20 July 2021
Spyware sold for use in anti-terror investigations is reportedly being misused by governments to watch journalists and politicians – Silicon Valley firms are battling to end it
28 April 2021
The public spat between Facebook and Australia earlier this year presages a new effort to regulate big tech companies – but could that threaten the whole future of the web?
1 May 2019
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is one of the most prominent voices calling for tech giants to be broken up. Is she right, and can it be done?
7 February 2018
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google’s success relies on our attention – here are the key innovations that ensured they kept us grabbed by the eyeballs
7 February 2018
Consumer demand and our own ignorance has done much to assist the rise of the likes of Facebook and Google, so restraint and knowledge can do much to tame it
