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U.S. lawmakers agree Big Tech has too much power, but what to do about it remains a mystery

AT&T Loses Another 1 Million TV Customers As Cord Cutting (And Greed) Take A Toll

IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption

Twitter has shut down former KKK leader David Duke's account

After 3 months of failed negotiations, Google has decided to remove all Danish music from YouTube after the danish collecting agency Koda was unwilling to accept Google's demand of a 70% decrease in royalty fees.

Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook earnings undermine their arguments to Congress that they aren't that big

Apple Emails Reveal Internal Debate on Right to Repair

Australia to make Facebook and Google pay for news in world first

Amazon wins FCC approval for $10 billion satellite internet project

Twitter permanently bans white supremacist David Duke.

Microsoft Flight Simulator to Return After 13 Years

The antitrust case against Amazon just got stronger

Zuckerberg defends Facebook’s misinformation and hate policies in earnings call

Alcohol delivery service Drizly hit by data breach, potentially including financial information.

The coronavirus has only made Big Tech more dominant

Turkey Passes Law Extending Sweeping Powers Over Social Media: The legislation extends control over platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Critics worry it will be used to stifle dissent and criticism of the government.

Microsoft’s Edge browser is crashing if you have Google set as default search.

The Economy Is in Record Decline, but Not for the Tech Giants

Facebook, Google to be forced to pay for news as part of new mandatory code of conduct to support traditional news media in Australia

Facebook says Apple’s iOS 14 changes could hurt its ad targeting

FCC approves Amazon’s internet-from-space Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites

The FCC authorizes Amazon’s satellite internet network that would compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

Windows Defender Flags CCleaner as 'Potentially Unwanted Application'

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Europe wants to investigate Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, hot off CEO Sundar Pichai's congressional grilling

Telegram is the latest company to file an EU antitrust complaint against Apple

‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power

How to Fight Against Big Tech’s Power

Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

NY Rep. Jerry Nadler Blasts Facebook, Google For Stealing News & Destroying Journalism Jobs At Antitrust Hearing

Apple Halved App Store Fee to Get Amazon Prime Video on Devices

Everything you need to know from the tech antitrust hearing

Alphabet’s Loon balloons provide their first commercial internet service in Kenya

Chile picks Japan's trans-Pacific cable route in snub to China

Snap’s first diversity report says only 4 percent of the company identifies as Black

Vatican allegedly hacked by China ahead of key talks

Windows 95 is now an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux

The Big Tech Hearing Showed That Anti-Monopoly Is a Partisan Issue

TikTok says it will reveal its algorithm and wants Facebook to do the same

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said social media is a 'nuance-destruction machine' when asked about his views on 'cancel culture'

JetBlue pilots Honeywell’s Ultraviolet Cleaning System AKA GermFalcon

New text messages show Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom worried about Mark Zuckerberg going into 'destroy mode' if he didn't sell to Facebook.

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google grilled on Capitol Hill over their market power

Court Denies EFF, ACLU Effort to Unseal Ruling Rejecting DOJ Effort to Break Encryption

Google wants Samsung to kill Bixby, Galaxy App Store

Facebook, Google absorb U.S. lawmakers' jabs in rare Big Tech hearing

North Korea’s Lazarus brings state-sponsored hacking approach to ransomware

Artificial intelligence has taken a storm in each industry and profoundly affects each area of society.

Exclusive: ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid - Reuters

Another ISP accuses the record industry of submitting dodgy takedown notices

AMD Reports Q2 2020 Earnings: Notebook and Server Sales Drive a Record Quarter

Sharing harmful links could get people banned from Twitter.

Heads roll at Intel after 7nm delay

A Handbook to Today’s Tech Hearing