Turns out that divergence is showing up in corporate America, too. Profits are surging at the biggest companies — while ...

The EU's platform economy is growing quickly. From an estimated €3 billion in 2016 it has reached €14 billion in revenues in 2020. More than 500 digital labour platforms are now operating in the EU, ...

Tim Wu’s “The Age of Extraction” is a dispiriting guide to the way Silicon Valley has warped our markets and our democracy.

Digital platforms are now among the world’s most valuable and influential companies. Whether it’s Airbnb in lodging, Amazon in retail, Haier in home appliances, or Uber in transportation, countless ...

Platform workers can no longer be fired automatically by algorithms, according to new European Union rules agreed today in a sweeping reform of the gig economy that will affect Uber drivers and ...

Mansion House, Cheapside, plate one from Original Views of London as It Is, 1842. Artist Thomas Shotter Boys. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images) A city like New York, for example ...

Mr. Wu, a contributing Opinion writer, is the author of a forthcoming book on the big tech platforms. There was a time, back ...

As developed-world populations increasingly get older, healthcare is being rapidly digitized and “platformized” in order to meet the huge scale of change heading our way. I recently covered how Cera ...