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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Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Negotiated in secret and rarely discussed, Google’s deal with Apple is one of the most lucrative alliances in history and now it’s the target of antitrust scrutiny from the US government. Story w @jacknicas
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Google Antitrust Fight Thrusts Low-Key C.E.O. Into the Line of Fire
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company for less than a year, already faces the internet giant’s biggest threat in its 22 years.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
He’s not Bill Gates and he’s not Larry Page. Google’s antitrust fight puts the spotlight on Sundar Pichai, the company’s low-key CEO who was not named once in the Justice Department’s 57-page complaint
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Tracking Viral Misinformation Ahead of the 2020 Election
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
As Twitter and Facebook scrambled to take action on the NY Post Biden story, YouTube has said laid low. It has said nothing and it's not clear what, if anything, it has done.
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Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.
A company operating in the shadow of government regulators has some very particular rules about what workers can say about it.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Google employees are not shy about discussing anything and everything. But when it comes to antitrust, they know that it's better to say less. A story on how Google employees have learned to live with a decade of antitrust scrutiny
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if you're counting down the hours and minutes until the DOJ suit against Google because you just can't get ENOUGH antitrust content, may I recommend this story which disappeared yesterday into an iPhone 12 vortex?
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12 Accusations in the Damning House Report on Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Lawmakers said they found multiple problems with each of the four giant tech companies.
Google Demands 30% Cut From App Developers in Its Play Store
Some companies like Netflix and Spotify had avoided making the payment when people paid for something inside their apps.
Alphabet Settles Shareholder Suits Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Google’s parent company was hit with a wave of lawsuits after The New York Times reported that an accused executive had received a $90 million exit package.
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NEW: Google has settled its shareholder lawsuit. It includes $310 million for diversity workplace initiatives, reforms to board procedures and updated workplace policies
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Google Services Go Down in Some Parts of U.S.
People experienced outages of services like Gmail, YouTube and Google Meet.
Justice Dept. Case Against Google Is Said to Focus on Search Dominance
The decision to narrow the case to search could set off separate lawsuits from states over Google’s power in other business segments.
Justice Dept. to Brief States on Google Antitrust Inquiry
The department is expected to outline a potential antitrust case against Google, which could be filed in the coming days.
‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal
When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people.
A Pastor, a School Bus and a Trip Through a Scorched Oregon Town
A fire destroyed much of Phoenix, Ore., leaving people to wonder whether the town can rise from the ashes. “There’s nothing to sift through,” one resident said.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
What a heartbreaking story beautifully told by @jacknicas as he drove through an Oregon town devastated by the fires. I had to sit with this one for a while. The storytelling is so vivid.
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Parents Got More Time Off. Then the Backlash Started.
Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don’t have children.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
When the pandemic forced office and school closures, some companies offered more time off to parents. But as the impact of Covid drags on, some employees without kids are saying this is unfair. It's causing a rift at some companies, especially at Facebook
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Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks
The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Ignoring pleas from lawyers working on the case, William Barr is pushing DOJ to bring antitrust lawsuit against Google this month. An interesting look at the discord behind DOJ's case By @ceciliakang @ktbenner
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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia
The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.
How Kamala Harris Forged Close Ties With Big Tech
Silicon Valley has enthusiastically backed Ms. Harris since she first ran for state attorney general in California a decade ago.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
In her speech, Kamala Harris highlighted her roots in the Bay Area, which means like many people here, she also has deep connections to the tech world. What does that mean for a potential Biden presidency? Story w @stefsaul @kenvogel
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The Economy Is in Record Decline, but Not for the Tech Giants
Even though the tech industry’s four biggest companies were stung by a slowdown in spending, they reported a combined $28 billion in profits on Thursday.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Wed - CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google: There is lots of competition. Our dominance is overstated.
Thurs - The four report combined quarterly profit of $28.6 bln during one of the worst economies on record.
Story w/ @KYWeise @jacknicas @MikeIsaac
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Why Google Dominates Advertising Markets by Dina Srinivasan :: SSRN
Approximately 86% of online display advertising space in the U.S. is bought and sold in real-time on electronic trading venues, which the industry calls "a
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Rep. Jayapal is laying out the case for regulation laid out by @DinaSrinivasan excellent paper
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Trump Says Google Is Rigged, Despite Its Denials. What Do We Know About How It Works?
Not many people have a good understanding of how Google delivers search results. And for good reason — the company tries to keep it a secret.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi
Question from Rep. Matt Gaetz probing about bias in search results. Here is my story from 2018 when I explained how it works
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A Handbook to Today’s Tech Hearing
The C.E.O.s are likely to argue before Congress that their companies aren’t anticompetitive. Here are the facts.