big tech

U.S. regulators are considering an option where Alphabet Inc(NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) could be forced to split part of its advertising business, along with its web browser Google Chrome, according to Politico. The company could be forced to sell these operations as an attempt to...

The dominance of large technology companies limits innovation and comes in the way of competition, a Democratic-led congressional panel has established after a 16-month investigation. The 450-page report of the panel was released Tuesday and makes recommendations that advocate measures to limit...

A group representing the United States technology giants is pushing back against India’s plans to regulate “non-personal” data, Reuters reported Sunday. The Proposal: An Indian government panel is proposing a data-sharing mechanism to boost a digital...

When we speak of market capitalization, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) are the five biggest companies in the world. There is a reason why everyone...

In February, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) managed to temporarily stop the execution of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract between Pentagon and U.S. Department of Defense on one side, and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on the other. More precisely, on February...

As the economy is plunging into recession, Big Tech is not only doing well but thriving. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hiring aggressively to meet the surging demand, YouTube has soaring traffic, Mark Zuckerberg's dream of a world community on Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is...

Big Tech is facing a ‘Big Brother' trap as coronavirus spreads over the globe. While it is under scrutiny for privacy issues for quite some time now, Silicon Valley faces the question of whether — or how — to use all the information they have on their users to help in the...

So far, little regulation has been imposed on the tech industry at the federal level, but that could very soon change as regulators have been trying hard to cripple the Big Tech companies. Early Facebook executive and Social Capital Founder Chamath Palihapitiya said Microsoft Corporation (...

The search engine giant Google has finally settled a decade-long tax dispute with the Australian Taxation Office, according to Reuters. What Happened The ATO said on Wednesday that Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has agreed to pay an additional A$481.5 million ($326.75 million USD...

The following graphic originally appeared on greatbusinessschools.org In 2013, Jim Cramer observed four stocks, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) had been making up a disproportionate amount of...

The U.S. Department of Justice is "absolutely right" to initiated investigations into big tech companies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a CNBC interview Wednesday. 'No Question' The Department of Justice confirmed it will undertake a wide waging review of big tech...

The big tech companies that dominate internet search, online shopping and social media will come under more scrutiny with the Justice Department reportedly broadening a government investigation into the sector. What Happened The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday afternoon that the Department of...

Big tech companies continue to face scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and regulators for monopolistic characteristics, but this doesn't necessarily mean that behemoths like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will be broken up. Cramer: 'I Get Where The Regulators Are Coming From' CNBC's Jim Cramer...

Now that most companies have reported first-quarter earnings, Benzinga took a look at some of the largest, most popular tech companies in the world to determine how much value investors are getting from a share of stock at the current market price. Here’s a breakdown of how Amazon.com, Inc. (...