Officers’ 2017 hunt for Snorlax recorded by in-car system—court upholds firings.
ISPs must accept gov’t subsidy on all plans—no more upselling, FCC chair says
FCC chair seeks stricter rules after ISPs used previous subsidy to upsell users.
Canon can’t get enough toner chips, so it’s telling customers how to defeat its DRM
Lack of chips produces “no negative effects on print quality,” Canon says.
Facebook’s data center plans rile residents in the Netherlands
Locals say Big Tech data centers will syphon away all their green energy.
Biden’s vaccine mandates come before the Supreme Court
Do existing regulations apply, or must Congress step in?
Holmes’ testimony backfired—jurors rated her the least credible witness
Two “smoking guns” helped jury decide Holmes’ fate.
Securing the global digital economy beyond the China challenge
The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics.
China upset about needing to dodge SpaceX Starlink satellites
A formal complaint to the UN under space treaties says the US is responsible.
Riot Games to pay $100 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Riot was accused of paying women less for similar work, fostering culture of harassment.
Elizabeth Holmes and “pinch-to-zoom” in Rittenhouse trial: 2021’s top policy stories
Holmes trial, ISPs behaving badly, and many other big stories from the past year.