Irish Public Supports Tighter Rules for Big Tech Algorithms
New research commissioned by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Uplift found that almost three-quarters (74%) of people in Ireland believe Big Tech algorithms that select and insert content into users’ feeds should face stricter regulation. Additionally, over four-fifths (82%) support forcing social media companies to stop collecting specific data on users’ sexual […]
The Role of Technology Companies in Ukraine’s Defense
Global technology companies are playing a key role in Ukraine’s defense in Russia’s war on Ukraine by providing cyber-security, satellite imagery, access to the internet, and the surveillance of information. Russia is using conventional and cyber-warfare strategies against Ukraine, for example, the simultaneous shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and a major cyber-attack against its […]
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Needs Patent Reform
Experts believe the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is in need of patent reform. Big Tech companies have used the US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) and the PTAB the most, filing hundreds of petitions challenging the patents of smaller innovators since the PTAB was established in 2011. Big Tech infringers like the PTAB […]
Small Business Fight Against Big Tech Innovation and Dominance
Small business is looking at ways to be able to compete with big tech innovation and dominance. While Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook all started as tiny operations in garages and dorm rooms, it’s hard to imagine any of them being displaced by new startups today. Big Tech not only plays an enormous role in […]
The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen U.S. Technology Leadership – Part Two
Looking at how healthy and well-positioned Qualcomm is today, especially as a decade of R&D investments and fundamental technology bets are beginning to bear fruit with the commercialization of 5G, it would be easy to forget how many challenges the San Diego tech giant has managed to overcome over the course of the past seven […]
The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen US Technology Leadership – Part 1
Looking at how healthy and well-positioned Qualcomm is today, especially as a decade of R&D investments and fundamental technology bets are beginning to bear fruit with the commercialization of 5G, it would be easy to forget how many challenges the San Diego tech giant has managed to overcome over the course of the past seven […]
Microsoft and Google End Their Six Year Truce as Regulation Heats Up
The News: Microsoft and Google have ended an almost six-year truce to prevent open warfare between the rival Big Tech companies, clearing the way for direct conflict as regulators take aim at barriers to competition among the leading US technology groups. Read the full story on Financial Times . Analyst Take: The first question here, how […]
