https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS-u1cDvxx8/elaine-ou RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 09:34:10 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-05/elon-musk-is-pulling-bitcoin-where-it-loathed-to-go https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-05/elon-musk-is-pulling-bitcoin-where-it-loathed-to-go Sat, 05 Jun 2021 12:00:21 GMT Illuminated mining rigs operate inside racks at the CryptoUniverse cryptocurrency mining farm in Nadvoitsy, Russia, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. The rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has prompted the greatest push yet among central banks to develop their own digital currencies. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-28/cybersecurity-secrecy-helps-ransomware-hackers-flourish https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-28/cybersecurity-secrecy-helps-ransomware-hackers-flourish Fri, 28 May 2021 13:00:19 GMT How’d they do that? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-28/bitcoin-whales-are-a-mixed-blessing https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-28/bitcoin-whales-are-a-mixed-blessing Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:00:02 GMT NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 08: A bitcoin ATM is seen inside the Big Apple Tobacco Shop on February 08, 2021 in New York City. Tesla announced on Monday that it purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. The car company also announced that it will start accepting payments in bitcoin in exchange for its products which include their electric cars and solar panels. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-05/facebook-s-oversight-board-is-a-useful-flak-catcher https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-05/facebook-s-oversight-board-is-a-useful-flak-catcher Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:30:10 GMT If we think he’s key to saving democracy, we are in trouble. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-12/big-tech-can-push-trump-off-social-media-but-can-t-stamp-out-rage https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-12/big-tech-can-push-trump-off-social-media-but-can-t-stamp-out-rage Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:38:42 GMT It can work for awhile. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-08/google-union-might-not-make-sense-for-google-workers https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-08/google-union-might-not-make-sense-for-google-workers Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:00:40 GMT Solidarity forever? https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-21/tiktok-wechat-bans-would-lead-to-bigger-u-s-national-security-risks https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-09-21/tiktok-wechat-bans-would-lead-to-bigger-u-s-national-security-risks Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:09:18 GMT Hard to stop. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-09/tiktok-has-some-good-ideas-for-twitter-and-facebook https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-09/tiktok-has-some-good-ideas-for-twitter-and-facebook Sun, 09 Aug 2020 22:00:06 GMT The Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat app is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing business with the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps beginning 45 days from now, citing the national security risk of leaving Americans' personal data exposed. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-02/covid-tracking-apps-won-t-create-surveillance-state https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-02/covid-tracking-apps-won-t-create-surveillance-state Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:00:50 GMT Government Technology Agency (GovTech) staff demonstrate Singapore's new contact-tracing smarthphone app called TraceTogether, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on March 20, 2020. - The mobile app using Bluetooth technology developed by GovTech in collaboration with the Ministry of Health informs user who had close contacts to confirmed coronavirus cases was launched in Singapore on 20. (Photo by Catherine LAI / AFP) (Photo by CATHERINE LAI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-24/coronavirus-make-diy-face-masks-while-you-re-sheltered-in-place https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-24/coronavirus-make-diy-face-masks-while-you-re-sheltered-in-place Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:49:01 GMT Better than the alternative. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-04/amazon-google-and-facebook-can-track-your-coronavirus-searches https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-03-04/amazon-google-and-facebook-can-track-your-coronavirus-searches Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:00:21 GMT Searching for answers. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-27/sonos-software-update-fracas-reveals-weakening-business-model https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-27/sonos-software-update-fracas-reveals-weakening-business-model Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:30:36 GMT They sell hardware, but they should sell software. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-13/internet-privacy-should-default-to-protect-data-not-share-it https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-13/internet-privacy-should-default-to-protect-data-not-share-it Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:00:16 GMT Just minding her own business. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-07/open-protocols-would-make-such-a-better-internet https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-01-07/open-protocols-would-make-such-a-better-internet Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:00:35 GMT Things have gotten a bit messy. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-11-05/did-the-bitcoin-bubble-come-from-one-bitfinex-tether-trader https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-11-05/did-the-bitcoin-bubble-come-from-one-bitfinex-tether-trader Tue, 05 Nov 2019 19:00:02 GMT Are the bitcoins in here? https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-10-24/facebook-s-libra-currency-is-zuckerberg-s-attempt-to-copy-wechat https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-10-24/facebook-s-libra-currency-is-zuckerberg-s-attempt-to-copy-wechat Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:30:24 GMT Looking for a social monetary policy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-30/tech-can-rescue-us-from-big-brother https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-30/tech-can-rescue-us-from-big-brother Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:00:07 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-08-08/social-networks-shouldn-t-be-trying-to-censor-extremists https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-08-08/social-networks-shouldn-t-be-trying-to-censor-extremists Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:09:21 GMT A man stands in front of a monitor displaying the Facebook Inc. website in this arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Facebook Inc. is boosting the number of shares for sale in its initial public offering to 421 million, letting it raise as much as $16 billion, two people with knowledge of the deal said. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-06-20/facebook-s-libra-cryptocurrency-isn-t-actually-supposed-to-work https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-06-20/facebook-s-libra-cryptocurrency-isn-t-actually-supposed-to-work Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:54:48 GMT (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual F8 summit at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. - Facebook is leaping into the world of cryptocurrency with its own digital money, designed to let people save, send or spend money as easily as firing off text messages."Libra" -- described as "a new global currency" -- was unveiled June 18, 2019 in a new initiative in payments for the world's biggest social network with the potential to bring crypto-money out of the shadows and into the mainstream. Facebook and an array of partners released a prototype of Libra as an open source code to be used by developers interested in weaving it into apps, services or businesses ahead of a rollout as global digital money next year. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-17/regulate-facebook-like-big-tobacco-not-like-a-phone-company https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-05-17/regulate-facebook-like-big-tobacco-not-like-a-phone-company Fri, 17 May 2019 15:00:14 GMT SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 30: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered the opening keynote to the FB Developer conference that runs through May 1. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)