Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Monday, May 21st, 2018. Today is the

government coming after big tech.

Microsoft doubles down on voice AI.

Lift joins the e-scooter scramble.

The Obama's officially joined Netflix and which smartphone is most likely to shatter. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Well, with the big tech backlash of the last few months people have been

speculating that it was just a matter of time before there would be calls

to break up the big tech companies.

And right on time there were some noises made about that very idea today from some pretty powerful

voices inside the US government.

Today Treasury Secretary Stephen Manuchin urged the Department of Justice to review the notion

of monopolies in tech after a scathing 60 minutes segment last night, which took a look at Google's monopoly in search.

Appearing on CMBC's squawkbox this morning, Minutchen said, quote,

these are issues that the Justice Department needs to look at seriously.

Not for any one company, but obviously as these technology companies have a greater and greater

impact on the economy, I think that you have to look at the power they have."

He was referring to questions about a segment that aired on 60 Minutes last night, which I'll

quote from briefly here.

Gary Reebach is one of the most prominent antitrust lawyers in the country,

widely credited with persuading the Justice Department to sue Microsoft back in the 90s,

the last major antitrust case against big tech. Now he's battling

Google. Steve Croft, you think Google's a monopoly? Gary Reeback. Oh yes, of

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