratospheric helium balloons to distribute wireless…
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The Myth of Big Tech Competence
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. We expect a lot…
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China is purging celebrities and tech billionaires. But the problem is bigger than ‘sissy men’
BEIJING — Celebrity names are vanishing from the credits of TV shows. Effeminate male idols — “sissy boys” — have been…
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Amazon One’s palm-scanning tech makes first move into entertainment venues
Amazon’s palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, has always been about more than just fast payments. Really, it’s about Amazon controlling and…
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SoftBank commits $3B more to investing in Latin American tech companies – TechCrunch
SoftBank Group Corp. is doubling down on its commitment to Latin America. Today, the Japanese investment conglomerate is announcing the…
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Amazon brings palm recognition tech to Red Rocks concert venue
Live Amazon says it is bringing its palm recognition technology to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado, and it…
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Chinese tech giant Baidu begins publicly testing Apollo Go robotaxis in Shanghai – TechCrunch
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has begun publicly testing its Apollo Go robotaxi mobile platform in Shanghai, marking the company’s…
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Under G.O.P. Pressure, Tech Giants Are Empowered by Election Agency
When Twitter decided briefly last fall to block users from posting links to an article about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s…
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Biden to nominate critic of surveillance software to FTC, further bolstering agency as check on Big Tech
In the Senate, Bedoya was a key driver of privacy and surveillance as public-interest issues, helping draft legislation and conduct…
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