Tag #Tech Monopolies

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Musk's Companies Sue Apple and OpenAI for Anti-Competitive Practices

Elon Musk's X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on October 26th, 2024, alleging an anti-competitive conspiracy due to Apple's exclusive integration of OpenAI's chatbot into its iOS, hindering competition and providing OpenAI with access to millions of users' data; OpenAI countered by ...

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EU Fines Apple and Meta €700 Million Under New Digital Markets Act

The European Union levied €500 million and €200 million fines on Apple and Meta, respectively, for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) within a year of its implementation, showcasing rapid regulatory action against tech giants' market dominance and setting a precedent for global tech regulation.

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Bezos-Funded Spaceflight Sparks Criticism Amidst Political and Environmental Concerns

Six women, including Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, returned to Earth on Monday from a spaceflight funded by Jeff Bezos, sparking criticism due to Bezos's ties to Donald Trump and his administration's policies.

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Tech Monopolies and Political Power: A New Asymmetry of Information

The fusion of technological power and political legitimacy, exemplified by the Trump administration's alliance with tech giants, creates an unprecedented asymmetry of information, allowing corporations to control public discourse and resist regulation.

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Big Tech's Knowledge Monopolization and Brazil's Digital Sovereignty Struggle

Economics professor Cecilia Rikap details how Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 70% of the global cloud market, centralizing AI development and knowledge creation, and how Brazil is attempting to resist this dominance by creating a sovereign digital ecosystem, facing strong counter-pressure from...

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Apple Loses App Store Tax Lawsuit, Facing Global Regulatory Pressure

A U.S. court ruled on April 30, 2025, that Apple can no longer impose its 27% commission on developers using external payment systems, impacting its global strategy and revenue, particularly in China where it generated roughly \$6.6 billion in 2023 from App Store fees.

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EU Fines Apple and Meta €700 Million for DMA Violations

The European Union imposed €500 million and €200 million fines on Apple and Meta, respectively, for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) within one year of its implementation, demonstrating a swift response to curb tech giants' power and promote competition.

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Varoufakis's "Techno-Feudalism": Tech Giants as New Feudal Lords

Yanis Varoufakis's 2023 book, "Techno-feudalism," argues that large tech companies like Amazon and Google have replaced capitalism with a system where they extract rent from users' data, akin to feudal lords, a concept further developed by French economist Cédric Durand.

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ETUC Urges EU Action on AI Dominance by Big Tech

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) sent an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron and the EU, urging them to address the AI dominance of large tech firms, citing risks to employment and society; the letter was shared exclusively with Euronews Next during the Paris AI summit.

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Professor Claims Political Correctness, Not Trump, Poses Greatest Threat

In Athens, a renowned American professor argued that the politically correct culture imposed by liberal elites poses a greater threat to Western civilization than Trump and his followers, sparking a debate about freedom of speech and the influence of Big Tech.

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