The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.
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The Comprehensive Plan to Weaken Google’s Power
The Justice Department proposed breakups, licensing arrangements, and other methods as a remedy for Google’s violation of the antitrust laws. Will Donald Trump’s team go along with it?
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Lawsuit Claims Nvidia-Microsoft Cartel to Wall Off Competition
Xockets, a company that created key architecture to power AI, alleges its patents were infringed upon and it was blocked by Big Tech from getting a fair price for its technology.
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Will Google’s Monopoly Be Vanquished?
The path includes appeals challenges, a judicially ordered remedy phase, and a change in the presidency.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Defense Department Submits to Microsoft’s Profit-Taking
The forced upgrade to Microsoft’s E5 productivity apps, ostensibly for cybersecurity reasons, is an example of the software giant’s insinuation into government tech systems.
Posted inWorking in America
Reformed Capitalism in Seattle; Baristas’ Unionism
Microsoft and Starbucks as exceptions to corporations’ union busting; Starbucks baristas as beacons of bottom-up organizing
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Months After Merging With Activision, Microsoft Lays Off Gaming Employees
The Communications Workers of America supported the merger after securing union neutrality commitments. So far, it has led only to a smaller workforce.
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Microsoft, Musk, and the Question of Unions
Suddenly, a leading American corporation appears to be OK with the idea of collective bargaining. Hint: It’s not Tesla.
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The EU’s Tough New Rules for Tech
Will they survive an intense and preposterous lobbying campaign by the U.S. platform giants to brand them as discriminatory against American companies?
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Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial
Google claims its product is just superior. Says the former White House competition czar: ‘We now can see that a lot of those arguments are horseshit.’