Alone and disconnected: the woman left unable to call her dying partner

Problems with internet and phone service were once just an inconvenience. Now they can prove to be catastrophic

Coronavirus has made Amazon a public utility – so we should treat it like one

The tech giant has seized the opportunity to recast itself as a corporate saviour, but at the expense of its workers. It needs disrupting, says author Wendy Liu

How the Covid-19 crisis locked Airbnb out of its own homes

The short-let platform’s business model has been exposed. Bookings have fallen off a cliff but Airbnb simply can’t change tack

UK car factories running out of parts due to coronavirus, warns Jaguar

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Smartphone output to slide as coronavirus shuts Chinese factories

Consumer confidence in Europe suffers, with mobile sales in China forecast to fall

Foxconn makes masks for its iPhone workers amid coronavirus crisis

Firm that supplies Apple hopes to manufacture 2m masks after electronics production was hit

Twitter revenue tops $1bn a quarter for first time

Social media firm’s shares climb after revenues rebound far above expectations

Tech giants power record surge in renewable energy sales

Amount of clean energy bought by companies triples in two years, with Google biggest buyer

Americans need a ‘digital bill of rights’. Here’s why

Tech companies’ entire business model depends on our data. We have the right to some measure of control

Britain’s tax on tech titans may be the key to cutting them down to size

Trump is threatening retaliation if the UK plan becomes law. But taking a tough line may be the key to a global deal

War, virus, recession … nothing can stop the tech giants from growing

Tesla, recent recruit to the $100bn club, must be hoping it will become as unassailable as the likes of Amazon and Apple

US treasury chief warns Javid to shelve plans for big tech firm tax

Ahead of critical trade talks, Steven Mnuchin says ‘discriminatory’ levy no place in budget

OECD could persuade UK to drop digital tax – and thereby avoid US threats

Joining France in delaying tax would be a manifesto U-turn by Javid, but not a screeching one

Sonos to deny software updates to owners of older equipment

Speakers and networks will miss out on security fixes and eventually stop working

$1tn is just the start: why tech giants could double their market valuations

As Alphabet becomes the latest firm to achieve a 13-figure market cap, analysts still forecast years of growth ahead