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Poor start on Wall Street – General Electric shares fall six percent
NYC The “Fearless Girl” on New York’s Wall Street (Photo: AP) new York Fear of rapid rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve continues to have investors on Wall Street…
Big Tech invests massively in image campaigns
New York, Washington “From Army Veteran to Astrophysicist” is written in white letters above a photo of a soldier holding the US flag. On the next page is the same…
48 US Attorneys General are appealing
Logo of Facebook and Meta Facebook has bought the services Instagram and WhatsApp to protect its monopoly in online networks in an unfair way, so the allegation. (Photo: Reuters) new…
48 US Attorneys General are appealing
new York After the US government was able to bring its competition lawsuit against Facebook to court, dozens of states are not letting up. Forty-eight state and territory attorneys general…
FTC boss Lina Khan gets a second chance for the Facebook lawsuit
new York Big tech fear has a name – and it’s Lina Khan. The 32-year-old head of the US competition authority FTC has taken on the fight against the overwhelming…
What will happen to WhatsApp and Instagram?
Logos from Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram Facebook bought Instagram for around $ 1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for around $ 22 billion in 2014. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The competition…
Richter admits US antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
Logos from Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram Facebook bought Instagram for around $ 1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for around $ 22 billion in 2014. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The competition…
You should watch out for these companies
San Francisco Apple has reached a valuation of three trillion dollars on the stock market. That’s a trillion more than nine months ago – and a world record. Apple is…
“Right to Repair” movement aims to make it easier to repair electrical appliances
Dusseldorf The end is announced weeks in advance. At first the electric toothbrush only lasts a good minute, soon only a few seconds, and at some point nothing moves at…
Softbank COO calls for $ 2 billion in compensation
Marcelo Claure The Softbank COO is said to have threatened to resign in the dispute over his remuneration. (Photo: Getty Images) Tokyo, Düsseldorf Marcelo Claure is considered to be the…
This is how it continues with the planned takeover of Arm
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang The founder of the most valuable chip company in the world wants to continue fighting for the arm deal. (Photo: Reuters) Munich It’s a deal of…
US government is suing Nvidia against purchase of chip designer Arm
Washington The US government wants to prevent a billion dollar deal for the chip designer arm, whose technology is in practically all smartphones. The planned takeover of the British company…