Top executives from US tech giants appear before House judiciary committee over their companies’ massive wealth and power – follow liveBillionaire bosses to feel the heat from CongressUS sees deadliest day of coronavirus summer – live 5.49pm BST The…
Lees meerChief executives of Amazon, Google and Apple will also testify as part of a high-powered investigation of the tech industry“Companies aren’t bad just because they are big,” Facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg is set to tell Congress on Wednesday, as …
Lees meerExtraordinary hearing will see some of the richest men in history called to account for their firms’ market dominanceSome of the richest men in history representing the most valuable companies ever created will be grilled by Congress on Wednesday , …
Lees meerOur leading technology writers discuss Facebook, the inexorable rise of misinformation, the success of Black Lives Matter … and the simple joys of a bird feederJulia Carrie Wong, senior technology reporter, Guardian US: Good morning from Oakland. To…
Lees meerTech firm says its commitment covers entire supply chain and lifecycle of all its productsApple has pledged to become a carbon-neutral operation by 2030, a commitment that covers its entire supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products, includi…
Lees meerIrish-made app has more than 1.3m downloads, in stark contrast to the UK’s effortsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA government minister once compared Ireland’s health care system to Angola – a political minefield of dysfu…
Lees meerThe EU’s competition commissioner may have lost in the tax courts. But she is right to pursue Apple et al via other channelsApple’s legal victory over Brussels last week appeared at first glance to give every international company seeking out Europe…
Lees meerIreland may not have given Apple illegal state aid, but the system still needs to changeWhat happens when a European member state such as Ireland or the Netherlands decides it wants to act like a corporate tax haven? Because taxation is a national s…
Lees meerAccounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been hacked as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrencyTwitter suffered a major security breach on Wednesday that saw hackers take control of the accounts of major public figures an…
Lees meerAccounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been hacked as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrencyTwitter suffered a major security breach on Wednesday that saw hackers take control of the accounts of major public figures an…
Lees meerCourt defeat for Brussels is reminder of glacial pace at which international tax reform proceedsMargrethe Vestager may as well give up. If the EU’s competition commissioner can’t win her highest-profile case in the EU’s second-highest court, then th…
Lees meerAccounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been compromised as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrencyThe Twitter accounts of major public figures and corporations, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, …
Lees meerAccounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been compromised as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrencyThe Twitter accounts of major public figures and corporations, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, …
Lees meerAccounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been compromised as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrencyThe Twitter accounts of major public figures and corporations, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, …
Lees meerCourt defeat for Brussels, however, is reminder of glacial pace at which international tax reform proceedsMargrethe Vestager may as well give up. If the EU’s competition commissioner can’t win her highest-profile case in the EU’s second-highest cour…
Lees meerEuropean commission failed to prove Apple had benefitted from arrangement, according to rulingThe European commission has been dealt a major blow in its battle to stop EU member states granting sweetheart tax deals to multinational corporations afte…
Lees meerChinese big tech was at the heart of China’s official response to Covid-19. Now Apple and Google are doing the same in the westChinese tech giant Alibaba launched its Taobao app in 2003 at the peak of the Sars epidemic. In January, as the spread of …
Lees meerVictoria struggles to cope with around 5,000 contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the second spikeFollow live news from around AustraliaWhat you need to know about Melbourne’s stage 3 lockdown rulesSign up for Guardian Australia…
Lees meerOur updated list of the best pay-TV and streaming services in the UKThe choice of how you get your TV and movies in the UK has exploded in recent years, with a growing number of premium pay-TV providers and streaming services available at a wide ran…
Lees meerSocial media firms react to sweeping new national security legislation imposed by ChinaTikTok is to withdraw from Hong Kong app stores and Zoom will stop complying with city authorities’ data requests as technology companies react to the sweeping ne…
Lees meerNew tools give tech giants the power to shape communities and change behaviour, all without any data leaving our phonesIn April, Apple and Google announced a partnership. They would take research into how to undertake Bluetooth-powered Covid-19 cont…
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