Here you will find all the articles with the tag: big tech.
The EU is trying to make the online environment safer with a package of new measures. This concerns the DMA and the DSA. The rules are completely different, we explain the details. The Digital Services Act package already passed the European Parliament in 2022. This package, in turn, came from a... Read more
2 months ago
Big tech companies have been the biggest investors in AI startups over the past year, especially the big three: Microsoft, Google and Amazon. That's according to data from PitchBook. Big tech companies account for about two-thirds of the total investment of 24.4 billion euros ($27 billion). The ... Read more
4 months ago
New U.S. payment service regulations could also affect Big Tech services. Big companies like Google and Apple have started a lobbying effort. The US government wants to achieve greater oversight of payment services. According to a proposed new regulation of payment companies by the U.S. Consumer... Read more
4 months ago
The EU will create a set of rules that will ensure we all spend less time on apps and social media. Since it's hard to prohibit using cell phones for more than 60 minutes a day, the design of these digital products will have to change. The rules come across as disparaging, but does the EU have soli... Read more
4 months ago
The Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has decided who it thinks should pay for the rollout of high-speed Internet in Europe. With the current knowledge of the matter, it says European telecom providers are able to finance everything on their own. Foreign large ... Read more
5 months ago
Despite Big Tech jumping on generative AI en masse, it's far from a cash cow for them as it stands. According to research by the Wall Street Journal, Big Tech is incurring hefty losses when offering the solutions. Big Tech has fully embraced generative AI. Nevertheless, the companies in question... Read more
7 months ago
The CEOs of major European telecom operators recently sent a collectively signed letter to the European Parliament. The letter calls for large tech companies to help pay for rolling out and maintaining telecom network infrastructure in the EU. European telecom operators have been calling on the ... Read more
7 months ago
Big Tech companies are intensifying their lobbying the European Union and spending more money in Brussels. These are the findings from ngo Corporate Europe Observatory in cooperation with LobbyControl. The research by the organizations that monitor corporate lobbying at the EU shows that a total... Read more
8 months ago
Big Tech is reluctant to see itself on the list of companies that must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). On Sept. 6, European competition authorities will announce which companies will be subject to the rules and, by this, become recognized as gatekeepers. Big Tech is preparing its respons... Read more
8 months ago
Today, the Digital Services Act (DSA) officially goes into effect for 19 social media platforms and search engines. The rules tighten responsibilities on personalized advertising, unsafe content and automatic recommendations. What will you notice about this as a user? The Digital Services Act g... Read more
8 months ago
