Boisterous children and noisy neighbors put on the map in Japan
A new website is pledging to help house hunters avoid neighborhoods inhabited by "stupid parents who let their children play on roads and parking lots.”
Australian lawmakers expected to pass changes to law covering Facebook and Google
The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws.
A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters
The military has repeatedly shut off the internet, isolating a country that had only in the past few years linked to the outside world.
Bitcoin hits $1 trillion market cap, surges to fresh all-time peak
Bitcoin hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion as it rose to yet another record high on Friday, countering analyst warnings that it is an "economic side show" and a poor hedge against a fall in stock prices. The world's most popular cryptocurrency jumped to ...
Life without Google: Australia is now facing the unthinkable
Potential fallout from a spat goes far beyond Australia for Google, whose dominance of global advertising has made it a target for watchdogs worldwide.
The Great Firewall cracked, briefly. A people shined through.
For years, the Chinese government has prevented its 1.4 billion people from speaking freely online. Then, for a precious few days, that wall was breached.
Forget 5G, the U.S. and China are already fighting for 6G dominance
The first nations to develop and patent 6G will be the biggest winners in what some call the next industrial revolution.
Myanmar generals shut down internet as thousands protest coup
Fallout from coup hits overseas as Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Suu Kyi, said in a message on Saturday he was being detained.
Facebook faces reckoning in Myanmar after being blocked by military
Facebook will have to decide how to play the delicate balance of protecting the democratic politicians and activists versus cooperating with the new regime to get services restored.
Alibaba investors still uneasy after crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire
The Chinese giant is projected to unveil its slowest pace of third-quarter sales growth in five years on Tuesday, while confronting potentially the biggest crisis of its two-decade existence.
Beyond Reddit, day traders turn social media platforms into squawk boxes
Thousands of "amateur" investors congregate on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord, Clubhouse, Slack and other platforms to trade tips away from the public eye.
Law enforcement scrutiny drives U.S. extremists into internet's dark corners
Officials warn that online chatter could include early warning signals of planned attacks around the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday.
