• Supreme Court to weigh limits of government influence over Big Tech in free speech case

    The Supreme Court will consider arguments about free speech in a case reviewing whether government agencies coerced Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and X into removing posts critical of vaccines and mask mandates, setting up a decision with major implications for social media. Oral arguments are scheduled on Monday for Murthy v. Missouri, a […]

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    Murthy v. Missouri, the case being heard at SCOTUS today about how the government can communicate with Big Tech ...

    SCOTUS hears a case questioning the validity of that collaboration today.

  • Big Mac goes Big Tech, with a few hiccups

    When McDonald's first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. How quaint. Today technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald's business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech company that happens to sell burgers. McDonald's mobile app; its human-less, order-taking kiosks; its digitized menus that change based on trends, the weather and...

  • Big Mac goes Big Tech, with a few hiccups

    When McDonald’s first opened for business in the 1940s, its workers stood at physical counters, its burgers and fries were listed on paper menus, and its customers paid cash to its human cashiers. Today, technology so infuses every aspect of McDonald’s business that it would only be a slight exaggeration to call it a tech […]

  • Joe Biden has just dealt a big defeat to big tech

    US president’s new executive order is an important step towards protecting sensitive personal dataLast year, Joe Biden’s administration infuriated lobbyists representing big tech firms and others that profit from our personal data by denouncing a proposal that would have gutted domestic data privacy, online civil rights and liberties, and competition safeguards. Now, the US president’s new executive order on Americans’ data security reveals that the lobbyists had good reason to worry.After...

  • Cryer helps No. 1 Houston ride big second half to 82-59 rout of No. 25 Texas Tech in Big 12 tourney

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — L.J. Cryer hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points as top-ranked Houston, playing most of the way without injured big man J’Wan Roberts, used a big second half to rout

  • European regulators crack down on Big Tech

    European regulators have launched a series of probes against Big Tech. In the latest, Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google could receive hefty fines by the end of the year for alleged breaches including disparaging rival products on their platforms. Here are some of the actions taken by European watchdogs against big technology companies: EUROPEAN UNION Apple, Meta Platforms and Google will be investigated for potential breaches of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU...

  • Big Tech shocks electric utilities

    If John D. Rockefeller were around today, he’d be screwing a Google Nest – the pioneering smart thermostat — into the wall of his home. The notoriously thr..

  • ‘The Big Nasties’: What are the spending problems facing government?

    Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Dame Meg Hillier warns there is ‘lack of forward thinking’ from government

  • What’s up with Ericsson, big tech in Europe, MTN

    Ericsson to cut 1,200 jobs in SwedenEC clamps down on Alphabet, Apple and Meta Pan-African operator MTN reports a massive slump in profits

  • QAnon is a conspiracy theory, but the predation at Nickelodeon was very real

    After decades of speculation about network kingmaker Dan Schneider’s reign of terror over Nickelodeon, the Investigation Discovery documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV finally blows the lid off the network’s rot. Streaming service documentaries are a dime a dozen these days, and the sheer volume has diluted the wow factor of […]

  • Real Madrid avoided a big shock in Berlin

    Real Madrid played with fire in Berlin, but ultimately ALBA couldn't create