Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet Sells as NFT for $2.9 Million
The first tweet that Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey posted to the microblogging site in 2006 has sold as...
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To Attract Black Employees, Companies Move to Them
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, one that even Tristan Walker’s 4-year-old son could see. In 2018, after making a...
How Covid-19 Supercharged the Advertising ‘Triopoly’ of Google, Facebook and Amazon
When the pandemic upended the economy last year, companies took a hard look at their advertising plans.Oreos maker Mondelez International...
News Corp and Facebook Reach News Agreement in Australia
Last month Facebook blacked out news in Australia for five days amid a spat with the government over a proposal...
Why the Next Big-Tech Fights Are in State Capitals
Tech companies are turning their attention to statehouses across the country as a wave of local bills opens a new...
Bill to Make Facebook, Google Pay for News Clears Last Major Hurdle in Australia
SYDNEY—Australian legislation effectively requiring Facebook Inc. FB 2.12% and Google to pay news outlets for content cleared its last major...
Twitter’s High Hopes for India Waver Under Government’s Heavy Hand
As Twitter Inc. looks overseas for growth, India stands out as its fastest-growing major market, one filled with opportunity—and increasingly...
Facebook to Prohibit Sharing of News Content in Australia
Facebook Inc. said it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from viewing or sharing news articles, ramping up a...
Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has groused for years that Apple Inc. and its leader, Tim Cook, have too...
Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Instagram removed the account of prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the highest-profile steps in parent company...
How Big Tech Got Even Bigger
The tech industry’s titans were already huge before Covid-19, the subject of soaring valuations and snowballing antitrust investigations. The pandemic...
From Pinterest to Fitbit, No App Is Truly Kid-Safe. Here’s What Families Can Do.
Children, without even searching for it, can stumble across porn or risqué images online, or receive messages from strangers. It...
Elon Musk Joins GameStop Melee With More Jabs at Short Sellers
Retail investors are taking short sellers to the cleaners at least for now, and Elon Musk is loving it.The chief...
