It's not just Meta's WhatsApp and Threads that have been removed from Apple's Chinese App Store, but now it's looking like all the popular non-Chinese messaging are being taken down (Signal, Telegram). Updated story here: wsj.com/tech/apple-rem…

Apple removes two Meta apps from its Chinese App Store as part of a larger Chinese gov crackdown on apps: “We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree,” Apple said wsj.com/tech/apple-rem…

Our story today goes inside 'Project Curiosity,' a secret team Amazon had which posed as sellers and customers to gain access to rival platforms such as Walmart, Shopify and Fedex. Story w/ Sarah Nassauer wsj.com/business/retai…

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Two years ago, Joël van Houdt and I traveled for The Wall Street Journal to the front lines of the war in Yemen, where we came under fire from Iran-backed Houthi forces. The Houthis are now at epicenter of the regional war. I'm proud to have worked to keep the oft-overlooked war in the public eye.

I dug into the world of return theft on Amazon and found some wild stuff.

People regularly return all kinds of junk to Amazon that are not the products they purchased. And many times, it’s not Amazon but its millions of sellers dealing with the fallout. wsj.com/business/retai…

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A $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. How a gang of young criminals put corporate America on notice. Fantastic read from Robert McMillan and Katherine Sayre wsj.com/tech/cybersecu…

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My latest investigation with ⁦Miranda Green⁩ of ⁦Floodlight⁩ npr.org/2024/03/28/123…

Listen to me on KQED's Forum this morning talking DOJ v Apple with Tim Wu and Margaret O'Mara kqed.org/forum/20101019…

Delighted by the tale of the wok shop that got inundated by Wirecutter orders.

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Around 3 a.m.,Carmen Luna was woken up by a phone call. The bridge had collapsed and her husband had fallen into the water with it. She and the couple’s 6 children waited all day for news.

“The only thing we want is for them to be found and to come home.” wsj.com/us-news/baltim…

Phil Schiller, Apple’s former chief marketing officer and confidant to Steve Jobs, has emerged as the most ardent defender of the company’s 'walled garden' wsj.com/tech/apple-tur… via Aaron Tilley & Kim Mackrael

As antitrust forces around the world escalate their war on Apple's closed ecosystem, a man once dubbed a Steve Jobs 'mini-me' has emerged as the company's chief defender wsj.com/tech/apple-tur…

I was haunted by this ProPublica story about how nonsensical analysis of 911 calls is used to convict people of killing their kids. I mentioned it to a friend with more knowledge of criminal justice. 'Oh,' she said casually, 'all of forensics is like that' propublica.org/article/911-ca…

The DOJ has a tough case in front of it with Apple. Already US courts have heavily favored Apple against these types of antitrust claims: “It strikes me as a fairly weak complaint,' said one long-time antitrust scholar wsj.com/us-news/law/mo…

Apple's response to the DOJ lawsuit today: 'It would also set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people’s technology.' It plans to 'vigorously' defend against it wsj.com/tech/apple-ant…

'Apple has maintained its power, not because of its superiority, because of its unlawful exclusionary behavior,' says Attorney General Merrick Garland in press conference today wsj.com/tech/apple-ant…

DOJ files its antitrust case against Apple. Agency's focus is mostly on Apple limiting third-party developer access to iOS, including blocking super apps and cloud gaming apps wsj.com/tech/apple-ant…

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