TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
Big Tech
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Secret Trial
Google tried to withhold practically every critical detail from the public in its monopolization case. A band of advocates and journalists fought back.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google’s China Policy
How the National Security Council is trying to take over regulation of global data flows on the basis of what’s good for Big Tech
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Commodification of Everything
Understanding the deeper dynamics of predatory capitalism
Posted inTAP
Train Wreck of a Trade Deal
Today on TAP: The Biden administration has to slow-walk a marquee agreement, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. That might even be a blessing in disguise.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Star Witness Against Google: Google’s AI Chatbot
Bard is remarkably candid about the company’s intentions to leverage Big Data into AI to make its rivals, and the rest of the web, irrelevant.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Is Undercutting Bidenomics
The most tech-friendly Cabinet member should not be the one regulating artificial intelligence.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Weird Nomination of Kurt Campbell
Today on TAP: The president’s choice for deputy secretary of state is badly at odds with Biden’s own policies on trade.
Posted inEconomic Policy
White House to Force Companies to Share Artificial-Intelligence Data
It’s part of the administration’s new framework for regulating AI.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Dueling Petitions Highlight DOJ–Big Tech Revolving Door
While Google seeks to toss Jonathan Kanter off a pending case concerning its adtech business, the company hired a law firm that previously represented its direct competitors.
