big tech
Is the telecoms industry really in freefall?
Tensions between the old and new guard of technology have been rising in the past year. The pandemic saw a…
Autumn Statement: Chancellor cracks down on monopolies
In his Autumn Statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt declared his intention to bolster the Digital Markets Unit, crack down on monopolistic…
Companies back ‘open, private’ internet in face of Big Tech ‘surveillance capitalism’
A dozen tech companies have launched a new “privacy pledge” that calls for a more open, democratic and private internet.…
Will Big Tech retain its edge computing advantage?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a global expansion of its Local Zones programme, which will see it offer services…
Big Tech is coming for the weather
Bad weather threatens the future of a farm in a variety of ways. Rain, of course is welcome; a prolonged…
The platform game: Tackling the challenges of digital platform business models
Platform business models have been described as "the dominant organisational form of the digital age". They are offered as an…
Facebook’s outage could strengthen the case for breaking it up
Facebook suffered a major outage on Monday, with billions of users around the world unable to access the social network,…
Is a coordinated international approach the way to regulate Big Tech?
Google is once again in the eye of a storm after Australia's antitrust watchdog called for powers to prevent the…
The UK is renegotiating its relationship with Big Tech
The UK international trade secretary Liz Truss will meet executives from some of the world's largest tech firms on her…
How will China handle Big Tech?
The next speaker needed no introduction. “He says he is going to say something very surprising,” said the host of…