Senator wants to stop Big Tech acquisitions while there’s still something left
Washington's growing beef with Silicon Valley escalated on Monday when a Republican senator introduced a bill to prevent Big Tech…
12 Apr 2021
Amazon delivers defeat against union efforts but still faces HR challenges
Amazon has defeated a vote to unionise workers at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. However, the union is not backing down, instead claiming that the ecommerce giant's union bashing efforts were…
12 Apr 2021
US adds China’s most powerful computer to its blacklist
The ongoing trade war between the USA and China continues, with the US last week adding a further seven Chinese organisations active in the field of supercomputing to its trade…
09 Apr 2021
Epic Apple trial isn’t about Fortnite, it’s about app monopoly
Apple has accused video-game developer Epic Games of simply trying to turn around "flagging interest" in its flagship Fortnite game as the two companies filed their main arguments ahead of…
09 Apr 2021
Biden pushes for new world order in bid to actually collect tax from Big Tech
President Joe Biden has proposed an agreement that would see Big Tech companies pay more tax, both in the USA and in other nations where they make their money. Large…
07 Apr 2021
Amazon HR hits keep on coming, as US agency calls out sacking blunder
Amazon's relationship with its employees took another turn for the worse this week as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that it had illegally retaliated against two internal critics.…
07 Apr 2021
It all ads up: DMU to combat competition concerns against Big Tech
The UK’s Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has started creating new codes of conduct for powerful tech companies such as Google and Facebook that are intended to improve competition. Its initial…