Big Tech Archive
Archives for September 2019
Sen. Warner outlined what he thinks Congress needs to do next on the latest Recode Decode.
Some social media companies clarified this week that they consider most political content “news.”
Check our IPO tracker for a glimpse at the performance of some of the biggest new public companies in tech.
The tech giant’s hope is that federal lawmakers will adopt much of its draft legislation.
Amazon unveiled 15 new gadgets during an event at its Seattle headquarters on Wednesday.
A group of Google contractors who hold college degrees, get paid as little as $40,000 a year, and don’t receive sick days voted to unionize on Tuesday.
Humans are auditing your conversations, but that’s not the same as spying.
Organizers want to see the company promise to make zero emissions, drop contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop funding climate change deniers.
Nearly 60 percent of funded startups pay for Slack — much higher than the rate for Microsoft Teams.
The new Amazon PayCode service is the company’s latest attempt to court Walmart shoppers.
Uber and Lyft may not convince anyone that drivers aren’t core to their business, but the argument is a strategic move to buy time.
One out of 10 products pages you visit on Amazon comes from sponsored content, a 3 percentage point jump up from last year.
On the latest Recode Decode, de Blasio called for antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google and dismissed universal basic income as a cure-all in the face of job automation.
How will the companies react to California’s new regulations? Ask Austin.
It might not be as good a time to call yourself a tech company as it used to.