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ARTICLES BY BEN BRODY

Google has said that the new format significantly accelerated loading times on websites. (Reuters)

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple offer defence in congressional antitrust probe

2 min read . 20 Nov 2019

YouTube technically doesn’t let children have accounts on the site but executives have acknowledged kids watch YouTube regularly.

FTC to ask about disabling YouTube ads for kids’ privacy

2 min read . 08 Jul 2019

Google’s advertising business makes it more vulnerable to data-sharing scrutiny. Photo: Reuters

Google’s Facebook copycat moves put company in privacy hot seat

4 min read . 16 Apr 2018

Donald Trump has accused Amazon of draining the Postal Service of money it can’t afford to lose. The Postal Service has lost more than $65 billion over the past decade as Americans increasingly transmit messages online, according to the order. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump’s campaign chief pushes to raise Amazon shipping rates

5 min read . 14 Apr 2018

Mark Zuckerberg maintained a matter-of-fact demeanour even as some members openly questioned his sincerity and honesty. Photo: AP

‘Who’s going to protect us from Facebook?’ Mark Zuckerberg asked

3 min read . 12 Apr 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his testimony on the use of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica to target voters in the 2016 US presidential election. Photo: AP

Mark Zuckerberg survives unruffled after 2 days before Congress

4 min read . 12 Apr 2018

A girl holds a banner during a rally demanding peace on the Korean Peninsula near US embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday. Photo: AP

US settles South Korea trade spats as Kim Jong Un summits loom

3 min read . 26 Mar 2018

The uproar over Cambridge Analytica,which consulted on Donald Trump’s US election campaign, has sparked new questions about how Mark Zuckerberg could allow Facebook to be abused again for political ends. Photo: Reuters

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to speak as Washington scrutiny reignites

6 min read . 21 Mar 2018

Facebook declined in New York trading, falling 3.2% to $167 as of 10:57am in New York. That follows a drop of 6.8% on Monday that was the company’s largest since March 2014. Photo: Reuters

Facebook data breach: US FTC steps in, share prices plunge

2 min read . 20 Mar 2018

The Pentagon will outline its plans for the procurement to IT vendors at an industry event that more than 100 companies are expected to attend in on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft jockey for Pentagon’s cloud business

4 min read . 07 Mar 2018

The Cloud Act, according to a statement from its sponsors, would allow the US to make agreements with foreign countries for dealing with law enforcement requests. Photo: iStockphoto

Tech companies welcome cross-border data search legislation

1 min read . 07 Feb 2018

Google seems to have a more adversarial relationship with the Trump administration after enjoying a close relationship with the Obama White House. Photo: AP

Google said to eye former Clinton aide for top policy job

3 min read . 26 Jan 2018

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said in the statement that his support for the president and for Donald Trump’s agenda is unwavering. Photo: AFP

Steve Bannon issues apology as Donald Trump allies flood the airwaves

3 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Donald Trump’s own lagging poll numbers add to the headwinds faced by every president halfway through his term. Photo: AFP

Trump ramps up rhetoric early on eve of mid-term election year

4 min read . 01 Jan 2018

Representative Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, said in a radio interview on Friday that the “rumour” sweeping the Capitol was that Trump plans to fire Mueller on 22 December. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump indicates he’s not considering firing special counsel

3 min read . 18 Dec 2017

Both Google and Facebook have said they’re willing to work with lawmakers and regulators to enhance advertising transparency. Photo: Reuters

Lobby group for Facebook, Google to pitch self-regulation of ads

4 min read . 24 Oct 2017

Senator Bob Corker, 65, is among a a growing list of critics, political opponents and others whom Donald Trump has attacked on the social media platform. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Senator Corker calls White House ‘Day Care Center’, rings alarm on Trump

3 min read . 09 Oct 2017

Trump Organization, the corporate umbrella for Donald Trump’s business interests, gave $60,000 to the Coalition Against Double Taxation in 1985. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Donald Trump funded 1986 effort to keep tax break he now wants to end

2 min read . 03 Oct 2017

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles on 26 August after Kim Jong-un’s regime strongly criticized US-South Korea joint military drills. Photo: Bloomberg

Rex Tillerson still wants North Korea talks after ‘provocative act’

2 min read . 28 Aug 2017

Donald Trump has put his assets in a trust and put his two oldest sons in charge, but he has retained an ownership stake, prompting an outcry from the director of the Office of Government Ethics. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump sued for foreign business profits by Democrats in Congress

4 min read . 14 Jun 2017