The U.S. government is launching its most consequential attack on the dominance of Big Tech in Americans' daily lives: a sweeping antitrust lawsuit targeting retail giant Amazon Inc. The legal challenge, filed in a federal court in Washington state, will be a defining cornerstone of the Biden administration's pledge to curb the power of the nation's largest tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Apple, which have been accused of running modern monopolies that don't fit within the confines of antiquated antitrust laws. Read the latest
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