Big Tech Companies Using Lobbyists to Engage With Biden Administration
By: Fox Business January 22, 2021 WASHINGTON — Big technology companies are bracing for a new administration and new scrutiny of their businesses with a time-tested strategy: opening their pocketbooks. Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. topped all other U.S. companies in federal lobbying expenditures last year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of the most […]
The Struggle Over Chips Enters a New Phase
By: The Economist January 23, 2021 When microchips were invented in 1958, the first significant market for them was inside nuclear missiles. Today about a trillion chips are made a year, or 128 for every person on the planet. Ever more devices and machines contain ever more semiconductors: an electric car can have over 3,000 […]
US Has ‘Moral Imperative’ to Develop AI Weapons, Says Panel
By: The Guardian January 26, 2021 The US should not agree to ban the use or development of autonomous weapons powered by artificial intelligence (AI) software, a government-appointed panel has said in a draft report for Congress. The panel, led by former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, on Tuesday concluded two days of public […]
Moon’s Party Seeks to Force Korean Tech Giants to Share Profits
By: Nikkei Asia January 17, 2021 SEOUL– South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party has launched a task force aimed at putting the country’s tech sector under pressure to share profit in a bid to reduce pandemic-induced economic inequalities. The Post-corona Inequality Relief task force, suggested by party chairman Lee Nak-yon, hopes to divert the […]
Google Says it Will Shut Search Engine in Australia if Forced to Pay For News
By: Fox Business January 21, 2021 Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the right to use their content. Google’s threat escalates a battle with publishers such as News Corp […]
Twitter’s Trump Ban Could Lead to Regulation Rethink, Says Hancock
By: The Guardian January 10, 2021 The decision by Twitter to permanently suspend Donald Trump from its platform could justify tightening the regulation for social media companies, a cabinet minister has suggested. Matt Hancock said the move showed Twitter “taking editorial decisions” and by implication accepting that social media companies are not just platforms. […]