Mobile Industry Proposed antitrust legislation bans companies from making pre-installed apps unremovable Android and iOS cannot have any permanently installed apps By Cal Jeffrey, June 18, 2021, 1:52 PM 39 comments
Industry Amazon paid no corporate tax in Europe last year despite record sales income The retail giant is using a loss-making Luxembourg subsidiary to avoid paying its fair share By Adrian Potoroaca, May 4, 2021, 2:46 PM 34 comments
Industry Tech companies including Amazon, Google, and Uber say they agree to a corporate tax hike to fund the American Jobs Plan Unsurprisingly, not all CEOs agree to the idea By Adrian Potoroaca, April 16, 2021, 1:07 PM 13 comments
Tech Culture Canadian politician accidentally appears naked on Parliamentary Zoom call Members are expected to wear appropriate attire, including pants By Rob Thubron, April 15, 2021, 6:57 AM 15 comments
The Web Biden administration wants every American to have access to broadband Broadband internet is the new electricity By Joao Silva, April 1, 2021, 11:45 AM 9 comments
Industry Amazon wades into another PR fiasco after claiming its workers don't urinate in bottles Despite many reports claiming otherwise By Rob Thubron, March 26, 2021, 7:11 AM 32 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Illinois legislator is trying to ban violent video games in the state GTA V is being blamed for the rise of carjackings in Chicago By Rob Thubron, February 24, 2021, 6:20 AM 19 comments
Tech Culture Doomsday clock remains 100 seconds from midnight, the closest we've been to an apocalypse But there are reasons to be optimistic By Rob Thubron, January 28, 2021, 6:59 AM 39 comments
Industry No Trump pardon for Assange or Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht, clemency for Anthony Levandowski The former Waymo and Uber engineer won't serve his 18 month sentence By Rob Thubron, January 20, 2021, 6:55 AM 29 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Trump pardons US congressman who spent $1,500 of campaign funds on Steam games Duncan Hunter won't serve any jail time By Rob Thubron, December 24, 2020, 5:30 AM 82 comments
The Web Trump's millions of @POTUS followers won't pass to Biden when he takes over account The new administration will start with zero followers By Rob Thubron, December 23, 2020, 7:57 AM 110 comments
Industry Electronics DJI and SMIC are among 60 newly-added Chinese companies on the US Entity List Fanning the flames of the trade war By Adrian Potoroaca, December 18, 2020, 4:30 PM 19 comments
Tech Culture Gaming UK politicians want to ban PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC component scalping Good! By Rob Thubron, December 16, 2020, 7:47 AM 84 comments
The Web YouTube will ban videos disputing the 2020 U.S. presidential election Enough states have certified to give Joe Biden the win By David Matthews, December 9, 2020, 5:42 PM 112 comments
Industry FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20, 2021 A new administration means a new leader for the FCC By Shawn Knight, November 30, 2020, 12:03 PM 78 comments
Tech Culture Security Trump fires cybersecurity director for calling election "most secure in American history" Chris Krebs is no longer director of CISA By Rob Thubron, November 18, 2020, 8:11 AM 98 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks records with Among Us Twitch stream She reached over 400,00 viewers at peak By Pete Flint, October 22, 2020, 6:21 AM 45 comments
Industry White House unveils new tech initiative as technology wars intensify US government announces new program to protect sensitive technology By Samuel Gush, October 17, 2020, 10:23 AM
The Web Tech Culture Twitter is limiting retweets to fight US election misinformation Twitter tells users: 'Think before you retweet' By Joe White, October 10, 2020, 2:46 PM 12 comments
Mobile Tech Culture Twitter will delete tweets hoping for Trump's death Not so popular after all By Isaiah Mayersen, October 3, 2020, 10:17 AM 50 comments
The Web Mobile Trump approves Oracle's TikTok bid "in concept" Tick tock, tick tock... ban has been delayed by a week while new deal is finalized By Joe White, September 20, 2020, 8:47 AM 9 comments
Trivia The Web Who described the Internet as a series of tubes? "It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled..." By TechSpot Trivia, September 3, 2020, 1:36 PM
The Web Tech Culture Facebook prepares for Trump to dispute the election results, considers political ad "kill switch" Not all election interference is Russian By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2020, 5:18 AM 150 comments
Tech Culture Mobile Banned! Trump signs order prohibiting US transactions with TikTok and WeChat Will Microsoft buy TikTok in time? By Rob Thubron, August 7, 2020, 5:16 AM 12 comments
The Web Microsoft Microsoft (still) in talks to buy TikTok, aims to close the deal by September What would TikTok look like under Microsoft? By Eric Hamilton, August 2, 2020, 9:38 PM 21 comments