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A liberal think tank has grown comfortable with mainstream influence. Other activists say that being “normie” means it’s selling out.

Bitcoin and Encryption: A Race Between Criminals and the F.B.I. The F.B.I. scored two major victories, recovering a Bitcoin ransom and tricking lawbreakers with an encryption app. But criminals may still have the upper hand. The F.B.I. headquarters in Washington. The bureau has resources to recover stolen cryptocurrencies that are beyond the reach of most law enforcement agencies.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times June 12, 2021, 11:04 a.m. ET Whether it was gangsters a century ago...

As Congress Dithers, States Step In to Set Rules for the Internet Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Maryland are among dozens of states that have introduced bills to curtail the power of Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter. Credit...Photo illustration by Doug Chayka; Photo, via iStock May 14, 2021, 3:39 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — News outlets in Florida may soon be able to sue Facebook and Twitter if the social media companies take down their content. Arkansans shopping on Amazon will be able to see...

The details of how and where the census counts can make a big difference.

Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week. Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook.Credit...Mel Haasch April 26, 2021Updated 8:02 a.m. ET SAN FRANCISCO — At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2019, Timothy D. Cook of Apple and Mark Zuckerberg of Face...

The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week.

Restaurants Fought for Covid Survival, With Some Tech Helpers Being “online” in the pandemic, many chefs learned, meant much more than having an Instagram account. The company that began as Krystle Mobayenis side project, BentoBox, scaled up significantly in the pandemic to help restaurants.Credit...Gili Benita for The New York Times April 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET The past year has crushed independent restaurants across the country and brought a reality to their doors: Many were unprepared fo...

A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived Never before have so many countries, including China, moved with such vigor at the same time to limit the power of a single industry. Credit...Sally Thurer April 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Now the European Commission plans to unveil far-reaching regulations to limit technologies powered by artificial intelligence. And in the United States, President Biden has stacked his administration with trustbusters who have taken aim at Amazon, Facebook an...