Cellphone Carriers Face $200 Million Fine for Not Protecting Location Data The proposed penalties are among the largest the F.C.C. has sought in years, and come after the data was misused by rogue law enforcement of...
The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Disrupts the Industry Companies are telling investors that sales are slumping because of the outbreak, conferences are being canceled, and workers are being instr...
The Capital That Ate Wellness Is Going to Eat Your Mushrooms Venture capital arrives for psychedelics.
Cellphone Carriers May Face $200 Million in Fines for Selling Location Data The F.C.C is set to propose some of its largest penalties in decades. But critics see it as a delayed and tepid response.
Kazuhisa Hashimoto, 61, Who Created the ‘Konami Code’ Video Game Cheat, Dies The code — up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start — was a famous cheat for players who wanted to squeeze more lives out o...
Unions Push F.T.C. to Study if Amazon Warps the Economy So far, the Everything Store has dodged some of the scrutiny dogging Google and Facebook.
Steven Seagal Settles Charges of Unlawfully Promoting Cryptocurrency The Securities and Exchange Commission said that the actor was paid to promote the initial coin offering for a cryptocurrency company but di...
What Do Those Spotify ‘Top Fans’ Messages Mean? A new marketing message tells people they are big fans of certain artists. But why?
Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and governments over who decides what content should be online.
Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had Been Feared The digital services churned out by the world’s computer centers are multiplying, but their energy use is not, thanks to cloud computing, a ...
The Political Pundits of the Future Are on TikTok Teenagers are campaigning, debating and running fact checks on the app. One of them called it “cable news for young people.”
The Political Pundits of the Future Are on TikTok Teenagers are campaigning, debating and running fact checks on the app. One of them called it “cable news for young people.”
What Would a Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S. Mean for Schools? Districts have infectious disease protocols. But few have detailed plans to teach online if schools were closed for long periods.
Founder of 8chan Faces Arrest on ‘Cyberlibel’ Charge Fredrick Brennan, who founded the site that has given visibility to violent extremists, gave up control of it in 2015 and has criticized 8ch...
Microsoft Issues Financial Warning Because of Coronavirus The tech giant said the virus was causing issues with its supply chain, about a week after Apple said it was facing similar problems.