Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own government-monitored COVID app
France, Britain, Norway say government needs access data to combat virus whereas the tech firms say they are adhering to data privacy norms.
Australian watchdog suggests boycott of Google, Facebook to force them to pay for news
The radical idea was among a series of possible bargaining tools put forward by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
As EU seeks accountability, Mark Zuckerberg urges approach that won't turn Big Tech into smaller firms
European Commission working on a Digital Service Act to curb powers of US big tech — even as Google, Facebook lobby hard against tough terms
Accused of stifling competition, Google slapped with antitrust cases in US
In 2013, the Federal Trade Commission closed an extensive investigation into Google’s alleged abuses without taking any action.
Can you believe America still uses fax machines?
Public health workers are collecting vital pandemic data over faxes and phone calls in a country that invented the internet
Covid consipracy theory video ‘Plandemic’ viewed by millions before Facebook, YouTube can take it down
Its spread illustrates how easy it is to use social media as a megaphone for dubious content, and how difficult for platforms to remove it.
Women in US forced to depend on online pharmacies, googled instructions as abortion clinics stay shut
Abortions using mifepristone and misoprostol pills are safe but the real concern about self-managed abortion aren’t physical but legal.
Google abandons plan to build tech city where smart streets would melt snow and sensors manage traffic
Uncertainty in the real estate market of Toronto where it was planned has made the project unviable, Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs said.
Google ties up with Gates Foundation on digital payments for the unbanked, rivaling Facebook Libra
The open source software, Mojaloop, first established by Gates Foundation in 2017, is being tweaked for use by disadvantaged communities.
With Huawei ostracised in US, alliance of 30 firms including Google, Samsung call for open 5G systems
The group, including telecom operators Vodafone, AT&T and Verizon, says it wants to avoid depending on any single technology supplier.