CS140 Current Technology Article Review Unit 04
1. Locate a current article (published within the last 6 months). A list of suggested sources is
posted in Textbooks and Material link in the Information Module.
2. Complete the Summary information below on the form below.
3. Submit your form for grading.
Title of the article Lawmakers Keen to Break Up 'Big Tech' Like Amazon and
Google Need to Realize the World has Changed a Lot Since
Microsoft and Standard Oil
Topic Antitrust Laws in the Tech World
Author Bhaskar Chakravorti
Publisher Nextgov
Date of publication JULY 29, 2020
Link to Article https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/07/lawmakers-
keen-break-big-tech-amazon-and-google-need-realize-
world-has-changed-lot-microsoft-and-standard-oil/
167299/
Main idea of the article:
The main idea of this article is to Discuss how antitrust laws are not developing at the
pace the techworld is.
Information presented: List at least five points made by the author
1. Microsoft is no longer the lone tech “superpower” it was in 1998
2. US antitrust laws don’t capture new realities and dangers of current tech empires
3. Antitrust laws haven’t changed much in the past 20 years while the tech world has
4. Monopolies are not illegal unless coercion and collusion are used to raise prices
and hurt consumers.
5. Because Microsoft missed the rise of the web, it used rapid copycat product
launches to catch up.
Response to the article:
1. Locate a current article (published within the last 6 months). A list of suggested sources is
posted in Textbooks and Material link in the Information Module.
2. Complete the Summary information below on the form below.
3. Submit your form for grading.
Title of the article Lawmakers Keen to Break Up 'Big Tech' Like Amazon and
Google Need to Realize the World has Changed a Lot Since
Microsoft and Standard Oil
Topic Antitrust Laws in the Tech World
Author Bhaskar Chakravorti
Publisher Nextgov
Date of publication JULY 29, 2020
Link to Article https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/07/lawmakers-
keen-break-big-tech-amazon-and-google-need-realize-
world-has-changed-lot-microsoft-and-standard-oil/
167299/
Main idea of the article:
The main idea of this article is to Discuss how antitrust laws are not developing at the
pace the techworld is.
Information presented: List at least five points made by the author
1. Microsoft is no longer the lone tech “superpower” it was in 1998
2. US antitrust laws don’t capture new realities and dangers of current tech empires
3. Antitrust laws haven’t changed much in the past 20 years while the tech world has
4. Monopolies are not illegal unless coercion and collusion are used to raise prices
and hurt consumers.
5. Because Microsoft missed the rise of the web, it used rapid copycat product
launches to catch up.
Response to the article:
