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Big Tech wants to plug data centres right into power plants; Utilities say it’s not fair

Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to...

EU says Trump arrival will not impact Big Tech cases

The European Commission said on Tuesday it was assessing its cases against Apple, Google and Meta and that President-elect Donald Trump's impending arrival...

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media – and the pursuit of truth?

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts," the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four...

data localisation: Experts wary of data panel curveball on Big Tech, social firms

Legal experts assisting Big Tech and social media companies are concerned that a proposed committee may recommend curbs on certain data categories, although...

Meta: Nick Clegg leaves Meta global policy team after six years

Former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said Thursday he is stepping down from his role as president of Meta's global affairs and...

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs - including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI's Sam...

US tech firms battle to keep selling to China

At a meeting in Washington this spring, tech company representatives and government officials once again found themselves at odds over where to draw...

artificial intelligence in advertising: Ad giant Omnicom takes aim at Big Tech, AI era with $13 billion Interpublic deal

Omnicom Group has struck a $13.25 billion all-stock deal to buy rival Interpublic Group, creating the world's largest advertising agency as traditional players...

Meta Platforms: Meta to offer less personalised ads in Europe to appease regulators

Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalised ads," the tech giant announced on...

Trump victory: Big tech’s hotbeds of employee activism quiet after Trump’s victory

If any industry could have said its workplaces were politicised, it was tech. Early in Donald Trump's first term in the White House,...

Apple to face fine under EU’s new Digital Markets Act for Big Tech, to pay over $14 billion: Sources – The Economic Times Video

Apple Inc. is set to face the first-ever fine under the European Union’s new digital antitrust rules for Big Tech, representing an escalation...

apple: EU to assess if Apple’s iPad OS complies with bloc’s tech rules

EU antitrust regulators will assess whether Apple's operating system for iPads comply with the bloc's landmark rules aimed at reining in the power...