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Meta cuts 10,000 jobs in second wave of layoffs since November

by Associated Press
Mar 14, 2023
Meta and other tech companies have been hiring aggressively in recent years but have recently begun to let some of those workers go.
Meta said Tuesday it will reduce the size of its recruiting team and make further cuts in its tech groups in late April, followed by its business groups in late May.
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A Supreme Court case involving Google raises questions about how tech manages content

by Matt Levin
Feb 21, 2023
The case centers on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields tech platforms from legal liability over third-party content.
People wait outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday to listen to oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could force YouTube to invest more in content moderation.
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Is Ireland too economically dependent on Big Tech to regulate it properly?

by Stephen Beard
Jan 31, 2023
Ireland is at loggerheads with the European Union over the best way to police American tech giants with European headquarters on Irish soil.
The influx of Big Tech companies to Ireland has helped fuel the country's economic growth. Above, Google's offices in Dublin.
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Can the EU break Google and Apple's app store dominance?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 20, 2022
The European Union's Digital Markets Act could have implications beyond Europe's borders — even in the U.S., where similar bills didn't make it through Congress.
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For tech giants like Meta, feverish pandemic growth is now followed by layoffs

by Kristin Schwab
Nov 7, 2022
Jobs losses at Meta and others could be an indicator of wider cuts in other industries.
Meta is reportedly planning to lay off thousands of employees this week, joining several other big companies in downsizing.
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Taking stock of Big Tech and Russian energy with Europe’s Competition Commissioner

by Victoria Craig
Sep 21, 2022
The BBC’s Victoria Craig speaks with Margrethe Vestager about Big Tech and the green energy initiatives.
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission's competition chief.
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Europe takes aim at Big Tech's "gatekeepers"

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 25, 2022
Could the Digital Markets Act set a global standard?
Big technology firms face new rules and regulations in the EU.
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What happened to those COVID exposure apps?

by Savannah Maher
Feb 8, 2022
Consumers have been slow to adopt apps made by state governments based on tech from Google and Apple.
A COVIDWISE logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen on Aug. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down. Do founders make good executives?

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 29, 2021
Not always.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO for the second time in the company's history.
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Is Congress about to regulate Big Tech?

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Jun 24, 2021
Axios reporter Margaret Harding McGill breaks down the antitrust bills moving through the House of Representatives.
Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline is the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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