Who will pay the price of progress?: Theme of the Week

[Bloomberg]( Most of us can be forgiven for not keeping up with technology. As the world grows more digital, whole companies struggle to stay competitive; technologies that made tons of money last year become next year’s biggest drain on profits. It’s no wonder that, as the global economy teeters on the edge of a slowdown, once-hot tech stocks have cooled off and staid industries look like beacons of stability. Meanwhile, the likes of [Twitter]( and [Facebook]( are forced to account for the often misleading political messages that proliferate on their platforms. At least there was one milestone the tech world could celebrate last week: [Happy birthday, internet](! Now brace for what the next 50 years have in store. [Google Throws Fitbit Into Its Stew of Uncertainty]( — Shira Ovide [We Really Can’t Live Without the Internet]( — Nathaniel Bullard Trump's Head Is in Amazon's Cloud, and Bezos Knows It]( — Joe Nocera [HBO Max Packs a Punch, If Only It Were Ready for Prime Time]( — Tara Lachapelle [Twitter Upstages Facebook With Ban on Political Ads]( — Shira Ovide [Food Delivery Looks Like Another Gig-Economy Dead End]( — Conor Sen [Tesla Is the Biggest Battle on the Smallest Battlefield]( — Liam Denning [Futures Are Pulling Cryptocurrencies Out of the Dark]( — Aaron Brown [Welcome to the Age of Quantum Computing]( — Bloomberg editors [Apple Wants to Forget Its Year. Investors Shouldn't.]( — Shira Ovide [TikTok IPO Could Be a Spy Thriller Starring Gen Z]( — Tim Culpan [Tech and Manufacturing Look Ready to Trade Places]( — Conor Sen [Twitter’s Political Ad Ban Is Disingenuous]( — Leonid Bershidsky This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, Sunday’s roundup of our biggest topic of commentary. [FOLLOW US [Facebook Share]]( [Twitter Share]( SEND TO A FRIEND [Share with a friend] You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022