Brief - The Hustle | Regulation (6)

The market for refurbished tech is shining like new

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/14/20
Sorry Comcast: School buses are internet providers now

Michael Waters
Updated 5/8/20
One of America’s most technophobic institutions took a step out of the dark ages

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/5/20
A Lithuanian city is turning its streets into coffee shops

Michael Waters
Updated 4/29/20
3 pandemic trends to watch as the digging-out phase begins

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/28/20
Shake Shack sends its coronavirus relief loan back to the kitchen

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/22/20
Forget DIY crafts. Rural Colorado is trying out DIY broadband

Michael Waters
Updated 4/21/20
Why you usually can’t buy weed with a credit card… for now

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/18/23
Where there’s smoke, there’s an autonomous vehicle blocking a fire

Ben Berkley
Updated 8/25/23
Meta vs. Canada is a long pattern of dismantling news

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/24/23
Is the ‘Big One’ about to drop on Amazon?

Ben Berkley
Updated 8/14/23
TikTok’s new plan to avoid getting banned in the US

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
France vs. social media dishonesty

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/7/23
Canada’s drug experiment

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/31/23
Hell hath no fury like angry Swifties

Olivia Deng
Updated 11/22/22
The FDA is redefining healthy food

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/30/22
The ups and downs of NYC’s taxi medallion

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/6/22
The rise and fall of Juul

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/1/22
Where the heck is all our change?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/8/22
Have Meta’s election priorities shifted?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/27/22
Digits: TikTok meetings, babies, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/9/22
The Fed’s crackdown on printed guns

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/12/22
A California bill would let parents sue predatory social media companies

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/24/22
Crypto lobbying is rising fast

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/14/22
The federal government is mulling a digital dollar. Why?

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/7/22
What the heck is a geographical indication?

Rob Litterst
Updated 2/24/22
States are making bank off weed taxes

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/13/22
What’s behind Musk’s hefty tax bill?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/21/21
Will bots ruin Christmas?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/1/21
Cities are still struggling to manage scooters (and the people who ride them)

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/23/21
Can California’s landscapers still make money with electric equipment?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/15/21
In San Francisco, one person’s trash (can) is another’s treasure

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/1/21
Digits: Phone cords, ‘The Conjuring’ house, fake Christmas trees, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/27/21
Digits: A $3.6m Spider-Man, e-cigs get smoked, and ATVs kick into high gear

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/13/21
What do you call meat if it’s grown in a lab?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/9/21
As crypto moves into the world of banking, regulators are being forced into action

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/9/21
Digits: Nomads are in love, and apparently it’s pumpkin spice season

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/30/21
Will the US force a sale of TikTok again?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 8/18/21
Tesla’s autopilot technology is under the microscope

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/18/21
The IRS has seized 185k+ bitcoins. Where the heck do they go?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/6/21
Could Wikipedia’s crowdsourcing be the solution to pandemic misinformation?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 7/29/21
A spyware breach has Apple feeling the heat

Jacob Cohen
Updated 7/21/21
Musk in court over Tesla’s $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/13/21
What would a Big Tech breakup look like?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/8/21
Facebook scores an antitrust win

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/30/21
Meet cybersecurity’s nightmare fuel: Quantum hacking

Kolby Hatch
Updated 6/15/21
Here are 5 ways the US government is taking on Big Tech

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/14/21
G-7 tax deal seeks to end to Big Tech tax havens

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/9/21
Digits: Supersonic planes, 100+ unicorns, and Isaac Newton’s notes

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/7/21
The government is trying to regulate the fast-growing $650B subscription economy

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/4/21
Roommates, PayPal fraud, and the unconventional story behind Palantir

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/12/21
The European Union is considering an AI ban

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/16/21
Inside the monopoly of tax e-filings (and how to change it)

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/13/21
Notarize, an eNotary service, wants to be the Stripe of legal documents

Kolby Hatch
Updated 4/5/21
The short-lived era of extremely cheap travel is coming to an end

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/24/21
Better late than never: America is speeding up its broadband strategy

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/24/21
Big Tech vs. Australia, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/19/21
What’s going on with GameStop?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/18/21
There’s a Big Tech battle going down in North Dakota

