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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Microsoft woos Brussels as battle over the cloud intensifies

    Prospect of digital domination by US computing giants is causing anxiety in Europe

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    Elon Musk raised prospect of Twitter takeover as early as March

    Social media company says it is committed to the deal as new filing details billionaire’s discussions with its board

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Reasons why the tech stock crash may be far from over

    The axe is hanging over high-growth companies with stretched valuations

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    Why foreign private equity is eyeing deals in Japan

    The country increasingly represents the safest choice for a regional hub

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    LexTechnology regulation
    Digital markets regulation: Big Tech means big problems Premium content

    Renewed efforts to undermine the dominance of tech giants clashes with their mentality of being perennial start-ups

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    Why the UK will pay for its delay over Big Tech

    Britain’s dither and delay has squandered a post-Brexit opportunity to lead on regulation

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Shoshana Zuboff
    The EU has fired the starting gun in the fightback against Big Tech

    Brussels’ Digital Services Act presages a sea change in regulation and democratic accountability

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    EU business regulation
    European telcos seek network investment from Big Tech and streamers

    Data-guzzling groups cost sector dear, trade group says, and should help with infrastructure upgrades

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Musk, Twitter and the need to vet new media owners

    The maverick’s free-speech vision could collide with EU regulation

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter edges closer to accepting Elon Musk’s $43bn bid

    Social media group’s board holds meeting to finalise terms of deal with Tesla chief

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    EU tech regulation
    EU approves groundbreaking rules to police Big Tech platforms

    Companies such as Google and Facebook must moderate content more actively in regulatory clampdown

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    LexAmazon.com
    Amazon: physical stores are the messy lab that may yield disruption Premium content

    Signals are that the tech titan will stay in this form of retailing for the long haul

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Musk muscles into Twitter’s boardroom

    The loudest voice in the virtual ‘town square’ is now its biggest shareholder

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Marietje Schaake
    Privacy concerns should not block EU’s attempts to curb big tech power

    While there are details to come about combining security and competition in the Digital Markets Act, it is not mission impossible

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
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    Tech Exchange

    This monthly series features conversations between FT journalists and the technology industry’s top leaders, innovators, and thinkers. For the March instalment, the founder of cyber security group Mandiant warns of risks from the Ukraine conflict

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The EU tries to loosen Big Tech’s grip

    The Digital Markets Act is a welcome attempt to curb monopolistic business models

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    EU tech regulation
    Big Tech attacks tough EU measures aimed at tackling its market power

    Apple and Google criticise newly unveiled Digital Markets Act that will force a radical overhaul of their global operations

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    EU to unveil landmark legislation to tackle market power of Big Tech

    Digital Markets Act now expected to target core online platforms with market cap of at least €75bn

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
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    Big Tech: growing power drives land grab Premium content

    Large cash piles are helping companies make further investments in real estate to capitalise on their size

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Big Tech lost the antitrust battle with Europe

    Brussels is set to finalise stringent new legislation targeting Silicon Valley giants, whose desperate lobbying has fallen on deaf ears

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
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    Panicked Russian consumers stock up on staples

    EU lawmakers set to finalise ‘transformative' new regulation for Big Tech 

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Tech start-ups struggle to break into the Pentagon

    US military contracts still favour big, traditional programmes from incumbent companies

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Technology regulation
    Details of UK online safety bill to be unveiled in bid to take on Big Tech

    Long-awaited legislation on harms from fraud to child abuse will create some of world’s toughest web restrictions

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    EU tech regulation
    EU and UK open antitrust probe into Google and Meta over online ads

    Europe’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Amazon.com
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    Ecommerce giant ‘refused’ to supply necessary documents, committee tells Justice department

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