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New South Korea law likely to test Apple, Google duopoly: Report

The Telecommunications Business Act would mandate giving users a free choice of app payment providers

How Big Tech is watching you

Luckily, governments around the world have started waking up to both the dangers and started working on curbing Big Tech

Twitter brings algorithmic bias bounty challenge with prizes up to $3,500

The winning teams will receive cash prizes via HackerOne

Microsoft faces subpoena in Google's antitrust case in United States

Google is also facing a new multi-state antitrust lawsuit in the US that accuses the tech giant of abusing its market power to stifle competitors.

IT rules: Google purged over 1.1 million harmful content in India

Google removed 634,357 pieces of harmful content for May and 526,866 for June 2021 via its automated detection processes.

Covid-19 pandemic: Big Tech makes jabs mandatory, Twitter closes offices

Twitter started allowing employees back to its campuses in San Francisco and New York

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook's future lies in virtual 'metaverse'

On Monday, Facebook announced a standalone product group internally tasked with building out this vision

Facebook expects significant growth slowdown for rest of 2021

The company now has 2.9 billion monthly active users (MAUs) globally and average revenue per user stands at $10.12.

Apple and Google are winning big, but one company is about to pull ahead

No two tech giants are the same, and it comes down to their business models.

Biden says 'killing people' by misinfo was call to action for big tech

President Joe Biden tempered his assessment saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it personally and instead would act to save lives

'Poison': US Surgeon General rips big tech for Covid misinformation

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tore into dominant technology companies for enabling Covid-19 misinformation and urged them to redesign their recommendation algorithms

Ravi Shankar Prasad: The minister who took on big tech over compliance

While Digital India, PLI for electronics have been big focus areas for him, Prasad will be remembered for sending a strong message to FB, WhatsApp and Twitter to follow the rules of the land

Ghaziabad police not keen on probing Twitter's role in viral video: HC

'The whole problem is you don't want to investigate': HC

RBI red flags concerns around big tech in financial services sector

Concerns such as level playing field with banks and operational risks have intensified lately: RBI

Tech giant Apple to release 10.86-inch OLED iPad in 2022, says report

Apple is likely to release a 10.86-inch OLED iPad in 2022 and two new 120Hz OLED iPads in 2023, the media reported.

Tech giant Apple preparing for expansion of mmWave iPhone 13 models

The 5G mmWave technology debuted in the iPhone 12, and compared to traditional sub-6Ghz, mmWave offers significantly faster speeds but is limited in distance.

India agrees to landmark global tax framework on taxing multinationals

India has agreed to a pathbreaking international framework with 129 other countries for taxing multinationals that could impact its ability to tax them

Microsoft, Google end 6-year truce on legal battles to prevent open warfare

Microsoft and Google have reportedly ended a six-year truce on legal battles, to prevent open warfare between the two tech giants

Amazon seeks FTC Chairperson Lina Khan's recusal from anti-trust probe

In a 25 page filing, e-commerce giant Amazon is asking that Lina Khan, the newly appointed chief of FTC and a strident Big Tech critic, step aside from anti-trust investigations of the company.

Legally insufficient: US Facebook critics get preview of long slog ahead

Critics of Big Tech market power got a preview of the long slog likely ahead in US courts after a federal judge this week dismissed anti-trust lawsuits against Facebook