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California Wanted to Protect Uber Drivers. Now It May Hurt Freelancers.

By BY NELLIE BOWLES AND NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/368GacK Law and Legislation, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Labor and Jobs, Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting

Uber and Postmates File Suit to Block California Freelancer Law

By BY NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2ZB7BcG Car Services and Livery Cabs, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Jobs, Law and Legislation

The 2019 Good Tech Awards

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2MHjTv7 Mobile Applications, Computer Vision, Facial Recognition Software, Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nonprofit Organizations

Prime Anchor: An Amazon Warehouse Town Dreams of a Better Life

By BY DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/39gWUAp E-Commerce, Computers and the Internet, Relocation of Business, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Jobs, Shopping and Retail, Corporate Social Responsibility

The Week in Tech: What 5 Billion Means to Amazon

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2QrqaMb Shopping and Retail

Get Those Records, Tapes and CDs Onto Your Smartphone

By BY J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34SlaWo Digital Audio Players, Computers and the Internet, Smartphones

Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34U2uFE Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet, Computer Chips

Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Leaves Board, Severing Last Tie

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/371dCSo Car Services and Livery Cabs, Appointments and Executive Changes, Initial Public Offerings, Boards of Directors

The Week in Tech: How Is Antitrust Enforcement Changing?

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2ZmAHg0 Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Computers and the Internet, Privacy

Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2ZauSSA Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet, Social Media

At the Edge of the World, a New Battleground for the U.S. and China

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Q6J3Eg Politics and Government, 5G (Wireless Communications), International Trade and World Market, United States International Relations, Salmon, Telephones and Telecommunications, Wireless Communications, Computers and the Internet

How a Top Antitrust Official Helped T-Mobile and Sprint Merge

By BY KATIE BENNER AND CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Q17CSZ Wireless Communications, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, 5G (Wireless Communications), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Many Facial-Recognition Systems Are Biased, Says U.S. Study

By BY NATASHA SINGER AND CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2sPfq23 Computer Vision, Facial Recognition Software, Race and Ethnicity, Face, Discrimination, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments

Prime Power: How Amazon Squeezes the Businesses Behind Its Store

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/372BV2H E-Commerce, Computers and the Internet, Delivery Services, Online Advertising, Shopping and Retail, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Innovation

Where Are the Tech Zillionaires? San Francisco Faces the I.P.O. Fizzle

By BY NELLIE BOWLES AND KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34ElxDQ Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Initial Public Offerings, Stocks and Bonds, High Net Worth Individuals, Computers and the Internet, Start-ups, Organized Labor, Venture Capital, Luxury Goods and Services

Uber Settles Federal Investigation Into Workplace Culture

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2M8QGsB Sexual Harassment, Car Services and Livery Cabs, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Computers and the Internet

Gadget of the Year: The Toaster Oven

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Q14ztU Cooking and Cookbooks, Ovens and Stoves, Bakeries and Baked Products, Cookies, Chickens, Bagels, Computers and the Internet

What We Learned About the Technology That Times Journalists Use

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/35LggMd News and News Media, Mobile Applications, News Sources, Confidential Status of, Batteries, Smartphones, Computers and the Internet

Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground

By BY DAVID MCCABE AND KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34t0B2w Law and Legislation, Prostitution, Human Trafficking, Online Advertising, Child Abuse and Neglect, Sex Crimes, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Internet Giants, Defied by Bitcoin, Now See Its Tech as a Remedy

By BY NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2r3wqBf Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Bitcoin (Currency), Libra (Currency), Blockchain (Technology)

A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers

By BY PAUL MOZUR AND AARON KROLIK from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2M7TVAr Surveillance of Citizens by Government, Politics and Government, Facial Recognition Software, Privacy, Uighurs (Chinese Ethnic Group), Computers and the Internet

