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    More Internet Options — in Theory

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Home internet is one of the most maddening services...

    Russia’s Space Isolation Grows as OneWeb Cancels Launch

    OneWeb, a satellite internet company partly owned by the British government, has canceled an upcoming satellite launch using a Russian rocket and suspended all...

    Why BBC Revived Shortwave Radio Dispatches in Ukraine

    As Russia is trying to cut off the flow of information in Ukraine by attacking its communications infrastructure, the British news outlet BBC is...

    Google Suspends Advertising in Russia

    Google said on Thursday night that it had suspended all advertising in Russia after the country’s internet regulator demanded that the company stop showing...

    Surgeon General Seeks Covid Misinformation Data From Big Tech

    President Biden’s surgeon general on Thursday formally requested that the major tech platforms submit information about the scale of Covid-19 misinformation on social networks,...

    Amazon plans to shut down more than 50 brick-and-mortar stores.

    Amazon is closing more than 50 of its physical retail stores, including two dozen bookstores and more than 30 Amazon 4-Star stores selling general...

    ‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online

    On a podcast on Wednesday, Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s former adviser, also praised Mr. Putin as “anti-woke.” He suggested the Ukrainian conflict was...

    Absent or Swinging Prices Keep Consumers Guessing

    When a holiday toy catalog from Amazon arrived in the mail in late October, Krista Hoffmann noticed something amiss.In 100 pages of Lego sets,...

    A Comeback for Physical Stores

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Americans shopped online like crazy during the pandemic, right?...

    Russia and China Cemented Economic Ties Before Ukraine Invasion

    “If they don’t comply with the U.S., they’re in trouble with the U.S., but if they don’t comply with China, they could also face...

    Facebook Will Make You Love Reels

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Facebook is going to make you love its short...

    Justice Dept. Sues to Block $13 Billion Deal by UnitedHealth Group

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block a $13 billion acquisition of a health technology company by a subsidiary of UnitedHealth...

    Why Apple’s Fight in the Netherlands Matters

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Who wins when governments go head-to-head with technology giants...

    How China Uses Bots and Fake Twitter Accounts to Shape the Olympics

    This article is published with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom.BEIJING — Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as...

    Why Podcasts Are Becoming Netflix

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Whether you listen to podcasts or not, it’s worth...

    Spotify’s Joe Rogan Deal Is Said to Be Worth Over $200 Million

    Signs of a Cultural DivideManagement of the crisis in the United States may have been further complicated because Spotify’s headquarters is nearly 4,000 miles...