Tech Policy News
Government decisions increasingly determine what technology companies can build and how they operate. This section brings together news on legislation, regulatory actions, privacy rules, AI governance, and the ongoing debates between policymakers and the tech industry.
Typical coverage includes new bills targeting online platforms, agency enforcement actions, court rulings that redraw the rules for digital markets, and international negotiations over data flows and AI standards. Lobbying battles and industry responses to proposed rules are part of the story too.
Policy now moves markets as reliably as product launches do, and a single ruling can reshape an entire business model. Executives, lawyers, investors, and engaged citizens read this section to understand where governments are steering the digital economy next.
A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
2026-04-14Google has introduced a new spam policy targeting back button hijacking, which will subject offending websites to manual spam actions or automated demotions in search results. This update arrives as users express growing frustration over declining search quality, unpredictable indexing, and a broader shift away from prioritizing traditional organic web content.
Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others
2026-04-14Backblaze has silently updated its policy to exclude cloud-synced folders like OneDrive and Dropbox from its backup services. This change has sparked significant backlash from users who rely on the software to protect against accidental overwrites and data loss caused by bidirectional sync errors. Many frustrated customers are now threatening to cancel their subscriptions, arguing that excluding these directories defeats the core purpose of an independent backup solution.