Competition
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Will new competition laws make your digital life cheaper?
An EU-style regime aims to stop big tech locking down their platforms. But we are still a long way from making smartphones a truly open ecosystem, like home computers.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Tech giants face $50 million fines in app store battle
Just days after banning under 16s from social media, the federal government is now targeting tech companies’ app stores amid competition fears.
- by Shane Wright
Exclusive
‘Egregious’: Google facing two Australian class actions
The tech giant allegedly took billions in revenue that should have gone to Australian publishers, law firms claim.
- by David Swan
‘What happens in Vegas’: How Google spent 15 years creating a culture of concealment
As the internet giant stored the world’s information, it created an office culture that tried to minimise its legal footprint, telling employees to destroy messages and copy in the lawyers as often as possible.
- by David Streitfeld
Opinion
Opinion
Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co
The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants, even seeking to break up Google. Trump’s nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The clause in your job contract that costs you $500 a year – and Australia $7 billion
It’s not just chief executives. Almost half of Australian workers have signed contracts that restrict their ability to move jobs. New research shows the drag on the economy.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Opinion
Finding it hard to stomach higher prices? Something seedy is going on
It’s not just supermarkets that are likely to be pushing prices higher. Some of us are getting squeezed from more angles than one.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Opinion
Forget the ‘Yes’ slogan, Optus. It’s a big ‘No’ from the ACCC
The telco has joined the ignominious list of companies doing the wrong thing in their treatment of Indigenous Australians.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Can Google’s search dominance be broken by its break-up?
The tech giant could be broken up if the US Department of Justice has its way - but it could take years to get to that point.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
US weighs Google breakup in historic Big Tech antitrust case
The effort is the most significant move to rein in a major tech company over illegal monopolisation since Washington unsuccessfully sought to break up Microsoft two decades ago.
- by Leah Nylen
Chalmers’ merger shake-up slams brakes on supermarket takeovers
The biggest change to the nation’s merger laws will target the supermarket sector with any takeover plan likely to face the ire of the competition regulator.
- by Shane Wright