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Social media giants not serious about online fraud after snubbing crunch meeting Firms ignoring fraud despite Government attempts to engage with industry 12 May 2021 • 12:00pm Social media firms and internet giants have been accused of failing to take online scams seriously after snubbing ministers and sending lobbyists to a high-level meeting. The criticisms have come as the Government finalised plans last night for new laws to protect consumers online. Consumer losses to fraud are on the r...

If content is king, Netflix’s crown is slipping Read this exclusive extract from our City Intelligence newsletter and sign up at the bottom of the article to get it every weekday lunchtime 21 April 2021 • 2:15pm Tech stocks have been on a roller coaster ride in recent months but even by Silicon Valley’s recent topsy-turvy standards, the $20bn (£14.4bn) that traders wiped off the value of Netflix in after-hours trading on Tuesday is pretty wild. The company should probably be used to thi...

Data grab will give Big Tech even more power, say broadband firms Open Communications scheme wants to help customers find better broadband deals by making telecoms firms share data with third parties 16 March 2021 • 6:00am Broadband providers have lashed out at the communications watchdog over data sharing proposals that could force them to cede more power to Silicon Valley tech giants.  Ofcom faces a backlash over its Open Communications scheme, which is designed to help customers switch pr...

Heres how new technology from Big Tech could be SCARILY misused Allum Bokhari, Senior Tech Correspondent for Breitbart News, joins Glenn to detail new technology from Big Tech — including Microsoft, Adobe, and Intel — that has the potential to be SCARILY misused. The companies say the technology will allow users to more accurately distinguish between factual and misinformation, but should Big Tech REALLY be trusted? Bokhari explains all the sinister ways this tech could be used, too...

Mark Zuckerberg’s move against publishers is a radical piece of brinksmanship, with little precedent in the company’s 17-year history

The tech giant faces having to pay out to Australian publishers for the news it uses

It was all too good to be true. The dotcom bubble burst. The company’s share price, which had hit $106.69, took a beating as analysts fell out of love with the sector. He had to lay off 15pc of the workforce before the share price recovered. But all was not lost. Time magazine named “the king of cybercommerce” as its person of the year. At the age of 35, he was the fourth-youngest recipient of the award. Bezos is set to turn more of his attention to Blue Origin, his space company Credit:...