Facebook calamity shows how over-dependent we are on tech giants
US internet company Facebook is responsible for two of the world’s major social media services as well as one of its biggest messaging platforms, so when it goes down everyone suffers.
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AWS reportedly planning to increase platform censorship
Dominant public cloud platform AWS is reportedly forming a censorship team that will help it remove more content that violates its policies.
South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments
A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.
Apple opens its purse to settle developer class-action suit
Apple has agreed to loosen its grip on how mobile apps can be distributed and promised more transparency on app approval processes in a package to settle a class-action suit brought by app developers.
SKT launches its own subscription platform
Korean telco SKT has decided the time is right to launch a suite of subscription services for its customers.
OnlyFans blames banks for content policy change – UPDATED
The founder of Social subscriber platform OnlyFans has pinned the blame on banks refusing to process transactions connected to the company.
OnlyFans, Locals, Stripe, and the payment processor police
Social subscriber platform OnlyFans is reportedly banning sexually explicit content, undermining the businesses of many of its creators in the process.
US Senators out to tear down the app store walls
A bipartisan Senate bill is introduced to boost competition in the mobile apps market with rules to restrict what Apple and Google can impose on developers and users.
Apple reportedly handed over metadata of US politicians to government
In the middle of the ‘Russiagate’ debacle, the Trump administration reportedly forced Apple to provide data from the accounts of Democrat politicians.
Public cloud scores another PR win with Fastly outage
A bunch of media and government sites were offline earlier today following an issue with the Fastly edge cloud platform.
Telefonica’s latest asset sale makes for interesting reading
News of new asset sales from Telefonica seems to break pretty regularly and this week is no exception.
US once more threatens to retaliate for Digital Services Tax with tariffs
Six countries have imposed special taxes on the revenues internet companies derive from their citizens and the US isn’t happy about it.
Jeff Bezos signs off with aplomb
In his final letter to shareholders as CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos looked back on the achievements during his tenure, laid out visions on multiple fronts for the company, and defended its track record in labour relations.
UK reveals its strategy for taking on the US tech giants
The UK government has created the Digital Markets Unit to tackle the growing problem of US tech giants using their size to stifle competition.
EU aims to produce 20% of world’s semiconductors by 2030
Europe is aiming to capture a fifth of the global market for the production of semiconductors by the end of the decade, according to the European Commission.
Biden set to appoint a big tech trustbuster to the FTC
Many reports reckon the fifth FTC Commissioner will be Lina Khan, who specializes in antitrust law and has a special focus on big tech.
We need to talk about US internet monopolists
Barely a day goes by without some evidence being presented that one of Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google has used their power to distort the market.
Corporate America vs China Inc: a halfway house?
The most likely future relationship between the two superpowers will neither go back to the hyper-globalised world nor revert to the earlier model of business conducted on national level entirely insulated from one another.
UK government determined not to let a good digital identity crisis go to waste
There is apparently a trust problem around digital identities and no wonder, with talk of vaccine passports being required for previously unrestricted activities.
Swisscom welcomes Stock Exchange to its cryptocurrency JV
The Swiss Stock Exchange is buying into Custodigit, a digital assets storage facility set up by Swisscom and digital bank Sygnum a couple of years ago.
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