The cookie is dead. Long live the cookie. Google said this week that it’s done tracking us as we skate around the Web and promises that it won’t adopt replacements that essentially do the same thing.

The Biden administration will soon have to settle a bitcoin fight it didn’t even start, and its decision could have far-reaching implications for the cryptocurrency industry.

China has pledged to boost spending and drive research into cutting-edge chips and artificial intelligence in its latest five-year targets, laying out a technological blueprint to vie for global influence with the US.

Apple could face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the coming weeks after a complaint by rival Spotify that it unfairly pushed its own music streaming service, two people familiar with the matter said.

YouTube will lift its suspension on former US President Donald Trump’s channel when it determines the risk of real-world violence has decreased, said the company’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki.

Payments firm Square’s deal to buy a majority stake in music streamer Tidal for $297-million could popularise blockchain or other new approaches to storing and buying online media.

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The Internet Service Providers’ Association has called for mediation, rather than litigation, to resolve the stand-off between communications regulator Icasa and telecommunications operators over the looming spectrum auction.

Old Mutual’s private equity unit has acquired a stake in a second data centre in sub-Saharan Africa as it expands to take advantage of a shortfall in cloud storage capacity on the continent.