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Should we trust Silicon Valley to fix itself?

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 23, 2018
Some tech pioneers want to repair the problems they helped create, like addictive technologies.
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When companies choose not to go public, does that hurt the public?

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Feb 5, 2018
Fewer companies are going public than did 20 years ago. How does that change the fortunes of all Americans?
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Can any person (or robot) put an end to fake news?

by Amy Scott and Kristin Schwab
Oct 6, 2017
It's probably going to take more than algorithms.
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Are major tech companies too big to escape regulation?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Sep 29, 2017
Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU Stern, says the tide is turning against Big Tech.
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That sexist memo could cost Google employees

by Ben Johnson and Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 9, 2017
Google needs to prioritize diversity, the same way it's prioritized AI and driverless cars, a diversity consultant tells us.
The Justice Department claims Google abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers.
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KAYAK adds features to compete with Google

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jul 3, 2017
A baseball pulls up trips to Chicago, home of the Cubs.
People on vacation at the beach. 
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How the internet went from a hippie project to a game of Monopoly

by Molly Wood
Apr 19, 2017
In 'Move Fast and Break Things,' Jonathan Taplin examines how the wild web's big players became overlords.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Google's Magenta wants to teach machines to be creative

by Ben Johnson and Levi Sharpe
Jun 1, 2016
Giving a new meaning to electronic music.
A photo that's been run through Google's DeepDream neural network.
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Google accused of abusing its search engine dominance

by Adriene Hill and Molly Wood
Apr 15, 2015
The European Union goes after Google.
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Astro Teller talks about making room for failure

by Molly Wood
Mar 19, 2015
...and the moonshot that could unlock other moonshots.
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