Activision Blizzard Gender-Bias Suit Shows Videogame Culture Remains a Flashpoint
A gender-bias lawsuit filed by California regulators against Activision Blizzard Inc. has reignited discussion about videogaming culture and…
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Broken iPhone? Stalled Tractor? FTC Wants to Make It Easier to Fix Them
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission said it wants to give consumers more power to fix devices such as smartphones and home appliances, voting…
Twitter Adds Captions for Voice Tweets After Criticism
Twitter Inc.
users now have the option of seeing automated captions for voice tweets, a feature the…
China Tech Billionaire Adds to Sector Largess With $2 Billion Donation
The chairman of smartphone maker
Xiaomi Corp.
has given company shares worth more than $2 billion to…
Lawsuits Over Digital Accessibility for People With Disabilities Are Rising
The number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that websites, apps and digital videos were inaccessible to people with disabilities rose 64% in the first half of 2021…
Clean Energy Faces the Same Problem as Fossil Fuels: Community Protests
In late June, about 30 local commercial fishing boats surrounded a towering vessel off the coast of Brittany, seeking to block the installation of…
Faces Are the Next Target for Fraudsters
The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money,…
Ex-Trump Adviser Jason Miller: New Social App Gettr Backed by Guo Wengui-Tied Foundation
Former Trump adviser Jason Miller says a new, free-speech-focused social-media platform he is leading has received financial backing from a…
Judge Blocks Florida Law Barring Twitter, Facebook Bans of Candidates
A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday blocked the state from enforcing key parts of a new law that makes social-media companies such as Twitter…
Academics Bristle Over LinkedIn Blocking Their Profiles in China
SINGAPORE—Eyck Freymann, an Oxford University doctoral student, was surprised to get a notice from LinkedIn this month telling him his account had been…