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...
Israel has purportedly destroyed a threatening drone after using a new naval version of its Iron Dome missile defense system for the first time.The ship-mounted "C-Dome" system took down the drone shortly after it entered Israeli airspace near the southern resort city of Eilat just before midnight on Monday, according to The Times of Israel.Several drones had reportedly been launched at Israeli targets in the area in recent days by Iran-backed militant groups, while Israel continues its assault...
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The UK's competition watchdog, the CMA, has sounded a warning over Big Tech's grip on the advanced AI market, with CEO Sarah Cardell expressing "real concerns" over how the sector is developing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Last month, Congressional appropriators faced sharp criticism from antitrust hawks after a spending package included $45 million cut to the DOJ’s antitrust wing.
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IIT alumni and veteran investors Ruchira Shukla and Karthik Chandrasekar have launched Synapses, a venture capital firm aiming to invest in climate tech and health tech startups.While Shukla earlier led South Asia investments for World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), Chandrasekar had founded early-stage climate fund Sangam, backed by Shell Foundation and USAID.With a fund size of $125 million (about Rs 1,040 crore), Synapses aims to support science, technology, engineering...
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