After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...
Last month, Congressional appropriators faced sharp criticism from antitrust hawks after a spending package included $45 million cut to the DOJ’s antitrust wing.
Big tech share prices were dented by a sector-wide sell-off of risky assets last week, ahead of earnings results for some of the 'Magnificent Seven'.
(The Center Square) – In less than two months, law enforcement agencies across Washington state will have a less restrictive set of rules when it comes to vehicle pursuits of fleeing suspects. The Washington State Legislature this session loosened restrictions on law enforcement pursuits in the form of passing Initiative 2113 to allow police to pursue any driver if they have reasonable suspicion that they have violated the law. Police agencies across the state had...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a bill on Thursday that requires local law enforcement agencies to report illegal migrants to federal authorities, the Associated Press reported.While other Democratic-run cities and states around the country are choosing to continue implementing so-called "sanctuary" policies that prohibit local and state police from coordinating with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee has adopted a new measure that would mandate communication with...
Experts say tech outages do seem to be happening more often.
More than 6 million immigrants have been arrested after illegally crossing the southern border since President Joe Biden entered the White House, almost triple the number who did so under the previous administration, and we still have nine months to go. Biden has released more than half of those immigrants into the country to go […]
Politicians love creating specific new offences to look like they’re tackling a problem, but all it does is make the statute book more complicated without addressing the root of the problem, says Eliot Wilson Retail employees should be safe in their place of work, under the protection of the law. That goes without saying, and []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Police are asking for the community's help in finding those responsible for the theft of a law enforcement vehicle earlier this week. The Topeka Police Department (TPD) took to social media Friday with its request for assistance in a vehicle burglary and theft investigation. Police say the incident occurred in the overnight []
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy were shot on Sunday evening, April 14, in Liverpool. The two officers shot were seriously i
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy were shot on Sunday evening, April 14, in the Town of Salina. The two officers shot were se
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