EU digital chief talks to tech giants about upcoming DSA & DMA rules
An EU official announced that the European Union's digital chief has invited companies like Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook for video meetings next week. They will talk about the drafting of rules to curb the companies' powers.
Tech companies and online platforms have lobbied very hard to ...
Tech giants manage corona pandemic better than smaller rivals
Several tech companies published their quarterly results this week. The figures show that Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet have recorded strong growth in advertising sales despite the corona crisis. Microsoft also had a good quarter.
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Twitter was less successful, noting fewe...
Japan will join forces with Europe and the U.S. to regulate Big Tech
Japan has pledged to join forces with Europe and the United States to tackle market abuse by the four most prominent tech companies globally. The new head of Japan's antitrust watchdog said this on Monday, showing a growing global force that will regulate digital platforms.
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U.S. lawmakers go after Big Tech for market abuses
Recommendations stop short of a call to break them up. The question remains if Big Tech will be broken into pieces in the upcoming years.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to crush...
U.S. antitrust report hints on break-up of Big Tech Firms
The House antitrust subcommittee will probably publish their report on Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Apple and Facebook this week.
The draft response’s authenticity, first reported by Politico, was confirmed by Buck, a representative. Buck shared concerns from the Democratic side about Big Tech f...
Google to fight antitrust battles in both US and China
The Chinese suit is probably payback for Huawei being denied access to Android OS licenses.
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, according to Reuters.
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Google squeezes App publishers for a cut of their sales
Google is going to enforce their policy for in-app purchases. Many app publishers are circumventing the Google payment solution. The policy states that 30% of app purchases through their Play Store must go to the tech giant.
Google's parent company, is cracking down on app publishers who have be...
Google sets a target to be a carbon-free operation by 2030, using AI
Google said that it is planning to shift its whole processes, including data centers, to renewable energy by the year 2030, in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s plans include working with other organizations to enable them to adopt sustainable operations faster.
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Google invests $450M in a security firm ADT, to drive Nest sales
Google has greenlit a $450 million investment into ADT, a security company, in return for a 6.6% stake. The move is part of a deal to drive the sales on Google’s Nest devices. ADT was established back in 1874, making it one of the oldest security companies in the world.
They are known for thei...
‘Former Google-CEO Eric Schmidt quits Alphabet for good’
Former Google-CEO Eric Schmidt quit his role as technical advisor for Google and the mother company Alphabet, according to a source from CNET.
Schmidt's departure marks the end of an era. Over the past twenty years, the company has grown into one of the most important tech companies in the world...
Alphabet wants to use AI to make fish farms more efficient
In an effort to contribute to making it easier to breed certain species of fish, Alphabet, Google's parent company, created Tidal. It is a system that can be used on fish farms to recognise different fish species and fish populations.
Tidal has mainly focused on implementing a system that is cap...
AWS sees growth slowing down, while Google Cloud sales rise sharply
Amazon Web Services has seen its growth fall to its lowest point since the results of this Amazon division were reported separately. In the meantime, Google Cloud is experiencing considerable growth.
The growth of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the second quarter of this year was 37 percent compared t...