Google’s app store deal with Spotify won’t placate critics

California passes “historic” plan for statewide open-access fiber network

Enlarge / Illustration of fiber-optic cables. (credit: Getty Images | Tetra Images) The California legislature unanimously approved a plan to build a statewide, open-access fiber network yesterday. The legislation was supported by Democrats and Republicans in votes of 78-0 in the California Assembly and 39-0 in the state Senate. The statewide, open-access fiber lines will […]

Is being Stripe’s competitor now a badge of honor?

The $95 billion startup looms so large in the payments space that some competitors are embracing the comparison. Read More

Stocks Drop as Europe reports Increasing covid Prices

U.S. inventory indicators erased a lot of the early losses and shut somewhat lower Thursday, extending the S&P 500’s losing string into another moment. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2percent after being down 1.4percent. Technology, healthcare and communications stocks accounted for the majority of the selling, outweighing minor increases in banks and everywhere on the marketplace. […]