Last year in May, O2 and Virgin Media announced their intentions to merge into an entertainment and telecom firm, becoming a rival to BT & Sky. A year later and after a thorough, two-phased investigation, the Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally approved the £31bn merger, stating that it was “unlikely to lead to any …
Competition law and Big Tech Competition law has become increasingly important over the years, while regulators have been trying to control the great powers of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft (GAFAM). The massive expansion of these companies is much quicker than the procedural bureaucracies of regulators and, more often than not, such firms will …
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As part of its Impact Challenge on Climate, Google has invested €10M in the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). This will fund innovative programs and workshops as the tech giant uses technology in a bid to accelerate Europe’s progress towards a greener, more resilient future. The focus will be on renewable energy, natural …
Big Tech bosses were forced into making the decision to ban Trump’s social media accounts, following the storming on the US Capitol on the 6th January 2021. The attack placed a gruesome bookend on Trump’s tenure and symbolised the violent polarity of US politics. A rational leader would have immediately denounced the insurrectionists as thuggish …
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In early January, Alphabet employees announced they have formed a union in order to protest against the company. They complain of a lack of ethics on product development, reports of workplace misconduct being neglected, and rights of temporary workers being breached. This is firstly interesting because such a move is rare in Silicon Valley. Employee …
Apple will commence production of its ‘Apple Car’ – an autonomous vehicle with innovative battery technology – in 2024. Whilst analysts claim its launch might be delayed until 2028, the electric vehicle (EV) and self-driving car market is gaining traction. For example, Volkswagen has pledged to invest €2bn into expanding EV production in China and …
The domestic use of flying cars is a fast growing sector, one likely to be a trillion-dollar industry by 2040. Currently, multiple well-known companies are in the midst of developing and testing the futuristic vehicles. Uber being amongst them, is looking to expand its company to UberAir by 2023. In recent weeks, a Japanese start-up company, SkyDriver – which …
On October 5th, Europol released their annual Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2020. The document is crucial in times of massive technological progression, and the enhanced use of technology by criminal organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, it outlines the relationship between cybercrime and matters of artificial intelligence (AI), human trafficking or the darkweb. With the release of …
It is reported that the social media platform TikTok, which currently has over 4 million users worldwide, is being used to fuel gang violence in what is described to be sick video gaming style videos of murders and stabbings. Users of the platform have been making drill music boasting about the offences they have committed …
From mandatory masks to preaching politicians, life in lockdown can be more than unpredictable. And now with the latest in technology, we need to take a look at what’s really been going on behind the scenes. Nearly 8 months after the UK said they’d allow Huawei a limited role in Britain’s 5G networks, the UK …
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