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Biden eyes ex-Obama team to ‘tackle’ antitrust issues
Two former Obama staffers have emerged as front-runners to the top antitrust job at the US Department of Justice under the incoming administration of Joe Biden, based on two source...
Amazon union election to start in February, US labor board says
Amazon.com’s first US union election since 2014 is scheduled to start with the mailing of ballots in early February along with a vote count beginning on the 30th of March, a ...
Amazon takes on Netflix in India with cheaper mobile-only Prime Video plan
Amazon.com has launched a lower-priced mobile-only subscription plan for the video streaming service in India, undercutting a similar plan by Netflix to woo price-sensitive subscri...
President Trump claims Big Tech is dividing the country
President Donald Trump blamed Big Tech companies on Tuesday for dividing the Nation days Following Twitter and Facebook Prohibited him in their platforms for allegedly encouraging ...
How will Trump get his message out without social media?
The decision by tech oligarch’s to clamp down President Trump’s capacity to talk to followers through mainstream social media may require him to tap more conventional m...
Apple, Amazon suspend Parler social network from App Store and web hosting service
Apple and Amazon have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media us...
USTR slams India, Italy, Turkey on digital taxes but holds off on tariffs
Digital services taxation adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against US businesses and therefore are inconsistent with international tax rules, the US Trade Representa...
Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options
Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is compelling Intel Corp to explore strategic options, such as whether it should keep chip layout and production under one roof, according to a ...
Amazon to face US union push in year ahead
In 2021, Amazon.com Inc is poised to confront a renewed challenge from groups it has long countered: the unions. Energized by protests at Amazon’s US warehouses along with a ...
Big Tech’s stealth push to influence the Biden administration
Silicon Valley is operating behind the scenes to secure senior functions for technology allies in lesser-known but still vital sections of president-elect Joe Biden’s adminis...
Amazon asks US to include warehouse and grocery staff in vaccine rollout
Amazon.com has asked the US government to prioritize essential workers including its own warehouse, grocery shop and information centre staff for receipt of this COVID-19 vaccine, ...
Amazon urged judge to set aside $10 billion cloud contract award to Microsoft
Amazon.com urged a US judge to throw out the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract award after the Defense Department said in September a court-ordered re-eval...
EU moves to rein in tech giants with threat of fines and break-up
US tech businesses including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google face penalties of up to 10% of the annual turnover and might even be forced to divide beneath draft European Union ...
Ex-French minister sneers at Amazon executive’s justification of tax bill
An ex-French minister told the head of Amazon France he was “taking the piss” following the executive told a parliamentary committee that the business paid the French c...