Tag: Big tech
The iPhone turns 15: a look at the past (and future) of one of the 21st century’s most influential devices
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It is 15 years since Apple released what’s arguably its flagship device: the iPhone. A decade and a half later, there are few...
How to preserve our privacy in an AI-enabled world of smart fridges and fitbits? Here are my simple fixes
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the total entropy of a system – the amount of disorder – only ever increases. In other words,...
The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here’s how they’re sanctioning Russia
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The world’s five leading tech companies – Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon and Microsoft – have taken steps to impose...
Google’s and Facebook’s loud appeal to users over the news media bargaining code shows a lack of political power
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Over the past few weeks, Google and Facebook have engaged in desperate attempts to avoid regulation under the Australian government’s proposed mandatory news media...
Google is leading a vast, covert human experiment. You may be one of the guinea pigs
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On January 13 the Australian Financial Review reported Google had removed some Australian news content from its search results for some local users.
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The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case. It could change the face of online search
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawful monopolisation. The department says Google’s conduct harms competition...