EU agree to curb Big Tech
Landmark laws
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.
Cash-strapped Italy wants to give $4.6 billion to US big tech
Yeah that will work
Debt-ridden Italy, which is now so dependent on Russian gas it is facing a huge energy crisis if Tsar Putin turns the lights off, thinks it is a wizard idea to give more than $4.6 billion that it does not have to wealthy chip makers.
Australia proved that governments can stand up to Big Tech
Sort of
When the Australian government stood up to Big Tech most expected it to cave in after Google threatened to leave the country, but it did not happen.
Big Tech Data centres draining Ireland of power
And they don’t even pay much tax
Big Tech companies drawn to Ireland due to sweeteners and tax benefits are draining the country's power grids to power their data centres.
Big Tech losing staff to Crypto
They wanna be rich
Big Tech is losing executives and engineers to chase Crypto which is being seen as a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
Phone companies say Big Tech should support infrastructure
Net neutrality issue European style
In a move which would be familiar to net neutrality campaigners in the US, European telecom’s networks are saying that the US tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing Europe's telecoms networks because they use them so heavily.
Big Tech needs to work with regulators better
Microsoft says they need to solve problems rather than create them
Software king of the world and former evil empire Microsoft has called on its fellow dark knights in the industry to stop putting profits over concerns about privacy and monopolies.
Big Tech teams up to take on elected governments
Get off of our cloud
Some of the world's largest tech giants — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce/Slack, Atlassian, SAP, and Cisco — have joined forces to establish the Trusted Cloud Principles which they want the world’s governments to accept.
US government forces Big Tech to provide some numbers
Cold War law activated
It seems that the only way that the US government can get Big Tech to come clean on chip supply numbers is by dusting off a Cold War law.
China cracks down on Big Tech working people to death
Amazing how “evil” these socialists are
The US press is furious after China's Supreme People's Court said the overtime practice of "996", working 9 am to 9 pm six days a week, was illegal.