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Big Tech

DOJ Pressures Google to Adopt ‘Sharing is Caring’ Data Ethos

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To Google, user search data is the all-important secret sauce that enables it to innovate and outperform rivals.

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Social Media

2024: The Year Reddit Grew Up

Reddit went public this year and is inching towards profitability, a mere 19 years after it was founded, and the future looks bright.

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Big Tech

Meta Looks Back to the Metaverse with Rose-Tinted Ray-Bans

By expanding its partnership with Ray-Ban, Meta is turning its attention back to building futuristic hardware.

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Technology

Smart Ring Maker Oura Doubles Valuation to $5.2 billion

One ring to rule them all… at least, Oura hopes so. On Thursday, it announced a new $200 million funding round.

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Big Tech

Apple Leads Manufacturing Pivot to India

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Apple shifting production to India is just the latest sign that the world’s most populous nation may be a winner in global trade reordering.

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Technology

IBM Joins Tech Giants Pouring Billions into US Production

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IBM is booting up its domestic production, setting aside $150 billion to make computers in the US over the next five years.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Agencies Consolidate in the Face of Big Tech

The transaction would create the world’s largest advertising agency — that is, if you don’t count Big Tech players like Google and Amazon.

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Patent Drop

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel

What the years of writing about Big Tech’s IP has taught us.

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Technology

The Costs and Benefits of Quantum Computing

Big Tech and startups alike are making strides in the race to supplant classical computers, but a few roadblocks remain.

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Big Tech

What Does Google’s Search Monopoly Mean in the Age of AI?

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Back in 2020, Google’s huge market share of the internet search market hovered at about 92% by most metrics

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