Online Sex Trafficking Law Shows Difficulty of Reining In Big Tech

By BY DAVID MCCABE AND KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2M5FAVo Law and Legislation, Prostitution, Human Trafficking, Online Advertising, Child Abuse and Neglect, Sex Crimes, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Uber in Talks to Sell Its Food-Delivery Business in India

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND KATIE BENNER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PrDdOv Delivery Services, Car Services and Livery Cabs, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Start-ups, Initial Public Offerings, Computers and the Internet

2020 Campaigns Throw Their Hands Up on Disinformation

By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2LXtRrL Presidential Election of 2020, Rumors and Misinformation, Social Media

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2rFmXR8 Cloud Computing, Computers and the Internet, Open-Source Software, Customer Relations, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Start-ups, Innovation, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/35s4bLy Cloud Computing, Computers and the Internet, Open-Source Software, Customer Relations, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Start-ups, Innovation, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Tony Brooker, Pioneer of Computer Programming, Dies at 94

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/35m10F1 Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet

The Week in Tech: Countdown to the California Consumer Privacy Act

By BY NATASHA SINGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PjiYTl Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Privacy

A.I. Is Making it Easier to Kill (You). Here’s How.

By BY JONAH M. KESSEL, NATALIE RENEAU AND MELISSA CHAN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YJeZlS Gun Control, Biological and Chemical Warfare, Computer Vision, Facial Recognition Software, Civilian Casualties, Robots and Robotics, Defense and Military Forces, Politics and Government, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Computers and the Internet, Artificial Intelligence, United States International Relations, Nuclear Weapons, Radar, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Mines, Explosive, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Treaties

F.T.C. Said to Consider Injunction Against Facebook

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/36vgnew Social Media, Instant Messaging, Computers and the Internet, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Mobile Applications

George Laurer, Who Developed the Bar Code, Is Dead at 94

By BY SAM ROBERTS from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Pcp1bZ Deaths (Obituaries), Bar Codes, Inventions and Patents, Supermarkets and Grocery Stores

Apple AirPods Pro Review: The ‘Hearable’ at Its Best

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PdNgGV Headphones and Headsets, Batteries, Noise, Ears and Hearing, Wireless Communications, Innovation

America’s Top Foundations Bankroll Attack on Big Tech

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/36lYrTG Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Income Inequality

On Data Privacy, India Charts Its Own Path

By BY VINDU GOEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2sdhn8s Politics and Government, Computers and the Internet, Privacy, Law and Legislation

Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2P6vCEQ Instant Messaging, Computer Security, Computers and the Internet

Big Tech’s Critics, Flush With Cash, Try to Build a Movement

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2qGYTg8 Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Income Inequality

This Man May Be Big Tech’s Biggest Threat

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PorjE4 Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

This Week in Tech: What on Earth Is a Quantum Computer?

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/38htH8i Computers and the Internet, Quantum Computing, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Search Engines, Research

This Week in Tech: What on Earth Is a Quantum Computer?

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2OT5z3U Computers and the Internet, Quantum Computing, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Search Engines, Research

Fake ‘Likes’ Remain Just a Few Dollars Away, Researchers Say

By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2LtXGjg Social Media, Research, Computers and the Internet, Rumors and Misinformation

Uber: 3,045 Sexual Assaults Reported in U.S. Rides Last Year

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/368qwxM Car Services and Livery Cabs, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Automobile Safety Features and Defects, Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Appointments and Executive Changes, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Corporate Social Responsibility

Huawei Hits Back at the F.C.C. With a Legal Challenge

By BY RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2DJ3qBw Telephones and Telecommunications, United States International Relations

How Google’s Founders Slowly Stepped Away From Their Company

By BY JACK NICAS, CONOR DOUGHERTY AND DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34UdjrW Computers and the Internet, Search Engines, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Android (Operating System), Appointments and Executive Changes

From Camera Roll to Canvas: Make Art From Your Photos

By BY J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PajeTj Art, Mobile Applications, Photography, Smartphones