The biggest US technology companies have gone on a buying spree this year, waving off intense scrutiny from competition watchdogs and critics who say they’ve bolstered their power by snatching up nascent rivals.
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Microsoft president Brad Smith raised concerns to US lawmakers about what the company regards as Apple’s anticompetitive behavior around its app store, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A $20-billion fund-raising spree may take India’s Reliance closer to its dream of becoming a digital giant, further threatening the plans of US companies such as Amazon.com, Walmart and Zoom.
Google has agreed to buy a $4.5-billion stake in Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, adding to a series of large investments from the US into the online venture.
TikTok has become one of the world’s most popular apps by serving up a steady beat of lip-syncing videos and viral memes. But it’s also scooping up massive amounts of data on its users and tracking their every move.
Facebook and Google have for years operated like shop windows for news stories, plying their billions of visitors with free snippets from articles across the Web. An antitrust tussle is set to change that.
India’s richest man surged past Silicon Valley tech titan Elon Musk as well as Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to become the world’s sixth-richest person.
The US stock market has been on a tear for the past three months, and Big Tech gets much of the credit. But how can this possibly be when the coronavirus has inflicted so much damage?
A widely anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the social media giant and the civil rights groups behind the recent Facebook ad boycott did not go well.
Organisers of a growing Facebook advertising boycott said they saw “no commitment to action” after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.