Big Tech

See also: big tech

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Big Tech

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• big tech

Etymology

Compound of big +‎ tech (“technology”), by analogy with Big Pharma, Big Oil, etc.

Noun

Big Tech (uncountable)

1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) The largest, most dominant, and most prestigious companies in the information technology industry of the United States.

   Hypernym: big business

   • 2020 December 9, Cecilia Kang, Mike Isaac, “U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The lawsuits, filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, underscore the growing bipartisan and international tsunami against Big Tech.

   • 2020 December 15, Adam Satariano, “Big Fines and Strict Rules Unveiled Against ‘Big Tech’ in Europe”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     But the region is no longer alone in its efforts to limit the power of Big Tech. In the United States, regulators sued Facebook last week for illegally squashing competition, and Google was hit with an antitrust lawsuit in October.

   • 2021 January 10, Jack Nicas, Davey Alba, “Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “Big tech really wants to kill competition,” John Matze, Parler’s chief executive, said in a text message.

   • 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business‎:

     Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).

Hyponyms

• Big Five
• Big Four
• FAAMG
• FAANG
• FANG
• Frightful Five
• GAFA
• magnificent seven
• MAMAA