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If there is to be a Cold War 2.0, it’s set to be radically different from the original, with any new “digital Iron Curtain” looking more like spaghetti than iron.
Last week, Amazon.com held its first-ever conference devoted to technological frontiers. The message: the future is good, and so is Amazon’s role in it.
The US government is sharpening its antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech. The justice department and Federal Trade Commission last week divvied up antitrust oversight for Apple, Amazon.com, Facebook and Google.
When Naspers lists in Amsterdam, it will bring with it a dual shareholding structure to match or even exceed the worst practices of tech behemoths such as Facebook or Google parent Alphabet.
Each deal Google does is a reminder of its failures so far in the lucrative field of cloud computing and a potential warning sign to the software specialists that have thrived in the last decade.
Custom-tailored capitalism is what has made Google, Facebook, Amazon and others the richest companies in the world. But this business model has enormous potential to violate civil liberties.
The smart money is still on Europe taking the more adventurous and aggressive antitrust measures. But there’s no ignoring the shift on both sides of the Atlantic.
A case before the high court in Pretoria is set to have important implications for citizens’ privacy – and the ability of journalists to do their work without hindrance.
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, more than a decade of developer defections had left the company in a weak position. All that has changed in dramatic fashion.