The probe is one of several at the federal, state and congressional level aimed at determining if the companies use their considerable clout in the online market illegally to hurt rivals or otherwise break competition law…
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U.S. Congressional antitrust panel to discuss Big Tech competition
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said the hearing was scheduled for Sept. 24…
Woz: Apple should’ve split up a long time ago, ‘Big Tech’ is too big
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak comments on the antitrust scrutiny of big tech companies…
20+ U.S. states to move forward with antitrust probe of ‘Big Tech’ firms including Apple
A group of U.S. states is preparing to move forward with a joint antitrust investigation of big technology companies…
Apple, not Google or Facebook, the target of global antitrust regulators
Apple – not Facebook or Google – is rapidly emerging as the test case for how officials in Brussels, Washington and beyond clamp down on Big Tech’s digital empires…
U.S. Senate Democrats ask for details on antitrust probes into Apple, other tech firms
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration on Friday to disclose details of possible Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department…
Senator Bernie Sanders: ‘We should definitely take a look at’ breaking up Google, Amazon, Apple
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday “we should definitely take a look at” splitting up Google, Amazon and Apple…
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s simple solutions, like breaking up Apple, won’t work
Only when pushed to say it, Warren gives up the App Store…
Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple, too
Warren said Apple uses its market dominance to squash competition…
Senator Elizabeth Warren pushes to break up big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Amazon; affect Apple’s App Store
Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a plan Friday to break up massive technology companies…
Should Apple’s power over Facebook worry the rest of us?
At around 2:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Facebook sent me an update about the controversial market research program…
Big surprise: Google is also abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate system to collect extensive data on users
It looks like Facebook is not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps …
Google CEO Pichai denies company’s political bias in congressional hearing
Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Congress to grill Google CEO about political bias; ‘Search engines can be used to suppress particular viewpoints’ – U.S. Congressman
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next Wednesday…
Facebook really is spying on you – just not through your phone’s mic
Facebook is now so good at watching what we do online — and even offline, wandering around the physical world — it doesn’t need to hear us…
Apple launches new website devoted to privacy, showing off features of iPhones and Macs
The feature comes as Apple contrast itself vs. companies like Facebook and Google, which rely on collecting data about their users and making it available to advertisers…
Facebook says Russian firms ‘scraped’ data, including users’ photos to build facial recognition profiles for Russian government
Facebook removed 66 accounts, pages and apps linked to Russian firms that build facial recognition software for the Russian government…
Google exposed user data, did not disclose to public fearing repercussions
Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network…
What Google isn’t telling us about its ‘Duplex’ AI demo
Google made headlines by demonstrating an AI-powered voice assistant that made haircut and restaurant reservations…
Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to China as President Trump orders 25 percent tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports…
Apple CEO Cook opposes President Trump’s reinstatement of the military’s ban on transgender service members
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has issued guidance to military commanders…
Indian Prime Minister Modi meets with Apple CEO Cook ahead of President Trump today
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with top executives from Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and others ahead of his meeting with President Trump…
TIME’s 20 Most Influential People in Tech: Apple CEO Tim Cook No. 4
The latest technological breakthroughs can sometimes seem to emerge from…
Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android push towards two-OS smartphone world
iOS achieved continued growth across most regions tracked, except for Japan, Spain, and Urban China…
Apple CEO Cook and Google CEO Pichai spotted dining together at restaurant
While often made out to be fierce competitors, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai…
Google CEO: We feel we’re ahead of Apple, others in artificial intelligence
Pichai said the fight for AI between Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google could be as heated as…
Rupert Murdoch’s private meeting in Las Vegas features Apple’s Eddy Cue
A private annual confab in Murdoch’s hotel suite featuring some of the biggest names in business…
Alphabet’s Google to merge Chrome OS Android
Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to fold its Chrome operating system for personal computers into its Android mobile operating system…
Google turns into ‘Alphabet’
Get ready to start calling Google by its new name, Alphabet…
Google reorganizes under new corporate umbrella Alphabet Inc.
Google Inc. is changing its corporate structure to separate its search…
Google to launch small US mobile network; won’t take on Verizon and AT&T
Google is planning to offer limited scale mobile phone service in coming months…
Google to screw up Chromecast with an Apple TV clone
Self-sabotage is the most idiotic kind of sabotage…
Google’s Sundar Pichai: Android not designed to be safe; if I wrote malware, I’d target Android, too
Responding to a question about malware on the Android platform…
Apple CEO Tim Cook returns to stage to open 11th D: All Things Digital conference
Although we are only about a month out from our…
Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin steps aside
Larry Page, Google CEO has issued the following statement…
