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Photo: Ingrid Rasmussen | Stone | Getty ImagesLONDON - Online card retailer Moonpig has confirmed that it plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange next month after the demand for its cards soared during the coronavirus…

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area struck a hard bargain with its tech workers.Rent was astronomical. Taxes were high. Your neighbors didn’t like you. If you lived in San Francisco, you might have commuted an hour south to your job at Apple or…

Neeraj Agrawal, a spokesperson for a think tank for cryptocurrency, has typically used the encrypted messaging app Signal to chat with privacy-conscious colleagues and colleagues. He was surprised on Monday when the app drew his attention…

Chinese President Xi JinpingFred Dufour | AFP | Getty ImagesGUANGZHOU, China - China's recent moves to regulate major tech giants are part of its broader drive to become a technological "superpower," an expert told CNBC.Like the US and…

Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.NYSEShares in the largest tech companies fell on the first day of trading in 2021, a bumpy start for the sector that posted some of the highest gains over the past year.Big…

The tech industry was ahead of the Covid curve from the start.Faster than the public and even governments, tech companies were among the first to understand the coronavirus threat as early as early 2020 and respond with short-term measures.…

"Who the hell will let a company track you online," she recalled. "They could only do it because they had the monopoly power to do something that was clearly against the interests of consumers."After leaving the advertising world in 2017,…

Tech family feudWhen Big Tech CEOs are dragged before Congress and accused of amassing undue power, the leaders of Apple, Facebook, Google, and others have often tried to come up with a unified front. But these companies are also…

The logos of Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok are displayed on a computer screen.Denis Charlet | AFP via Getty ImagesLONDON - UK regulators could soon have the power to penalize and block the websites of social…

Here’s what you need to know:The Federal Trade Commission on Monday opened a wide-ranging study into how social media and streaming companies collect and use data about their users, an undertaking meant to give the consumer protection…