Italy and the United States have issued a joint statement opposing what they described as “discriminatory” taxes on digital services. This reportedly indicates a potential shift in Rome’s approach to a measure that has drawn criticism from Washington. The announcement came as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met separately with US President Donald Trump and…
Two of the Magnificent 7 are scheduled to report results this week: Tesla (TSLA) on Tuesday and … More Alphabet (GOOGL) on Thursday. Despite being mired in a bear market, the Magnificent 7 as a group are expected to grow earning at double the pace of the overall market. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty…
Tim Cook and Donal Trump in 2019 — image credit: White House Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his “reciprocal” China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don’t apply to Apple or big tech at all. Coming on top of previous escalations and the Apple…
2025/04/13 00:03 科技中心／李宜樺報導 Meta創辦人祖克柏（Mark Elliot Zuckerberg）近期遭遇還真是風波不斷！才被臉書前員工在美國國會上爆料，Facebook後台機制暗藏「中國直通車」，允許中港台三地用戶熱門貼文傳送中國審閱，如今又被美國聯邦貿易委員會（FTC）盯上，提起反壟斷訴訟，下週14日將開庭審理，外傳祖克柏與前營運長Sheryl Sandberg都將親自出庭，雙重壓力等於讓祖克柏陷入蠟燭兩頭燒的局面。 ▲祖克柏（Zuckerberg）陷入蠟燭兩頭燒！一邊被前員工爆出臉書「中國直通車」審查爭議，另一邊Meta又遭美國FTC提反壟斷訴訟，傳祖克柏14日將親上火線出庭。（示意圖／AI製圖） 據悉，FTC針對的是Meta於2012年收購Instagram與2014年買下WhatsApp提出質疑，指控Meta透過併購手段消滅競爭，壟斷社群市場。 消息指出，若Meta敗訴，將面臨三大重擊：旗下數十億用戶的產品生態將遭破壞、跨平台整合體系可能瓦解、美國科技巨頭的收購模式將全面重寫。 分析師表示，華爾街多數人期待Meta能以和解止血，避免官司曠日廢時進一步重創股價，這恐怕也是近期祖克柏找川普愛將Dina Powell McCormick入主Meta董事會以及其三進三出白宮，找川普商議的一個重要關鍵。但若法院最終判決Meta敗訴，不只震撼全球科技產業，更將重塑未來數位競爭與隱私治理的基本規則。 ▲祖克柏締造的Meta臉書王朝屢經風波，這回面對中國審查爆料與反壟斷訴訟雙壓夾擊，還能安然度過困境嗎？（圖／翻攝自推特） Zuck雙重危機 反壟斷與中國直通車風波交織 事實上，歐盟早在2021年起即針對Meta濫用市場優勢展開調查，2023年底更以臉書與其他服務綁定為由，開罰7.98億歐元（現約新台幣293億元），Meta目前仍在上訴中。 值得注意的是，就在Meta訴訟後一週，Google母公司Alphabet被FTC調查的案件也將登場，進行另一場業務拆分庭訊，美國政府全面狙擊科技巨頭的格局已然成形。 ▲現傳出川普（右）3月剛換掉FTC中兩名民主黨成員，不久後FTC就針對Meta在10年的兩起交易提出反壟斷質疑，近期祖克柏（左）三進三出白宮，被傳就是為了與川普談和解，以求解套！（圖／翻攝自川普、祖克柏臉書） 有趣的是，提到FTC現正要處理Meta的壟斷行為，你就不能不知今年3月，川普才開除了FTC中兩名明顯為民主黨背景的成員，被開除者現正打行政訴訟，為自己討公道，而目前FTC則由兩名共和黨成員接管中。 這場10年前交易，10年後被翻舊帳的開庭訴訟，外界認為不僅攸關Meta是否需強制分拆，更是美國併購審查制度的一場制度大地震。但究竟是真壟斷，還是當局的真追殺？值得探究。 Source link
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Washington: The stock market rout triggered by US President Donald Trump’s punishing tariff wars wiped over $10 trillion off major markets across the globe. The financial destruction, historic in scale, was equivalent to just over half of the GDP of the European Union, according to a report by Bloomberg. After Trump announced sweeping tariffs last…
A US-based version of social network TikTok appears to be eminent. Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days. US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Apple and Google on…
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ChatGPT We all love a clean house, but what about your digital life? Clutter builds up fast: old contacts, forgotten files, 127 versions of the same photo and a desktop that’s basically an overflowing junk drawer. That doesn’t just hog storage, it slows down your tech and drains your focus. Let’s tackle it, step-by-step. I’m…