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Back to news homeBiden’s call to ‘unite against big tech abuses’ sure sounds familiar
President Biden published an op-ed yesterday in the Wall Street Journal putting Big Tech on notice that his administration was working — in fact, has been working — to rein […]
Apple’s standoff with Dutch antitrust authority over dating apps’ payments continues
The Netherlands’ competition authority has once again increased a fine levied against Apple for failing to comply with an antitrust order related to payment tech and dating apps. The fifth […]
Daily Crunch: At SpaceX’s Starship update event, Musk offers updates on plans, progress
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, February 11, 2022! Today we’re talking big rockets, self-driving cars, tech stocks getting rekt, and more. It’s a fun, and good mix […]
The FTC is reportedly probing Meta’s VR business for antitrust violations
Following news that the FTC’s antitrust suit against Meta cleared a critical hurdle earlier this week, the agency is apparently also taking a sharp interest in the company’s VR business. […]
EU clears Microsoft-Nuance without conditions
The European Union’s competition regulator has given the all-clear to Microsoft’s $19.7 billion purchase of transcription tech firm Nuance, which was announced earlier this year. The EU said today it […]
Can Biden really crack down on tech monopolies?
Vijay Sundaram Contributor Vijay Sundaram is the chief strategy officer of Zoho Corporation, a business software company that competes with the tech giants and puts consumer privacy at the forefront […]
UK’s antitrust watchdog is taking a look at Microsoft-Nuance
The $19.7 billion acquisition of speech-to-text specialist Nuance by Microsoft, announced earlier this year, has attracted the attention of the U.K.’s active antitrust watchdog — which said today it’s taking […]
Is tech hurting American soft power?
Scott Bade Contributor Scott Bade is special series editor of the TechCrunch Global Affairs Project and a regular contributor on foreign affairs. He’s a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and […]
Big Tech is now worth so much we’ve forgotten to be shocked by the numbers
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. If […]