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Investors seek Big Tech safety as presidential election hangs in the balance
The United States’ “Big Tech” names – Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook — led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday…
Big tech stocks climb as ‘blue wave’ fails to materialize, easing antitrust concerns
Stock futures surged to a tech-led rally on Wednesday as ongoing U.S. election uncertainty signaled the White House was still up for grabs…
Apple has outperformed the broader market under President Trump
All five companies — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft — have outperformed the broader market under President Trump …
U.S. Senate committee grills Twitter, Google, Facebook CEOs in censorship hearing
The Twitter CEO, Facebook CEO, and Google CEO on Wednesday defended Section 230 during a hearing on censorship before the…
Facebook launches cloud games but complains that Apple won’t allow it on iOS
Facebook today announced the launch of cloud games on its desktop website and Android app, but not on iOS due to what Facebook terms as…
Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech
The new head of Japan’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday that the country will take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech …
Big Tech’s market dominance spurs numerous U.S. antitrust probes
The four U.S. “Big Tech” companies — Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook — face an array of antitrust investigations at the…
China’s high app store fees make Apple’s look cheap
The words “app store” appeared 340 times in a report accusing Big Tech of abusing its market power. They should see China’s app stores …
Without a ‘blue wave,’ Big Tech faces limited risk from antitrust push out of Washington D.C.
The “Big Tech” companies — Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Facebook — face limited risk from a renewed antitrust push out of Washington D.C…
Apple ‘vehemently disagrees’ with House Democrats’ antitrust conclusions as 95% of employee contributions go to Biden
After a 16-month antitrust investigation into competitive practices at Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, the U.S. House Democrat …
House Democrats say Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook enjoy ‘monopoly power’
After a 16-month antitrust investigation into competitive practices at Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, the U.S. House of Representatives…
U.S. House’s antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms
The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a “thinly veiled call to break up” the companies…
Senate panel compels CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify over political bias
A U.S. Senate panel voted Thursday to compel testimony from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter as lawmakers opened a new front…
Apple, other U.S. tech giants face curbs on app stores, data sharing under draft EU rules
Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other U.S. tech giants could be banned from favoring their apps and services under draft EU rules…
U.S. House ‘Big Tech’ antitrust report likely to come out as soon as October 5th
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee is expected to release a much-anticipated report into…
Apple’s App Store temporarily waives 30% fee for paid Facebook events
Apple decided on Friday to waive its usual 30% App Store fee for Facebook events until the end of the year. Last month, Facebook launched…
Facebook wants Apple to add option to make Messenger default on iPhone
iOS 14 for iPhone can set third-party apps as defaults for mail and browser apps. Now, Facebook wants Apple to allow its Messenger app…
Apple delays iOS 14 ad tracking policy that had Facebook fuming
Apple is delaying its new rules around in-app ad tracking in iOS 14, postponing the disclosure requirement that had Facebook publicly fuming…
Apple blasts Google, Facebook in new privacy ad
Apple debuted a new TV spot Thursday spotlighting iPhone’s security and privacy features and laying out thinly-veiled criticisms of rivals…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Apple’s App Store ‘blocks innovation, blocks competition’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg blasted Apple during a companywide meeting to more than 50,000 employees via webcast on Thursday…
Facebook warns that Apple’s privacy-focused iOS 14 could utterly crush its ad network
Facebook wrote in the risk factors section of its most recent quarterly SEC filing: “We rely on data signals from user activity on websites…
Congressman says antitrust hearing confirmed ‘deeply disturbing’ behavior by Apple, other tech giants
U.S. Representative David Cicilline (D-RI 1st District), who recently held a congressional antitrust hearing that included Apple…
Facebook hit with lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometrics via Instagram
Facebook is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the…
Nasdaq rises as Apple, other tech stocks gains ahead of earnings
The Nasdaq Composite rose Thursday as shares of Apple and other major tech stocks rose ahead of their earnings releases. The broader market remained…
Munster: Apple fared well at U.S. House antitrust hearing
On Wednesday, CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google spent five hours testifying (virtually) at a House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing …
Congress zeroes in on Google during lengthy tech antitrust hearing
One company — Google-parent Alphabet Inc. — took more of lawmakers’ heat than the others before a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust …
U.S. stocks rise on upbeat earnings ahead of Federal Reserve statement
U.S. stocks rose as a slew of positive earnings updates and hopes for assurances of continued support from the Federal Reserve overshadowed concerns…
Watch Tim Cook defend Apple to Congress here
With their big day before lawmakers set to happen today, previews of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple CEO Tim Cook’s opening statements to Congress…
Analyst: Tax hike under Biden poses bigger threat to tech than antitrust hearings
The real threat facing the tech firms comes not from lawmakers now, but from higher taxes later if Joe Biden prevails against President Trump…
U.S. House panel confirms delay of Monday’s ‘Big Tech’ CEO hearing
A U.S. congressional hearing scheduled for next week to question the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple has been officially delayed…
U.S. House antitrust hearing with Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘likely’ to be postponed
Monday’s blockbuster antitrust congressional hearing with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Faceplant’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphaboogle’s Sundar…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, other big tech CEOs ready defenses for U.S. Congressional hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook and the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet (Google) are set to speak – virtually – before the House Judiciary Committee…
Parler CEO invited to U.S. House’s antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google
U.S. representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) asked the head of upstart social media service Parler to weigh in ahead of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify before U.S. Congress on July 27th
Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon, and Facebook are set to testify July 27 before the U.S. House…
Google-backed advertising groups criticize Apple’s new warnings on user tracking
Digital advertisers, backed by Google, on Friday criticized Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify at U.S. House antitrust hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to testify at a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing as part of its antitrust investigation…
U.S. government asks Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online platforms are not used to spur violence
The U.S. government sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies — Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online…
Apple CEO Tim Cook praises narrow Supreme Court decision on DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said President Trump’s 2017 move to cancel his predecessor Barack Obama’s DACA order failed to follow administrative…
Will Apple CEO Tim Cook testify before U.S. congressional antitrust panel?
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai are willing to testify before a congressional panel…
Apple-backed tech group’s lawsuit says President Trump’s social media order is unconstitutional
An advocacy group backed by Apple filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would remove or change…
U.S. stock market is firing on all cylinders; stronger than even the most bullish investors believe
The U.S. stock market is firing on all cylinders, and that’s bullish for its near-term prospects. The five largest U.S. stocks by market capitalization…
