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The European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into Broadcom in October 2024 over concerns the company is using anticompetitive practices following its $69 billion VMware acquisition. The investigation focuses on allegations that Broadcom is tying VMware products together to force customers into comprehensive deals, restricting interoperability with competing products, and using its dominant position to lock customers into its ecosystem. The European Cloud Competition Observatory gave Broadcom a 'red' rating indicating serious competitive concerns.

BBC Panorama investigation October 2024 found Revolut named in 10,000 fraud reports in 2023 - 2,000 more than Barclays and double Monzo. Payment Systems Regulator data showed for every £1M paid into Revolut accounts, £756 was from APP fraud - more than 10× the amount flowing through Barclays. Financial Ombudsman received 3,500 complaints about Revolut in 2023, more than any similar company. Notable case: customer lost £165K after criminals bypassed selfie verification, took 23 minutes to reach right department to freeze account, during which £67K more stolen. Former employee told BBC: 'Protecting Revolut from being used for financial crime always played second fiddle to the desire to launch new products.'

Klarna board member Mikael Walther was voted out after challenging governance decisions including a bonus plan he claimed could hand CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski as much as $35 billion. Walther urged investors to vote against the board's decision to remove him, raising corporate governance concerns.

Poppy Gustafsson was appointed Minister of State for Investment by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in October 2024. Created life peer as Baroness Gustafsson to sit in House of Lords. House of Lords Appointments Commission complained it was only given 48 hours to vet her before announcement.

Uber introduced multiple accessibility features on October 10, 2024: (1) Self-identification for blind/low-vision riders allowing them to disclose disability status and communication preferences to drivers after trip acceptance; (2) Self-identification for deaf/hard-of-hearing riders with chat/phone preference options that prevent unwanted calls when chat-only selected; (3) Mandatory service animal education video sent to all US drivers, designed with blind and service animal advocacy organizations, covering service animal rights and reminder that denying rides violates Uber policy and federal law; (4) Pilot program for voluntary service animal advance notification in US and Canada. Features aim to improve accessibility and reduce discrimination, though launched after company received over 21,000 service animal complaints and faced October 2024 protests.

In an October 2024 CNBC interview, OpenAI board chair and Sierra CEO Bret Taylor was asked about antitrust action and a potential breakup of Google. He argued Silicon Valley should focus on 'empowering little tech' rather than 'disempower[ing] Big Tech,' and said the US benefits from being 'not too highly regulated,' arguing that well-intentioned regulatory constraints often 'help incumbents' by creating compliance complexity that disadvantages startups.

In October 2024, Internet Archive suffered a significant data breach affecting 31 million users. Attackers exploited unsecured Zendesk API tokens that had been accessible in a GitLab repository for nearly two years. Exposed data included email addresses, screen names, and bcrypt password hashes. A second breach occurred via unrotated tokens after the initial attack.

India's Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued a show cause notice to Ola Electric in October 2024 following over 80,000 consumer complaints on the National Consumer Helpline. Issues included battery fires, range and charging problems, software glitches, and poor service center experience. The CCPA investigation found potential violations of consumer rights and unfair trade practices.

In October 2024, following sustained criticism over the UNC5537 mass breach chain, Snowflake announced it would require multi-factor authentication by default for newly-created accounts and would deprecate password-only logins for new admin accounts by 2025. CISO Brad Jones acknowledged the company's product defaults had been a contributing factor to the breach and the company committed to additional secure-by-default investments. The change took effect for new accounts in early 2025.

In October 2024, CEO Bhavish Aggarwal engaged in a heated exchange with comedian Kunal Kamra after Kamra posted a picture of Ola Electric scooters gathering dust outside a dealership. Aggarwal accused Kamra of taking money for the criticism and challenged him to work at Ola's service centre, saying 'I will pay better than your flop shows pay you.' The controversy caused Ola Electric shares to drop 8% over three consecutive days. The company reportedly receives nearly 80,000 customer complaints monthly.

In October 2024, during the WP Engine dispute, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg offered employees a severance package of up to 9 months' pay if they disagreed with his actions and wanted to leave. 159 employees (8.4% of the workforce) accepted, a significantly higher departure rate than typical voluntary buyouts. Critics viewed it as a loyalty test that chilled internal dissent.

The National Labor Relations Board filed complaints alleging Apple required employees nationwide to sign illegal confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-compete agreements that deterred discussions about pay equity and workplace issues. The complaints stem from charges by former employees Ashley Gjovik (2021) and Cher Scarlett, who played a central role in the #AppleToo movement. Apple was also accused of intimidating retail staff over unionization efforts.

Before the 2024 presidential election, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

DJI donated drones and technical support for search and rescue operations during Hurricane Helene, enabling first responders to locate survivors and assess damage in areas inaccessible by ground.

SpaceX deployed Starlink for disaster relief during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in October 2024, delivering more than 10,000 Starlink kits to affected areas. Initial offer required $349 equipment purchase with only one month free service, drawing criticism. SpaceX subsequently extended free service through end of 2024. The company also activated direct-to-cell emergency texting via T-Mobile partnership after FCC granted emergency authorization.

