The Biden administration on Wednesday ramped up restrictions on exporting certain technologies to Russia and Belarus, actions it said would degrade the ability to sustain a military campaign against Ukraine. The new controls will prevent American companies from exporting certain…
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into TikTok and potential harms that the popular social media app may pose to younger users. At least eight states are investigating if the…
Amazon is closing more than 50 of its physical retail stores, including two dozen bookstores and more than 30 Amazon 4-Star stores selling general merchandise, the company said Wednesday. The company’s more than 500 Whole Food Market stores and two…
But as streaming has become the dominant format for music, artists have begun complaining, loudly, that they are not receiving their fair share of the bounty. According to industry estimates, Spotify pays record labels, music publishers and other rights holders…
Members with at least one $FWB token (current price: about $45) can read the group’s newsletter and blog posts. Local membership, which requires holding at least five tokens, comes with limited access to the group’s chat rooms on Discord, a…
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. The international business community is getting out of Russia. Global tech companies including Google, Facebook and Apple remain mostly open for business there. After…
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. The international business community is getting out of Russia. Global tech companies including Google, Facebook and Apple remain mostly open for business there. After…
The Bluesky project would eventually allow for the creation of new curation algorithms, which would show different tweets at the top of users’ timelines than Twitter’s own algorithm. It would give users more choice about the kinds of content they…
If your phone’s personal calendar app hasn’t gotten much use in the past two years of social distancing and working from home, it might be time to brush up. Here’s a quick guide to tools in Apple’s iOS Calendar and…
At work, he makes one exception to the secrecy. On calls with clients, he often uses his actual first name to introduce himself, concerned that traditional business executives may be uncomfortable working with someone known simply as Legend. Over the…