This is how China might fight a trade war
China could hit back with measures against America's $US140 billion of annual exports to the Asian powerhouse if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs.
Why it's time to leave Facebook
Facebook's chief has pledged to do more to protect its users' data after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it should be too little too late.
Three cheers for the EC’s tax on tech
Too many of the digital titans assume they should sit outside traditional frameworks. The commission has taken an important step towards disabusing them of this.
EU should tax digital value, not sales
What is really needed is a solution to the much tougher problem of how to identify and tax the value created by the tech companies' customers. Europe's politicians should press pause.
Fed hike may not be enough to stop slide
Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell was determined his first chairing of the FOMC rate-setting board would hold no surprises for financial markets.
'Self-driving Uber should have spotted woman'
Two experts say sensors in a self-driving Uber car that struck and killed a woman should have spotted her in time to brake.
Fed lifts rates, alert to US-China trade war
Despite a trade war risk, Fed chair Jerome Powell sees more US interest rates rises and outlined an optimistic outlook for the economy and i...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted mistakes in the protection of user data that was leaked to a firm that helped Donald Trump win the...
Beware data miners with posh accents and good suits
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