Jay Dickey, Arkansas Lawmaker Who Blocked Gun Research, Dies at 77

By SAM ROBERTS April 24, 2017 As a Republican congressman from Arkansas, Jay Dickey, through an obscure amendment, single-handedly prevented the federal government from investigating the public health effects of firearms-inflicted violence for the last two...

Alphabet and Facebook have to be regulated or they’ll ‘crush’ small players like Snap, says author

The dominance of Facebook and Google when it comes to advertising could “crush” smaller players like Snapchat — unless regulators step in, said one author and professor. “As the poor folks at Snapchat are finding, these companies can crush even...

Netflix shareholders copied and pasted a proposal they sent to Amazon — and Netflix called them out

Netflix shareholders want the company to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. A lofty goal — except for the fact that their request was directed at the wrong company. The proposal asks “Amazon.com” — one of Netflix’s fiercest rivals...