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PublishedAugust 29, 2020
The humble Farmer: Three’s a crowd when Google talking machine comes to dinner
My wife, The Almost Perfect Woman, doesn’t know which one of us is asking the silly questions.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2020
Another View: CEOs fail to rebut valid concerns over Big Tech
A House hearing makes clear that the heads of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are focused on advancing their own interests, harming competitors and abusing the public.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
The Australian government plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
House panel grills Big Tech CEOs over antitrust concerns
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple face questions about their business practices and market dominance.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
EU wants tech giants to do more to counter fake coronavirus news
A senior European Union official is demanding that tech firms like Google and Facebook provide detailed monthly reports on how they're tackling fake news linked to the coronavirus
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
Apple, Google release technology for pandemic apps
The smartphone technology will automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Attorney General Barr suggests big tech should be accountable for harmful content
He says it may be time for significant changes to a key part of federal law that shields the companies from liability for their users' posts.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Google faces privacy probe in EU over location tracking
The investigation will look into its processing of data and the transparency surrounding it.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Over 10 years, tech giants spent nearly $500 million lobbying Congress
Facebook, Google and Amazon were among the biggest spenders on lobbying efforts, with Apple not far behind.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Companies burned by big tech ask Congress to regulate Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google
Democrats and Republicans at times appeared stunned as they heard tales of tech giants allegedly copying smaller competitors' features or tweaking their algorithms to put competitors at a disadvantage.
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