How to un-Big Tech your online life
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 116, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy National Ferris Wheel Day to all those who celebrate, an...
Anthropic Appoints Former Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell to Board
Anthropic on Friday said it had appointed Chris Liddell, the former chief financial officer of Microsoft, General Motors and International Paper to its board of directors. The appointment is the lates...
Copyright Kills Competition
Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over c...
FTC Grills Microsoft Rivals to Bolster Antitrust Probe
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asking several of Microsoft’s competitors about the company’s business practices as part of an ongoing antitrust probe, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. ...
Proofpoint Targets Workplace AI Risks With Acuvity Buy
Proofpoint is adding agentic workspace protection to its cybersecurity platform by acquiring Acuvity.
Acuvity delivers AI enterprise security and governance, while Proofpoint offers cyberse...
FTC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Microsoft AI, Cloud Sales
The Federal Trade Commission has ramped up its scrutiny of Microsoft as it probes whether the company has an illegal monopoly in the cloud and software markets, Bloomberg reported Friday. The FTC sent...
