Big Tech
How ‘Big Tech’ gain and maintain market dominance
Democrats from a US House of Representatives subcommittee issued a report detailing strategies it said four of the largest platform businesses used to gain dominant placement in on...
Under pressure Google starts to play nice with its smaller rivals
Small rivals of Google say they are seeing signs of more benevolent behaviour from the internet advertising leader amid accusations by the US government that the company uses its d...
Amazon and Big Tech cozy up to Joe Biden
Having a framed Joe Biden poster in the background, Amazon’s Jay Carney made no secret of his long history with the presidential candidate when speaking at a digital policy r...
US to spend $625 million in five quantum research hubs
The US Department of Energy has said that it will provide $625 million over the next five years for five recently formed quantum information research hubs as it tries to keep ahead...
US lawmakers accuse Big Tech of crushing rivals to boost profits
Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs from politicians at a much-anticipated congressional hearing that put four of America’s most notable tech Chief Executives in the p...
At big tech hearing, the non-denials speak louder than words
At Wednesday’s hotly anticipated congressional hearing on ‘Big Tech’ Chief Executives, much of what they said was utterly predictable, namely we’re not that...
US House panel reschedules its ‘Big Tech’ CEO hearing for Wednesday
A congressional hearing on digital marketplace competition featuring the Chief Executive Officers of the biggest American technology companies has been rescheduled for Wednesday, a...
EU throws new rule book at tech giants in competition search
Frustrated by its continuing failure to loosen Google’s grip on search, despite more than $8 billion in fines, the European Union is lining up new rules to level the playing ...
Trump administration proposes rolling back protections for big tech
The US Justice Department has proposed that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Google and Facebook have enjoyed for decades, following through...
Google exploring using location data to slow the spread of coronavirus
Google is exploring ways to use location information to slow the spread of the coronavirus by, for example, determining the effectiveness of social distancing.Â
Big Tech faces growing number of US probes
Reuters – Big tech companies such as Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc face a slew of US antitrust probes by the federal government, sta...