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/18/21
Robinhood is facing lawsuits after restricting the trading of GameStop stock

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/29/21
The FTC’s punishment of a facial recognition app could be the future of AI regulation

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/22/21
Twitter’s plan to decentralize social media

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/22/21
How will the Biden administration deal with tech?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/21/21
Is blockchain coming to your bank?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/8/21
Anonymous shell companies will (finally) be illegal

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/4/21
The FCC’s 5G auctions are out of control: ~$70B and counting

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/28/20
The massive SolarWinds hack may force widespread regulatory change

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/18/20
Europe is dropping the hammer on Big Tech (again)

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/17/20
Um, how do you actually break up Facebook?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/15/20
The FTC went old school in blocking a razor acquisition

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/11/20
Zucked: the United States government wants to break up Facebook

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/10/20
Parler is a ‘free speech’ alternative to Twitter. It just shot to the top of the App Store.

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/10/20
Visa’s $5.3B marriage to fintech startup Plaid just got blocked by the DOJ. Why?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/6/20
3 things we learned from the latest Big Tech Senate grilling

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/29/20
The US Government v. Google: What you need to know

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/21/20
Altria bought a 35% stake in Juul, and it’s been a headache for the cig giant ever since

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/3/20
Collibra and its data governance competitors are the real winners of GDPR

Conor Grant
Updated 10/3/20
The differences between Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are melting away

Michael Waters
Updated 10/1/20
Here’s how Google could defend itself in the latest major antitrust case

Trung T. Phan
Updated 9/25/20
Despite sketchy science, biotech companies are lining up to get into your genes

Conor Grant
Updated 9/23/20
There’s no such thing as a free internet

Lindsey Quinn
Updated 9/23/20
The FTC is finally cracking down on fake Amazon reviews

Zachary Crockett
Updated 9/22/20
Net neutrality is on the chopping block

The Hustle
Updated 9/21/20
Facebook’s political speech headache has turned into a full-blown migraine

Michael Waters
Updated 9/19/20
Scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are speaking out against Facebook

Nick DeSantis
Updated 9/19/20
Zuckerberg makes the first move in his chess match with regulators

Conor Grant
Updated 9/19/20
New track from your favorite artist sound weird? It could be a Spotify scammer.

Michael Waters
Updated 9/3/20
Are private airports ready for liftoff?

Michael Waters
Updated 8/22/20
What are therapy apps doing with your data?

Michael Waters
Updated 8/19/20
Do you know where your robocalls are coming from?

Caroline Dohack
Updated 8/17/20
The first rule of monopoly club: Don’t talk about monopoly club

Trung T. Phan
Updated 8/12/20
The latest fintech disruptor: The US government

Michael Waters
Updated 8/11/20
Top takeaways from the antitrust Royal Rumble

Nick DeSantis
Updated 7/30/20
Which businesses got coronavirus relief money? Insights from the new data

Nick DeSantis
Updated 7/7/20
Hold that banana peel: Vermont now requires universal composting

Michael Waters
Updated 7/7/20
Influencers are forming their own lobbying group

Michael Waters
Updated 7/3/20
Can deepfakes be good?

Michael Waters
Updated 7/1/20
Politicians, police, and… Panera: Geofencing is taking over

Michael Waters
Updated 6/17/20
On mute no more: Zoom gets a taste of international politics

Michael Waters
Updated 6/15/20
Time limits on video games? A Japanese teen is taking the government to court

Michael Waters
Updated 6/12/20
Big Tech is social distancing from facial recognition, sort of

Michael Waters
Updated 6/12/20
The Google Play store smacks down Zynn, the TikTok lookalike

Michael Waters
Updated 6/11/20
Protests and a pandemic: Facial recognition gets another close-up

Michael Waters
Updated 6/5/20
Here’s what to know about Trump’s executive order on social media

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/29/20
Robocalls ask: Miss us yet?

The Hustle
Updated 5/28/20
Another pandemic trend to watch: How many businesses return their corona relief money

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/19/20
Libraries hope their return will not be overdue

Michael Waters
Updated 5/18/20

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