Amazon announced three new Alexa-enabled products on Wednesday: a smart sticky note printer, nutrition scale and cuckoo clock. But there’s a catch — the...
Year: 2021
New York is taking Amazon to court over claims that the company has failed to provide sufficient protections for its workers during the Covid-19...
Facebook restricts the sharing of news in Australia as Google says it will pay some publishers.
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The decision is in response to a proposed law in the country that would require tech companies to pay publishers for linking to stories...
Facebook and Google Diverge in Response to Proposed Australian Law
With Australia moving to make the tech companies pay for news, Facebook said it would block news links in the country while Google has...
Facebook restricts the sharing of news on its platform in Australia.
The decision is in response to a proposed law in the country that would require tech companies to pay publishers for linking to stories...
The Internet Is Splintering
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Facebook and Google exist in so many countries. Who should decide the rules in each one?Read More
Google Is Suddenly Paying for News in Australia. What About Everywhere Else?
Pathbreaking legislation showed that even a small nation can get the tech giant to bend. But the United States seems unlikely to follow.Read More
The Rise of the Wellness App
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They’re everywhere, but they can’t address the real problem: the alienation of 21st-century work.Read More
Meet Me at the Virtual Water Cooler
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Sick of boring grids of heads? A new crop of start-ups aims to bring some serendipity and spark to remote meetings.Read More
This Cloud Computing Billing Expert Is Very Funny. Seriously.
Corey Quinn has made it his business to understand Amazon’s cloud-computing charges and have some fun at the company’s expense.Read More