Daisuke Wakabayashi
New York Times reporter covering technology (mainly, Google) in SF. NBA fan, sneakerhead, and gadget lover. Tell me a good story [email protected]
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Google Rescinds Offers to Thousands of Contract Workers
The company made the cost-cutting move as it navigates a slump in advertising created by the pandemic.
Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Donald Trump
Without certain liability protections, companies like Twitter would have to be more aggressive about policing messages that press the boundaries — like the president’s.
Trump’s Proposed Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Trump
Without certain liability protections, companies like Twitter would have to be more aggressive about policing messages that press the boundaries — like the president’s.
Legal Shield for Social Media Is Targeted by Trump
Section 230, from a 1996 federal law, was meant to protect young internet companies from liability. Lawmakers have threatened to change it.
U.S. Is Said to Plan to File Antitrust Charges Against Google
The case may be joined by state attorneys general in what would be one of the biggest antitrust actions by the United States since the late 1990s.
A Flower Shop Reinvented to Reopen
How a small florist in Oakland, Calif., navigated a minefield of rules to sell on the make-or-break Mother’s Day weekend.
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It's a hard time to be running a small business these days. For florists, deemed nonessential businesses, it's especially tough. We followed one small shop in Oakland for Mother's Day, usually one of their busiest days of the year.
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Google Sibling Abandons Ambitious City of the Future in Toronto
In scrapping the project, the company cited the economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but critics say it was a loser from the start and a failure in “surveillance capitalism.”
Google Will Require Proof of Identity From All Advertisers
A slew of scams and misleading ads pushed the search giant to expand its verification policy.
Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target
The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has been attacked with falsehoods that he created the coronavirus and wants to profit from it.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
As the covid-19 conspiracy theories flooded in from anti-vaxxers to Qanon to right-wing groups, I noticed one common thread: Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist is the new George Soros, a villainous bogeyman, and the star of many wild falsehoods 1/x
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Here's some background to go along with our story on the proliferation of Gates conspiracy theories. He has always been a target for misinformation because of his work with vaccines and genetically modified crops. That's exploded w/ the coronavirus 1/x
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Even Google and Facebook May be Facing an Ad Slump
Though ad sales at the two companies are expected to be down, they are likely to fare better than smaller peers and publishers.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Google and Facebook's ad business has been resilient through the years -- especially weathering one controversy after another in recent years -- but they are wilting under the weight of the coronavirus. Story w @tiffkhsu @MikeIsaac
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Apple and Google Team Up to ‘Contact Trace’ the Coronavirus
The technology giants said they would embed a feature in iPhones and Android devices to enable people to track the virus.
Big Tech Could Emerge From Coronavirus Crisis Stronger Than Ever
Amazon is hiring aggressively to meet customer demand. Traffic has soared on Facebook and YouTube. And cloud computing has become essential to home workers.
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The pandemic has deepened our reliance on services from tech's biggest companies and accelerated trends that were already helping them. Why Big Tech might emerge from COV)D-19 stronger w/ @SteveLohr @MikeIsaac @jacknicas
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Coronavirus Testing Website Goes Live and Runs Into Confusion
The site from Google’s sister company, Verily, was rolled out to two Northern California counties in hopes of guiding people to local virus testing.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
The Verily/Google screening website for COVID-19 went live last night. It's limited to people in two NorCal counties. The rollout has left a lot of people puzzled about what it's screening for and concerned about possible privacy implications. Our story
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COVID-19 | Project Baseline
Project Baseline is the quest to collect comprehensive health data and use it as a map and compass, pointing the way to disease prevention.
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The Verily/Google screening website is up for two locations in the Bay Area but it’s one question and I’m not sure how much screening it’s doing projectbaseline.com/study/covid-19/ pic.twitter.com/njedkP3voG
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Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus
After Jared Kushner liked the idea, President Trump inflated the concept. The disconnect is the latest example of the president exaggerating or making wholly inaccurate statements about his administration’s response.
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How did a Bay Area pilot project to find COVID-19 testing locations get sold as the nationwide Google testing website central to President Trump's efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus ? Story w @shearm
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Bill Gates Stepping Down From Microsoft’s Board
Mr. Gates, who founded the company with Paul Allen four decades ago, will also step down from the board of Berkshire Hathaway.
Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
The young medical professionals came down with fevers. Within weeks, they were both lying in hospital beds, hooked up to IVs or oxygen machines.
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This heartbreaking story is a reminder that the medical professionals on the frontlines are risking everything to keep us safe.
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When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg — ProPublica
Bloomberg gave media advice to the Sacklers and recommended his longtime mayoral spokesman to them. The relationship could shadow his presidential bid.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
If I worked in the Bloomberg newsroom, this email from the Purdue Pharma comms person would make me very very uncomfortable propublica.org/article/bloomb… pic.twitter.com/Bp9PUwZ2Cd
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New Mexico Sues Google Over Children’s Privacy Violations
The lawsuit says that Google, the top tech brand in public schools, used its educational products to spy on students.
Golden Gates by Conor Dougherty: 9780525560210 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive...
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Big shout out to @ConorDougherty and his book Golden Gates (out today) about America's housing crisis. It is so good and so timely. I am insanely jealous. Conor is a greater writer and makes the book sing. Go buy it!
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