Congress Explores Potential New Big Tech Regulations
As technology plays an increasingly important role in daily life, lawmakers turn their attention to potential new tech regulations that would affect the technology industry. As the influence of the tech giants grows, concerns about issues ranging from data privacy to competition have prompted US lawmakers to consider new regulations that could have far-reaching consequences. […]
Will Congress Be Able to Break Up Big Tech?
The effort to break up Big Tech has stalled in Congress. The House has taken bills that could break up the tech giants off the table for now. As a result, efforts to break up Big Tech have shifted to the courts. The Justice Department and eight states filed a suit aiming to break up […]
Big Tech Influences Congress to Avoid Creating Legislation
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at how the Big Tech are putting a halt on Congress passing tech-targeted legislations.
Congress Has the Power to Fix the Patent System
The Fatty Fish Editorial Team takes a look at the Congress’ attempt to reforming the patent system.
Apple Faces Congressional Scrutiny Over Reports of Chinese Chips
US lawmakers learned of reports that Apple is considering using chips from the Chinese state-owned chipmaker, Yangtze Memory Technologies Company (YMTC), for its iPhone 14 lineup leading the lawmakers to threaten Apple with increased scrutiny from Congress. Apple responded quickly with a statement asserting it has no plans to sell iPhones with YMTC chips outside […]
The 5 New Antitrust Bills being Considered by Lawmakers – Futurum Tech Webcast
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, my colleague Olivier Blanchard and I engage in a drill-down conversation around the five new antitrust bills congress brought forward last week aimed at Big Tech, and what the likely ramifications are for reach. Our discussion examined: The Ending Platform Monopolies Act which proposes that Congress can […]
The Problem with Congress’s 5 New Antitrust Bills Aimed at Reining In U.S. Big Tech
Last Friday, House Democrats introduced five new antitrust-style bills aimed at curtailing the market dominance of U.S. technology companies. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard breaks down the nuances of the bills, outlines the problems with each, and shares thoughts on the challenges ahead.
