Should Europe Regulate American Tech Companie...

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The European Union has this week proposed new rules that would police the practices of big technology companies, including US giants such as Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. As well as delivering greater scrutiny, the laws, if passed, would even allow for the forced break-up ...  Show more

A handful of big tech companies must comply with new European Union rules taking effect at midnight; job openings remain elevated at 8.9 million; Powell sees inflation risk in cutting rates too soon; hackers who attacked UnitedHealth may have run away with ransom payment. 

Europe’s big new regulatory regime for big tech. More fallout from what looks like the biggest hack our government has ever seen. The FTC asks basically everyone in tech how they get their data. A ‘faraday fabric’ that can serve as an invisibility cloak for radio waves. An intere ...  Show more