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PayPal latest tech firm to announce mass layoffs with 2,000 job cuts
PayPal announced plans to lay off 2,000 employees, making it the latest of many tech companies…
Biden administration takes aim at market influence of Google and Apple App Stores
The Biden Administration criticized Google and Apple as having undue influence over mobile app stores and…
House GOP ‘weaponization’ committee targets Big Tech
GOP-passed proposals would face a legislative wall in the Democratic majority Senate.
Google seeks to dismiss lawsuit accusing tech giant of marking GOP emails as spam: Report
Google executives are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee accusing the…
Flood of tech layoffs worsens at Amazon, Microsoft, and Google
Prominent tech firms are shedding thousands of jobs in an attempt to cut costs to weather…
Microsoft to lay off 10,000 employees amid tech sector retrenchment
Microsoft is eliminating thousands of jobs to cut the excess created by previous hiring, a downsizing…
Crypto.com cuts 20% of staff due to ‘significant damage’ to industry post-FTX
A major cryptocurrency company is cutting jobs amid a struggling tech job market as well as…
Bipartisan tech sector scrutiny grows
Senate Democrats and House Republicans will each use their majorities to examine the industry.
Lawmakers’ family working for Big Tech shows undue sway, top GOP critic says
Top Republican Silicon Valley critic Ken Buck flagged the number of Congress members' relatives working for…
Biden asks Congress to pursue bipartisan options for reining in Big Tech
President Joe Biden asked for Democrats and Republicans to cooperate in order to hold Big Tech…
Larry Fink and BlackRock require congressional scrutiny over China tech industry funding
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently declared that "BlackRock's job is to provide hope." He should have…
New bipartisan bill would force Big Tech to give researchers internal data
New bipartisan legislation would force Big Tech companies to hand over internal data to third-party researchers.
Would privacy legislation help David or Goliath?
It’s a premise of arguments for privacy legislation that such legislation would protect hapless consumers against…
Twitter files: Tech giant was in ‘constant and pervasive’ contact with FBI
Elon Musk and his allies have released the latest drop in what they have termed the…
Big Tech critics running low on time for major legislation
Proponents of legislation challenging Big Tech's market presence are uncertain if there is enough time in…
FTC sues Microsoft to stop $68.7 billion acquisition of Call of Duty developer
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to stop Microsoft from acquiring the developer of Call…
Meet the entrepreneur who led China’s struggle for global chip dominance
Editor's note: Elements of this article are condensed from Chris Miller's recent book, Chip War: The…