Meta faces a lawsuit from Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer who claims he was fired for attempting to fix bugs that suppressed Palestinian posts on Instagram. Hamad found content by Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza was misclassified as pornographic. The lawsuit alleges Meta deleted internal employee communications mentioning relatives killed in Gaza and investigated employees for using the Palestinian flag emoji.

Unlike many tech companies rolling back DEI initiatives in 2024-2025, Nvidia maintained its 'Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging' programs and released its 2024 Sustainability Report with a dedicated section on diversity. However, the company has faced internal criticism, with a former employee noting that Black employees represented only 0.08% of the workforce (about 90 out of 11,000+ employees) and that three Black employee resource group presidents left within six months after being 'passed up for promotion.'

In October 2024, Patrick Collison donated $200,000 to Republican PACs including $83,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee and $58,300 each to PACs for congressmen Andy Barr and French Hill (pro-crypto House Financial Services Committee leaders). This marked a dramatic shift - since 2016, Collison had regularly backed Democrats including Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

In October 2024, New York AG Letitia James and California AG Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing lawsuits against TikTok for misleading the public about platform safety for young users. Internal documents revealed TikTok's own 60-minute time limit tool only reduced usage by 1.5 minutes (from 108.5 to 107 minutes/day) and the company measured its success by media coverage rather than actual harm reduction. The lawsuits alleged TikTok violated state consumer protection laws and that dangerous 'challenges' on the platform led to injuries, hospitalizations, and deaths.

Reid Hoffman donated more than $10 million to Future Forward USA PAC supporting Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. He has given more than $55 million to Democrats over the past four years and nearly $9 million to the Wisconsin Democratic Party since 2020.

Oracle CEO Safra Catz donated $1 million to Preserve America PAC in 2024, a super PAC that spent over $112 million to support Trump and oppose Kamala Harris. She also donated tens of thousands to Republican committees including the NRCC and NRSC.

In October 2024, Micron received $6.1 billion in grants from the US CHIPS and Science Act to support construction of semiconductor fabrication facilities in Clay, New York and Boise, Idaho. The New York facility represents up to $100 billion in investment over 20+ years and is expected to create over 70,000 jobs. The investment supports domestic semiconductor manufacturing and reduces dependence on foreign chip production.

Under Jassy's leadership, Amazon conducted multiple rounds of corporate layoffs totaling over 27,000 employees, including 14,000 in October 2024 and 16,000 in January 2026. Jassy publicly attributed layoffs to culture and bureaucracy reduction, setting a goal to increase the contributor-to-manager ratio by 15%. However, he also stated in June 2024 that AI efficiency gains would cause the corporate workforce to shrink. Employee groups reported the messaging made them feel expendable.

Bill Gates donated $50 million to Future Forward, a nonprofit Democratic-aligned PAC supporting Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. The donation was intended to remain private but was reported by the New York Times. Gates had previously stated in 2019 that he chose not to participate in large political donations, making this a notable departure.

GyroGear's GyroGlove, a hand-stabilizing device for people with Parkinson's disease and hand tremors, was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2024. The device uses gyroscopic technology to reduce hand tremors, helping people with Parkinson's disease perform daily tasks more easily.

In September 2024, the FCC imposed a $31.5 million consent decree on T-Mobile covering four major data breaches from 2021-2023. The 2021 breach exposed 76.6 million customers' names, SSNs, and driver's licenses. The 2023 breach exposed 37 million customers' billing addresses and account numbers. T-Mobile was required to invest an additional $15.75 million in cybersecurity improvements. The FCC found multiple compliance failures including inadequate data protection, impermissible access to customer proprietary network information, and misrepresentation to customers about security practices.

The Financial Conduct Authority fined Starling Bank £28,959,426 for systemic failures in anti-money laundering and sanctions screening controls. Since 2017, Starling's automated screening system had only checked customers against a fraction of the UK sanctions list. Despite agreeing to FCA restrictions, Starling opened over 54,000 accounts for 49,000 high-risk customers between September 2021 and November 2023. The FCA said controls 'did not keep pace' with growth from 43,000 to 3.6 million customers.

Qualcomm agreed to pay $75 million in 2024 to settle shareholder lawsuit alleging the company defrauded investors by hiding its anticompetitive sales and licensing practices from February 2012 to January 2017. Shareholders accused Qualcomm of artificially inflating share price by describing chip sales and licensing as separate when it bundled them to stifle competition. Former CEOs Paul Jacobs and Steven Mollenkopf were named defendants but denied wrongdoing.

In 2024, the Tails privacy-focused operating system merged its operations with the Tor Project. Tails, which routes all internet traffic through Tor by default, had been a standalone project since 2009. The merger consolidated two key privacy infrastructure projects under one organizational umbrella, strengthening both.

In early 2024, Mozilla updated Firefox's privacy policy with language that some privacy advocates found concerning, including broader terms around data usage. While Mozilla clarified the changes were about transparency rather than new data collection, noyb filed a GDPR complaint against Mozilla over Firefox's 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' feature, arguing it turned Firefox into a tracking tool.