Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military
The new order includes firms engaged in making and deploying the surveillance technology used against Muslim minorities and dissidents around the globe.Read More
In Hong Kong, Short-Lived Censorship Hints at a Deeper Standoff
Authorities succeeded in shuttering an activist site for three days. The takedown, and its reversal, presage a battle over internet freedoms.Read More
Amazon Wants a Lot of New Laws
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The tech giant deserves credit for taking on big issues, but what matters is that it follows through to the end.Read More
Its new subscription service also adds features to make it easier to bookmark and organize posts.Read More
Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal Law on Computer Crime
In a 6-to-3 decision featuring unusual alliances, the court said it was wary of interpreting the law to allow commonplace conduct to be prosecuted.Read...
Using Apps to Find Friends After Quarantine
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Lonely after emerging from quarantine or in a new city? Apps, private clubs and social networks are ready to fix you up with a...
The airline, which plans to buy planes from Boom Supersonic, a start-up, could become the first to offer ultrafast commercial flights since the Concorde...
Virtual Reality Therapy Plunges Patients Back Into Trauma. Here Is Why Some Swear by It.
An experimental treatment seems poised to address a dire mental health crisis.Read More
India and Israel Inflame Facebook’s Fights With Its Own Employees
The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent.Read More
The US government announced new, suspended tariffs on Wednesday against six countries in response to those governments’ digital services taxes, the office of the...