Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think tanks in the US, as they seek to advance the argument that stricter competition rules will benefit China. Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are behind an increase in funding to four of Washington’s most prestigious research groups: […]
Enlarge / Joe Rogan. (credit: Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Spotify publicly posted its platform policies for the first time on Sunday following artists’ outrage over COVID-related episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast. The policies , which previously weren’t known to the public, offer podcasters and musicians wide latitude over what they can stream on Spotify. They’re similar […]
Enlarge / Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer of Autonomy Corp., departs from his extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, UK., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) After years of wrangling, HP has won its civil fraud case against Autonomy founder and chief executive Paul Lynch. The ruling , […]
Enlarge / Neil Young’s fans aren’t happy that the rocker’s music is no longer available on Spotify. (credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Neil Young was mad. Now his fans are, too, and they’re telling Spotify about it. Earlier this week, Young had asked the music-streaming service to remove his music from its library in response […]
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images ) States are siding with Epic Games as the developer appeals a lower court ruling in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple over app store fees and payment processing. The attorneys general for 34 states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief on behalf […]
Enlarge / Carbon tax isometric vector concept. (credit: Getty Images ) One of the particular simplest ways to reduce carbon emissions is to put a price on them, gradually ratcheting up the price to induce conversation and emissions-free technologies. In turn, the simplest way of imposing that price is by taxing emissions. But taxes are […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Rafe Swan) The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with plans to require broadband “nutrition labels” that include details on the actual price of Internet service and information about data caps and performance. The consumer labels that home Internet and mobile broadband providers would have to provide at the point […]
Enlarge / Exhaust from fossil fuel vehicles is a significant contributor to PM2. 5 pollution in the US. (credit: Ina Fassbender/picture alliance) At the outset of the pandemic, when lockdowns were widespread, the remarkable phenomenon occurred. Places that had been saturated with pollution suddenly cleared. The sky over Los Angeles turned blue. Snow-capped mountain ranges […]
Enlarge / Neil Young performs at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island during Farm Aid 30 on September 19, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. (credit: Getty Images | Raymond Boyd) With Neil Young having told Spotify that it can keep him or podcaster Joe Rogan but not both, the streaming company today said it will remove […]
Enlarge / Cardboard boxes made to resemble Amazon packages during a protest outside the home of Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (credit: Getty Images / Bloomberg Collection) Amazon must shut down the price-fixing program known as “Sold by Amazon” (SBA) under a legally binding resolution announced […]