Will owning bitcoins become a status symbol — or a scarlet letter for a new generation of climate-focused investors wise to the challenges it poses?The answer is complicated.Bitcoin supporters say […]
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Back to news homeFacebook Blocks News in Australia, Diverging With Google on Proposed Law
SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Facebook and Google have been locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in Australia.At the heart of the fight is whether the tech […]
Clubhouse, a Tiny Audio Chat App, Breaks Through
SAN FRANCISCO — Robert Van Winkle, who is better known as the rapper Vanilla Ice, held court online last week with more than 1,000 fans.In a rambling conversation, Mr. Van […]
Facebook Dials Down the Politics for Users
Data released by Facebook last fall showed that during one week in October, seven of the 10 most-engaged pages were primarily political, including those of President Donald J. Trump, Fox […]
YouTube Suspends Trump’s Channel for at Least Seven Days
OAKLAND, Calif. — YouTube said on Tuesday that it had suspended President Trump’s channel over concern about “ongoing potential for violence,” the latest move by one of the large technology […]
Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 225 Google engineers and other workers have formed a union, the group revealed on Monday, capping years of growing activism at one of the world’s […]
Twitch Cracks Down on Hate Speech and Harassment
Twitch, the livestreaming platform popular among video game players, unveiled new guidelines on Wednesday aimed at cracking down on hateful conduct and sexual harassment on its site.The site, which is […]
Etsy Was a Twee Culture Punchline. Now It’s a Wall Street Darling.
Kat Panchal hadn’t yet learned how to use her sewing machine when the pandemic started. But in March, on leave from her job as a flight attendant with American Airlines […]
‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
SAN FRANCISCO — One by one, they left. Some quit. Others were fired. All were Black.The 15 people worked at Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency start-up, where they represented […]
Business Leaders, Drawn Into Fray by Trump, May Step Back Under Biden
From the moment President Trump took office, big businesses were thrust into the culture wars like never before. In the days after Mr. Trump’s inauguration in 2017, companies protested his […]