• October 7 2024
  Google LLC

  Google ordered to open Android to app store rivals after court loss

  Injunction is a blow to search giant defending three antitrust cases that threaten its core business

  
• October 7 2024
  News in-depthGoogle LLC

  Will Google be broken up?

  Biggest US antitrust victory since Microsoft could still be too little, too late, as judge considers how to rein in search giant

  
• October 6 2024
  LexTech start-ups

  Why tech unicorns struggle to avoid the glue factory Premium content

  More companies are reaching the $1bn valuation milestone, but growing from horned foal to winged steed is getting tougher

  
• October 2 2024
  Inside BusinessRichard Waters

  OpenAI feels competitors breathing down its neck

  Latest funding round has boosted the company’s valuation to $150bn, but it faces formidable challenges

  
• October 1 2024
  UK politics

  UK regulator preparing for ‘strong action’ against tech giants

  Ofcom ‘absolutely prepared’ to impose heavy sanctions on platforms that do not comply, Melanie Dawes says

  
• September 29 2024
  Climate change

  US climate change targets threatened by tech energy surge from AI

  Lack of grid capacity proves significant constraint in green energy transition as demand booms

  
• September 25 2024
  EU tech regulation

  Google files Brussels complaint against Microsoft cloud business

  Search giant seeks antitrust probe of Big Tech rival over dominance of Azure platform

  
• September 24 2024
  Marietje Schaake

  Lobbying for unfettered innovation is bad for democracy

  Lawmakers should resist the efforts of Big Tech to protect its own interests

  
• September 20 2024
  News in-depthFlexible working

  Amazon says workers need to be in the office. Most of Silicon Valley disagrees.

  Chief executive Andy Jassy brushes off disgruntled staff with tough five-day office mandate

  
• September 19 2024
  Max von Thun

  Europe must not tie its hands in the fight against corporate power

  Market concentration is a political problem as well as an economic one — EU competition policy should reflect that

  
• September 18 2024
  Meta Platforms

  Meta faces hefty EU antitrust fine over classified ads practices

  Brussels claims Facebook is breaking the law and undermining rivals with its free Marketplace services

  
• September 15 2024
  Rana Foroohar

  Google, Apple and the antitrust tipping point

  Major competition victories suggest Big Tech is reaching a reckoning

  
• September 10 2024
  Apple Inc

  Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes, top EU court rules

  European Court of Justice confirms Ireland provided ‘unlawful aid’ via tax deal and overturns a lower court decision

  
• September 9 2024
  Google LLC

  US accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins

  Latest clash with justice department comes as the company contends with a landmark loss in a separate case over search

  
• September 9 2024
  News in-depthTechnology sector

  AI exuberance masks broad weakness in tech sector, say investors

  Many companies unconnected to artificial intelligence boom are yet to recover from post-pandemic downturn

  
• September 8 2024
  News in-depthGoogle LLC

  Google’s $20bn ad tech business to play for at next antitrust showdown

  Big Tech giant heads back to court in latest clash with US justice department after landmark verdict in search case

  
• September 4 2024
  News in-depthSony Corp

  Sony chief bets on original content as part of ‘creation shift’

  Tech group joins Netflix, Apple and Amazon in spending war as it targets greater share of $3tn entertainment industry

  
• September 1 2024
  News in-depthClimate change

  Amazon and Bezos fund’s influence over carbon credit market raises alarm

  Experts warn of ties between Big Tech and philanthropic bodies with groups that set corporate climate standards

  
• August 29 2024
  Nvidia

  Nvidia shares fall even as revenue more than doubles

  Strong growth due to AI chip demand fails to meet Wall Street’s highest hopes

  
• August 29 2024
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  Nvidia seals a market regime change Premium content

  And a final word on greedflation

  
• August 18 2024
  Technology sector

  US tech groups’ water consumption soars in ‘data centre alley’

  Usage has increased by almost two-thirds since 2019 in the world’s largest concentration of computing infrastructure

  
• August 16 2024
  EU tech regulation

  ‘Fortnite’ returns to iPhone and Android in EU after antitrust fight

  Hit game developer Epic launches mobile app store after Brussels regulations force ‘gatekeepers’ to open up

  
• August 14 2024
  Carl Benedikt Frey

  The US should beware of regulation as retribution

  Tech sector should heed warnings from China where politics can override legal standards

  
• August 14 2024
  Artificial intelligence

  Big Tech’s talent raids on AI start-ups sideline early investors

  Early exits for hotly-tipped companies including Inflection and Character. AI highlight challenge for founders as costs rise

  
• August 11 2024
  ObituarySusan Wojcicki

  Susan Wojcicki, top Google executive, 1968-2024

  Former YouTube chief played a big role in shaping online advertising and championed women in the tech industry

  

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