Often called “the coolest company in Russia,” Yandex, the Russian version of Google, employed more than 18,000 people. Its founders were billionaires, and at its peak last November, it was worth more than $31 billion. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Over the past decade, China blocked Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Now some of China’s young people are asking what those services even are. nyti.ms
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China blocked people on the mainland from watching a Chinese Go champion lose to software from a Google affiliate nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Over the past decade, China blocked Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Now some of China’s young people are asking what those services even are. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nytimes.com
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Over the past decade, China blocked Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Now some of China’s young people are asking what those services even are. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld6 years ago
The head of a Google sibling on reaction to remaking part of Toronto: "I probably found it a little bit surprising before we announced our plan that people were kind of going to presume that we were going to act somehow in bad faith" nyti.ms
@nytimesworld7 years ago
Over the past decade, China blocked Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Now some of China’s young people are asking what those services even are. nyti.ms
