#House Judiciary Committee’s big tech antitrust report expected soon

#House Judiciary Committee’s big tech antitrust report expected soon

“#House Judiciary Committee’s big tech antitrust report expected soon” The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel could release its report on antitrust allegations against four of the country’s largest tech juggernauts by next week. The committee has been investigating Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google to see whether their business practices hurt smaller rivals. The results of…

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#China reportedly mulling antitrust probe into Google

#China reportedly mulling antitrust probe into Google

“#China reportedly mulling antitrust probe into Google” Google is reportedly staring down the barrel of an antitrust probe from China. Beijing is investigating whether Google leveraged the dominance of its Android operating system for smartphones to stifle competition, according to Reuters. China began looking into Google’s practices after complaints from Huawei, which has been put…

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#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit

#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit

“#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit” Alphabet on Friday settled a shareholder lawsuit that accused the Google parent of covering up lavish exit packages to executives found responsible for sexual misconduct, saying it would overhaul workplace policies and increase oversight of its diversity efforts. The company will prohibit severance packages to employees…

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#Several Google services suffer outages on Thursday night

#Several Google services suffer outages on Thursday night

“#Several Google services suffer outages on Thursday night” Several Google services, including Gmail, Hangouts and YouTube, briefly went down for many users across the US on Thursday night. The outage-tracking website DownDetector received an influx of reports of interruptions to those services beginning shortly before 9 p.m. and peaking 15 minutes later. A majority of…

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