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...
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Samsung sold 60.1 million units in Q1 - more than any other manufacturer. Apple took the top spot for the first time last year with strong iPhone sales. Now competition with Android makers like Xiaomi is heating up
A new report from Mozilla and CheckFirst analyzed a dozen failing ad transparency tools, signaling a lot of work ahead of the 2024 election.
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Findings from dueling investigations into how government and firefighters responded to the Aug. 8 Lahaina fire, which killed 101 people and left 8,000 homeless, will be released this week.
A deadly combination of high wind, power outages, communication failures and a lack of leadership from the Maui Emergency Management Agency created chaos during the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to the first phase of findings from a state investigation.
KPMG’s Private Enterprise practice has today launched its annual search for the most exciting tech innovators on offer in the UK in its 2024 tech startup competition. The pitching competition, which has been running since 2013, has uncovered outstanding tech from businesses across the UK including What3Words, VividQ and HiiROC who went on to win […]
After Whitko lost student grades because of a brownout, parents searched for solutions but also transparency.
The UK’s competition regulator has warned that a small number of powerful tech firms have the potential to use their size to dominate the AI market. Speaking at a conference in Washington DC, Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), noted the growing presence in the AI foundation model market of […]
It's increasingly clear we're not allowed to share select thoughts in public. We saw that with Hunter Biden's laptop and contrarian views about the pandemic. The Twitter Files exposed how both topics got censored beyond a reasonable doubt. https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1775251012481134787 https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1591059661439975424 In each case, Big Tech made sure the truth couldn't dent The Narrative. Now, two separate film projects may be facing Big Tech censorship. And,...
Sugarland has announced their 2024 Take Me Home Tour, teaming up with Little Big Town for a long-awaited return to country music. The news broke just before their performance at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday (April 7), causing a buzz among fans as the two giants of country music prepare to hit the road […]