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Congressional threats and inducements make Twitter and Facebook censorship a free-speech violation.

The social-media service has sued Amazon.com after the tech giant abruptly ended web-hosting services to the company, effectively halting its operation.

The move came after both Google and Apple removed Parler’s app from their respective app stores earlier in the weekend.

Jan. 11, 2021 9:31 am ET A U.S.-born approach to defining how computer processors work presents a potential steppingstone to chip independence for Chinese tech companies that face growing limits from Washington on buying American semiconductors. The so-called RISC-V technology offers an openly accessible approach to running the brains that power personal computers, smartphones and servers. It is an emerging rival to two, long-dominant proprietary models from Intel Corp. and Arm Holdin...

Amazon, Walmart Tell Consumers to Skip Returns of Unwanted Items In some cases, it’s cheaper for the retailers to refund the purchase price and let customers keep or donate the products How will the pandemic affect America’s retailers? As states across the nation struggle to return to business, WSJ investigates the evolving retail landscape and how consumers might shop in a postpandemic world. By Retailers have a new message for consumers looking to return an item: Kee...

Low on Workers, Manufacturers Recruit Their Executives for the Factory Floor Covid, child care and competition from e-commerce warehouses contribute to labor shortages at many factories Yankee Candle executives’ new side gigs include tasks such as packing the company’s products into gift baskets. Photo: Kayana Szymczak for The Wall Street Journal By Updated Jan. 9, 2021 11:38 pm ET Wendy Marcus was midway through a recent meeting with senior leader...

DuluxGroup steps up AI investments for retail execution Paints retailer and marketer extends use of artificial intelligence for retail sales optimisation DuluxGroup has stepped up its artificial intelligence (AI) investment to further improve its retail execution game. The paint retailer has again expanded its investment into Complexica’s marketing and sales platforms, extending the use of the vendor’s Customer Opportunity Profiler and Larry digital assistant across its retail business uni...

The stock exchange’s reversal was the latest sign of confusion for investors and companies as they navigate a series of broad China-related executive orders.

Text size Alibaba’s business practices—and its stock is getting hammered. There aren’t many details yet, but just the announcement caused Alibaba stock, which trades in the U.S., to tumble 7%. That is a very un-American reaction based on how stock in U.S. tech giants have reacted to antitrust issues, which have loomed over the U.S. sector for years. Newsletter Sign-up The Barrons Daily A morning briefing on what you need to know in the day ahead, including exclusive comme...

The tricky part of the potential China crackdown on Alibaba’s business practices will be quantifying the hit to revenue, if any, a Raymond James analyst says.