Prime minister Scott Morrison attacks Facebook for ‘arrogant’ move to ‘unfriend Australia’

The PM says the social media giant’s move to block news on its platform in Australia will harden the resolve of his government

News Corp agrees deal with Google over payments for journalism

News Corp will receive ‘significant payments’ to feature news outlets in Google’s News Showcase

Despite protestations from both companies, the Australian parliament is set to pass legislation it says is needed to boost public interest journalism

Network becomes first large Australian media company to agree terms with search giant

Firm stood against Facebook and Google over plan to make tech giants pay news organisations

Google failure to update more than 80 apps to comply with Apple’s ‘nutrition label’ requirement means users are being told apps are out of date

Former prime ministerial staffers among those working for influential lobbying firms used by digital giants to try to quash proposed legislation

We are all in thrall to the corporate giants that control digital technology. Only by seeing that can we hope to change them

The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?

Nine, Sydney Morning Herald and the Age reject tech giant’s offer to pay publishers to host content

Timnit Gebru, an eminent Black scientist, says she was fired last year in clash over research on marginalized groups

The failure of two online giants shows you can’t just pour in money and watch games pop out – a game studio culture takes time to develop

Monash University research finds Bing and Ecosia delivered substantially more professionally produced news in the top 50 results compared with Google

Lack of exclusive content for streaming gaming service hits plan to compete with Nintendo and Sony

Carmaker signs deal with Alphabet in latest sign of tech firms’ interest in automotive sector