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How Frustration Over TikTok Has Mounted in Washington
National security concerns over the Chinese-owned viral video app remain unresolved. Lawmakers and regulators are increasingly pushing for action. Source
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The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Every time we send an email, tap an Instagram ad or swipe our credit cards, we create a piece of digital data. The information pings around the world at the speed of a click, becoming […]
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Three Ways to Cut Your Tech Spending, as Prices Rise Everywhere
With the cost of food, gas and electricity going up, we have no choice but to spend more. But we do have more control over how many dollars we allocate to one of our largest-ticket […]
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What Big Tech’s Riches Mean for Our Future
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. Every few months, I concoct new ways to say that tech giants make a lot of money. Today, I […]
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Phone Upgrade Guide: Should You Buy Now or Wait?
It’s almost phone season again — the time of year when tech companies like Apple, Google and Samsung bombard us with glitzy marketing campaigns to persuade us to upgrade. Their new phones vary somewhat, but […]
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The Lesson to Learn From Apple’s Tool to Flag Child Sex Abuse
As we all put more of our photos, documents and videos online, how much of that data really belongs to us anymore? That’s the question many are now pondering because of a change coming to […]
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Silicon Valley’s Meh Middle
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. The Silicon Valley myth doesn’t leave much room for companies that are neither raging successes nor spectacular […]