NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Lawmakers keen to break up 'big tech' like Amazon and Google need to realize the world has changed a lot since Microsoft and Standard Oil

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageHouse lawmakers grilled these four CEOs on July 29.AP Photo

Big tech is back in the spotlight.

The chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified before Congress on July 29 to defend their market dominance from accusations they’re stifling rivals. Lawmakers and regulators are increasingly talking about antitrust action and...

Read more: Lawmakers keen to break up 'big tech' like Amazon and Google need to realize the world has changed...

More Articles ...

  1. ¿Te imaginas la vida sin aguacate? Estos son los momentos en la historia en que pudo desaparecer
  2. Faith-based 'violence interrupters' stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail
  3. How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of surveillance
  4. Yes, kids can get COVID-19 – 3 pediatricians explain what's known about coronavirus and children
  5. Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth's last frontier
  6. Many students with the potential to excel in STEM fields struggle in school
  7. Companies are struggling to engage with today's activists – a new survey explores why
  8. Cómo Jesús llegó a parecerse a un europeo blanco
  9. When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945
  10. 4 lawsuits that challenge Trump's federal agents in Portland test issues other cities will likely face
  11. At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old
  12. Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis
  13. What are the origins of cathedrals and chapels?
  14. Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?
  15. The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices than gas cars – battery costs explained
  16. The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire
  17. The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: A cause for celebration during COVID-19?
  18. Síndrome de Guillain-Barré, raro trastorno neurológico relacionado con COVID-19
  19. Making coronavirus testing easy, accurate and fast is critical to ending the pandemic – the US response is falling far short
  20. The office is dead! Long live the office in a post-pandemic world
  21. Statues topple and a Catholic church burns as California reckons with its Spanish colonial past
  22. Why Hagia Sophia remains a potent symbol of spiritual and political authority
  23. The ADA isn't just about ramps -- over 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community
  24. John Lewis traded the typical college experience for activism, arrests and jail cells
  25. Love avocados? Thank the toxodon
  26. 3 questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart or map
  27. ¿Cómo el 'blanco' se convirtió en una metáfora de las cosas buenas?
  28. Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of human lung cells
  29. How the images of John Lewis being beaten during 'Bloody Sunday' went viral
  30. Science elicits hope in Americans – its positive brand doesn't need to be partisan
  31. Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic
  32. Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation
  33. Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic
  34. What are political parties' platforms – and do they matter?
  35. How to make sure you're wearing your mask right
  36. Low-wage service workers are facing new emotional hazards in the workplace during COVID-19
  37. Is telehealth as good as in-person care? A telehealth researcher explains how to get the most out of remote health care
  38. The Constitution doesn't have a problem with mask mandates
  39. People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19
  40. Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits
  41. How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them
  42. How popular culture hobbles protest movements
  43. Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected
  44. Georgia's election disaster shows how bad voting in 2020 can be
  45. 'In a perfectly just republic,' Bella Abzug – born a century ago – would have been president
  46. Coronavirus numbers confusing you? Here's how to make sense of them
  47. Russian cyberthreat extends to coronavirus vaccine research
  48. Social networks aim to erase hate but miss the target on guns
  49. Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations? Here's what the courts have ruled
  50. Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise