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- Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem and How to Fix It https://nypost.com/2020/09/26/why-silicon-valley-ceos-are-such-raging-psychopaths/ 6 comments
- Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions https://plsfix.co/ 398 comments
- Want to Fix Big Tech? Stop Ignoring Sex Workers. https://www.thedailybeast.com/want-to-fix-big-tech-stop-ignoring-sex-workers 17 comments politics
- DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech 10 comments politics
- Big Tech doesn’t want you fixing your gadgets. This Federal agency is calling BS https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/ftc-report-tech-right-repair-iphone-ifixit/ 68 comments politics
- DOJ backs tenants in case alleging price-fixing by big landlords and a real estate tech company | RealPage https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech 13 comments economics
- U.S. Department of Justice backs tenants in case alleging algorithmic price-fixing by big landlords and real estate tech company RealPage https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech 107 comments technology
- Big Tech’s right-to-repair programs need fixing https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/05/big-techs-right-to-repair-programs-need-fixing/ 3 comments technology
- New UK watchdog to fine Big Tech by share of global revenue, instead of at fixed prices https://www.ft.com/content/c0f4acd3-b72f-4c0c-88cf-6c8337315b3a 5 comments europe
- New UK watchdog to fine Big Tech by share of global revenue, instead of at fixed prices https://www.ft.com/content/c0f4acd3-b72f-4c0c-88cf-6c8337315b3a 86 comments worldnews
- If Senators want to protect kids, they need to listen to human rights experts and fix their legislation. Otherwise they’re helping Big Tech. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-01-31-if-senators-want-to-protect-kids-they-need-to-listen-to-human-rights-experts-and-fix-their-legislation-otherwise-theyre-helping-big-tech 3 comments technology
- Despite being unable to fix fundamental problems with hallucinations and garbage outputs, to justify their investor expenditure, US Big Tech insists AI should administer the US state, not humans. https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/elon-musks-terrifying-vision-for 140 comments futurology
- How the ‘Right to Repair’ Might Save Your Gadgets—and Save You Money - New legislation aims to provide more options for fixing our broken gadgets. A journey to fix two MacBooks illustrates the repair restrictions put in place by Apple and other big tech companies. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-right-to-repair-might-save-your-gadgetsand-save-you-money-11630324800 7 comments futurology
- Trump Broke the Internet. Can Joe Biden Fix It? - From privacy to big tech monopolies, here’s an early look at what might actually happen in tech policy under a divided government. https://www.wired.com/story/trump-broke-internet-can-joe-biden-fix-it/ 213 comments technews
- Big Tech has our attention, but not our trust — For all of Silicon Valley’s huge innovations, two decades of broken promises and monopolistic misbehavior will require more than ChatGPT and faster chips to fix https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-opinion-ai-solution-big-tech-trust-problem/ 19 comments technology
- The CA Consumer Privacy Act won’t be enough to fix tech’s data entitlement problem ... Our data is too valuable for some law to get in the way of big tech and bad actors from mining and selling it https://deepclips.com/clip/3972/the-ca-consumer-privacy-act-won-t-be-enough-to-fix-tech-s-data-entitlement-problem/privacy 3 comments privacy
- A Tax That Could Fix Big Tech - Putting a levy on targeted ad revenue would give Facebook and Google a real incentive to change their dangerous business models. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/opinion/tax-facebook-google.html 4 comments privacy
- Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices. Here’s why that’s a big deal. Major tech companies have long opposed the right to repair, but Microsoft is finally engaging with lawmakers and activists. https://grist.org/technology/microsoft-right-to-repair-quietly-supported-legislation-to-make-it-easier-to-fix-devices-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal/ 32 comments politics
- Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices. Here’s why that’s a big deal. Major tech companies have long opposed the right to repair, but Microsoft is finally engaging with lawmakers and activists. https://grist.org/technology/microsoft-right-to-repair-quietly-supported-legislation-to-make-it-easier-to-fix-devices-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal/ 6 comments environment