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Tag: Big Tech
Big Tech firms should pay ISPs to upgrade networks, telcos in Europe claim
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Alicia Llop) The CEOs of 13 large European telecom companies today called on tech giants—presumably including Netflix and other big US companies—to pay for a portion of the Internet service providers’ network upgrade costs. In a ” joint CEO statement , ” the European telcos described their proposal as a […]
Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of sideloading
Enlarge / Apple’s Software Engineering SVP Craig Federighi speaks at Web Summit 2021. (credit: Web Summit) Apple executive Craig Federighi, who is responsible for the company’s iOS software for iPhones, delivered a lengthy speech intended to alarm listeners about what might happen if Apple is forced to allow users to sideload apps. The speech was […]
Donald Trump Is So Addicted To Twitter He Made His Own — And It’s ALREADY Been Hacked!
Donald Trump REALLY misses his Twitter account! On Wednesday, the former President announced that he created a brand new social media network called TRUTH Social — which looks pretty much exactly like Twitter! We mean, exactly like Twitter… Oh, and hours after making the announcement, before the site had even publicly launched, it was already hacked!!! […]
Bitcoin and stocks stabilize as Fed chair Powell says inflation should moderate
The S&P 500 closed higher after Fed chair Jerome Powell stuck to his transitory inflation message. Read More
GOP’s Big Tech plan ignores consumers, targets “censorship” of Republicans instead
Enlarge / The Republican Party elephant symbol at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg ) Congressional Republicans released an antitrust plan for Big Tech yesterday with an announcement that made it clear their focus is not on boosting competition or reducing harms […]
Lina Khan, Big Tech skeptic, named FTC chair mere hours after confirmation
Enlarge / Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images) President Joe Biden named Lina Khan chair of the Federal Trade Commission just hours after her confirmation in the Senate as one of the agency’s […]
US warns EU against anti-American tech policy
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. (credit: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images) The US has warned the EU against pursuing “protectionist” technology policies that exclusively target American companies, ahead of Joe Biden’s first presidential visit to Brussels. The National Security Council, an arm of the White House, wrote last week to complain about the […]
Apple’s government subpoenas raise a much bigger tech issue
The Department of Justice issued Apple subpoenas for information on several high-profile politician, reviving concerns about the privacy of user data. Read More
Five new bills aim to break up Big Tech platforms, force them to play nice
Enlarge / The dome of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Phil Roeder) Legislators in the US House of Representatives introduced five new bills Friday afternoon that promise the biggest overhaul of antitrust law since the trust-busting era of the early 1900s. The bills take aim at the many […]