Business

A coalition wants Facebook to discontinue the app aimed at 6- to 12-year-olds, citing studies on the harms of social media and digital devices. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

National Security Council presentation argues that the government, rather than private companies, should build a fast wireless network to minimize Chinese influence. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

A “debate” over the value of cryptocurrency turns out to be mostly a debate about nothing. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

Beyond Wellington’s obsessive coffee culture and Queenstown’s unspoiled landscape, New Zealand has established itself as an unlikely bolt-hole for the impending apocalypse. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

Silicon Valley’s elite have the public’s trust for now, but they know it won’t last. At the World Economic Forum at Davos they chart a path forward. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

The number of women in computer science has steadily decreased since the 80s. The industry needs to change—and it could take a lesson from Maria Klawe. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

Advocates of greater diversity at Google say they are being harassed and targeted on right-wing websites. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/

Facebook plans to poll users on the news sources they trust. The same users who are prone to spreading false stories and extreme content. https://www.wired.com/category/business/feed/