The Biden Administration's Antitrust Changes Would Be Great for Bureaucrats—and Bad for Consumers
The guidelines would ignore decades of academic findings about how firm concentration can have a positive impact on consumers' welfare.
The guidelines would ignore decades of academic findings about how firm concentration can have a positive impact on consumers' welfare.
"Government in general does a lot of things that aren't necessary," says Jared Polis.
As states continue to implement digital ID systems, it is essential that they build tools in ways that inherently protect civil liberties rather than asking citizens to just trust government officials.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
Photos and information you store on iCloud will be safer from hackers, spies, and the government.
Starlink is the biggest player in the satellite business, for now.
The free market allows people to cooperate, fix errors, and adapt to changing circumstances.
Unionization helps some. But it hurts more.
If Europe really cared about e-waste it would stop mandating inefficient products.
It incentivizes high-noise, low-cost signaling rather than actual cultural changes.
Those who demand a revival of antitrust regulation to "promote competition" may not realize that they're inciting a revival of cronyism to suppress competition.
An encryption back door will lead to abusive authoritarian surveillance—even if you present it as a way to stop child porn.
Taken together, these six measures would have a major impact on the way we shop, chat, and otherwise go about our business online.
Law enforcers have plenty of tools; they just want to paw through our data without effort or expense.
In capitalist societies, the poor get richer.
After a 16-month investigation into the big four tech companies, it seems the most that congressional busybodies can accuse them of is routine business practices and having popular services.
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New apps can work as surveillance techniques for the government. They can also serve as anonymous health tools for people hoping to return to normal life.
Siri, what color is the kettle?
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The scary monopoly power on display Wednesday was the federal government's.
The set of tariffs scheduled for December 15 will hit a wide range of consumer goods from children's toys to laptops, gaming consoles, and other home electronics. They will be costly and ineffective..
TV's cultural dominance is unchecked by anything except your own time, and increasingly tailored to your unique interests and obsessions.
Defining a company with political branding is risky business.
Everybody’s going after Google and Facebook. But how do you prove they’re harming consumers?
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
"If I didn't help them, they would have a big problem," says Trump. But maybe he's already "helped" enough.
Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook are all in the federal government’s crosshairs.
One of the best ways to succeed long-term in capitalism is by treating customers well rather than ripping them off. That's something you won't hear Democrats or Republicans admit these days.
Being a big company is not a crime. What problem are we trying to fix?
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A love letter to getting good stuff cheaply
Is it moral to pay higher taxes, even if that hurts employees, consumers, and shareholders? David Brooks seems to thinks so.
Facebook, Google, Apple, and others are now facing the sort of regulatory and antitrust animus once leveled at Bill Gates' company.
When Apple's CEO Tim Cook says "the free market is not working," bad things are coming.
Building iPhones entirely in the U.S. would double or triple their retail prices. There's no way Apple is going to do that.
It's not the first time Apple has bowed to China's censorship demands.
Alex Jones tweeted "When they try to ban you, but you keep on winning" above a celebratory glass of champagne.
Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, and Apple accuse him of violating their platforms' speech codes.
Law enforcement is upset, but data security is vital to prevent crimes.
The former FBI director recognizes his criticism of Apple was "thoughtless," but he doesn't see the underlying problem with seeking cybersecurity back doors.
A political battle following the San Bernardino attack was the result of an attempt to make a test case.
Data journalist details five-year fight to make information more available.
Still available on Android, which unlike Apple does not appear to be enjoying Chinese subsidies.
Amid debate over encryption access, feds try to just sneak right through.
Podesta leak acknowledges her 'instincts' are to accept law enforcement's claims on encryption access and surveillance.