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Political worries rattle the stock market
Political worries about Georgia’s Senate runoff election Tuesday helped fuel a sharp New Year’s stock market selloff on Monday. Analysts…
Here’s where President Trump and Joe Biden stand on antitrust, social media, and other tech issues
Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat candidate Joe Biden don’t agree on many issues, but they do share a wariness toward Big Tech …
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…
Where do President Trump and Joe Biden stand on tech policy issues?
A look at the stances of Republican President Trump and his likely Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, on some key tech policy issues…
Apple’s Siri can now answer U.S. election questions
Apple’s built-in voice assistant Siri is now able to answer U.S. election questions, as well as deliver live results as votes are counted…
Apple to cohost Democratic debate in New Hampshire tonight
Apple is co-hosting tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire and is soliciting questions from the public through the Apple News app…
Apple News launches 2020 U.S. presidential election special coverage
Apple today introduced special coverage of the 2020 US presidential election, curated by Apple News and featuring featuring news, info and data…
U.S. presidential candidates’ positions on breaking up Big Tech
In the preamble to the U.S. 2020 presidential election, many Democratic White House contenders have argued in favor of either breaking up or tightening…
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roasts Apple in CEO Tim Cook’s face
During last night’s Golden Globe Awards, in which the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show had three nominations…
Apple to take ‘deeper look’ at how the company’s apps handle disputed borders
Ukraine criticised the tech giant for showing Crimea as part of Russia’s territory on its Maps and Weather apps…
Ukraine denounces Apple for calling Crimea part of Russia in apps
Ukraine said on Wednesday Apple did not “give a damn” about its pain, after the U.S. tech giant began referring to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russia…
Apple changes Crimea designation in Maps and Weather to meet Russian demands
Apple has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on Apple’s Maps and Weather apps…
Twitter will no longer accept political ads; gauntlet thrown to Facebook
In an implicit swipe at the FaceBook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s position on running false political ads on Facebook, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday the company would no longer accept political ads…
U.S. House antitrust probe of Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook report likely by ‘first part’ of 2020
The chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel said on Friday that he expects to have a final report on its probe…
U.S. House investigators say they have begun receiving data from Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook
The probe is one of several at the federal, state and congressional level aimed at determining if the companies use their considerable clout in the online market illegally to hurt rivals or otherwise break competition law…
U.S. Congressional antitrust panel to discuss Big Tech competition
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said the hearing was scheduled for Sept. 24…
Woz: Apple should’ve split up a long time ago, ‘Big Tech’ is too big
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak comments on the antitrust scrutiny of big tech companies…
20+ U.S. states to move forward with antitrust probe of ‘Big Tech’ firms including Apple
A group of U.S. states is preparing to move forward with a joint antitrust investigation of big technology companies…
Trump administration is drafting an executive order to take on alleged anti-conservative bias at social-media companies
President Trump vowed to study “all regulatory and legislative solutions” to combat the anti-conservative bias that he argues runs rampant on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook…
Apple, not Google or Facebook, the target of global antitrust regulators
Apple – not Facebook or Google – is rapidly emerging as the test case for how officials in Brussels, Washington and beyond clamp down on Big Tech’s digital empires…
U.S. Senate Democrats seek ‘serious’ fines for antitrust violations by big tech
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal introduced legislation on Friday to allow harsher penalties for companies…
U.S. Senate Democrats ask for details on antitrust probes into Apple, other tech firms
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration on Friday to disclose details of possible Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department…
Senator Bernie Sanders: ‘We should definitely take a look at’ breaking up Google, Amazon, Apple
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday “we should definitely take a look at” splitting up Google, Amazon and Apple…
Republican U.S. Senator introduces federal bill to outlaw video game ‘loot boxes’
Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering ‘loot boxes’ or randomized assortments of…
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s simple solutions, like breaking up Apple, won’t work
Only when pushed to say it, Warren gives up the App Store…
Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple, too
Warren said Apple uses its market dominance to squash competition…
Senator Elizabeth Warren pushes to break up big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Amazon; affect Apple’s App Store
Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a plan Friday to break up massive technology companies…
At annual shareholders’ meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook was questioned about privacy, politics, and new products
Should Apple have more ‘ideological diversity’ on its board?
Google CEO Pichai denies company’s political bias in congressional hearing
Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Congress to grill Google CEO about political bias; ‘Search engines can be used to suppress particular viewpoints’ – U.S. Congressman
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next Wednesday…
Facebook fired top exec Palmer Luckey for supporting Donald Trump for President
Facebook Inc. executive and virtual-reality wunderkind Palmer Luckey was a rising star of Silicon Valley…
How Apple’s Tim Cook and other American top CEOs are spending their own money on the midterm elections
The chief executives contributed a total of $7.4 million to Republican groups, almost triple the $2.6 million contributed to Democratic committees…
Apple bans Alex Jones’ Infowars app for ‘objectionable content’
Apple Inc said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones…
U.S. Senator Warner: Tech regulation is coming, ‘the era of the wild west in social media is coming to an end’
To Sen. Mark Warner, it’s not a question of whether Congress will regulate the tech industry but when…
U.S. Justice Department says probing social media companies for stifling ‘free exchange of ideas’
The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it will meet with state attorneys general to discuss concerns…
Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones and Infowars accounts
Twitter has permanently banned the accounts of right-wing conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones and InfoWars…
White House probes Google after President Trump accuses it of left-wing bias
President Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles and hiding ‘fair media’ coverage of him…
President Trump attacks ‘left-wing’ Google search results
President Donald Trump has accused Google of rigging the search results for the phrase “Trump news”…
U.S. voters’ data exposed by robocall firm; each record contained name, address, and political affiliation
Another cache of US voter data has leaked…
Apple CEO Cook talks leadership, social issues at ‘CEO Initiative’ series
Apple CEO Tim Cook is unafraid to speak his mind on issues ranging from data privacy and immigration…
