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Fb Invokes Its ‘Supreme Courtroom’
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.Facebook's new “Supreme Court” takes on its biggest case: Donald Trump.The company's recent decision to freeze Mr. Trump's account after…
Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying
Ms Pelosi has been addressing Mr Cook's concerns about the bills, according to two people who are aware of the conversations. When Mr Cook asked for a delay in the judicial committee's review of the bills, Ms. Pelosi urged him to identify…
What We Got Wrong About Uber and Lyft
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.Uber and some traffic experts once predicted that a tap of an app ride would help reduce traffic and increase drivers' use of public…
Snap, Unity warn of influence from Apple iOS 14 IDFA privateness adjustments
Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, gives a keynote speech during the European Union's data protection conference in the EU Parliament on October 24, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.Yves Herman | ReutersSnap and Unity Software, which reported fourth quarter…
What Are NFTs, Anyway? One Just Sold for $69 Million.
Artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, just sold an NFT for a record $ 69.3 million, the third highest price paid by any living artist. The sale of the purely digital work at Christie's was the strongest indication to date that NFTs…
A Lesson in Tech Survival
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.One of the most boring companies in tech offers lessons on how superstars like Google and Facebook could manage to weather government lawsuits…