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Platform Economy
Platforms, ecosystems, and the business of modern creators.
Rebuilt from the Tech desk's file at every publish · newest filing Sep 16, 2026
The desk’s Platform Economy file
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A Waymo Called Police on Its Own Riders. The Same Fleet Drives L.A.
San Francisco police say officers found a loaded AR-style rifle in the robotaxi and took two juvenile passengers to juvenile hall.
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LG Says Its TVs Don't Record You. Researchers Found Logs.
The company says its content-recognition and voice features are optional, off by default, and that wake-word detection stays on the set.
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Carmakers Added a Screen for the Front Passenger. A Third of Owners Have Never Tried It.
Smart ignition scored highest in the 2026 study, at 2.4 problems per 100 vehicles, in a survey of 68,084 new-car owners taken after 90 days of ownership.
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X Corp. sued to block the name "Twitter." A startup launched Twitter.now anyway.
Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates, is charging $20 for early access while a Delaware judge's abandonment question sits unanswered.
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The FTC's Proposed Zillow Settlement Would Make Redfin Restart the Rental Ads It Shut Down.
The Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement would require Redfin to restart the rental-listings advertising business it shut down under its 2025 Zillow partnership, The Verge reported. No duration and no payment are stated in the available materials.
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Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567M for Youth Mental Health Care — $420M of It Treatment
A New Mexico court found Meta's platforms are a "significant contributing cause" of a teen mental health crisis and set a five-year abatement fund, on top of $375 million a jury already ordered. Meta says it will appeal.
Around the tech world
From the Globe’s tech wire — headlines from Hacker News and the tech press on this beat, each linking out to the outlet that reported it. Fetched Sep 18, 2026.
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Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate
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Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear
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How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms
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Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python
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Save $30 or more on a refurbished Apple TV 4K
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Apple will let EU apps use less-alarming tracking-consent screens
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Apple detectives solved mystery of ancient tree and rewrote the history of fruit