Apple CEO Tim Cook lobbied U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for 40 minutes on Wednesday about antitrust legislation to be debated…
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Apple gets ‘striking warning’ from shareholders over China app takedowns
An Apple shareholder proposal that was critical of the company’s takedowns of virtual private network (VPN) apps in China received a notably high…
Apple shareholders defeat proposal over Chinese app removals
At the Apple shareholders meeting on Wednesday, voters defeated a proposal critical of the company’s removal of apps at the request of the Chinese…
Apple faces shareholder vote over Chinese app removals
Apple shareholders today will vote on a proposal critical of the company’s decisions to remove apps at the request of the Chinese government…
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…
Apple warns users who created Apple IDs overseas on dodging China’s new data law
China introduced a new cyber security law on June 1 that imposes tougher controls over data…
How U.S. iCloud users can ensure their data isn’t migrated to state-owned servers in China
While Apple yesterday warned Chinese customers that their data would be migrated to local servers…
Apple sets date to turn over cloud operations to a state-owned data center in China
Apple Inc. said it will turn over its cloud operations in China to a state-owned local partner…
U.S. Senate Republican Marco Rubio hits Tim Cook for kowtowing to China
Apple and Tim Cook are again under fire for their relationship with the Chinese government…
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Patrick Leahy blast Apple CEO Tim Cook for removing VPN apps from App Store in China
U.S. Senator’s Ted Cruz (R, Texas) and Patrick Leahy (D, Vermont) have penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook…
FCC chairman proposes to regulate ISP’s under Title II
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler…
U.S. congressional Republicans’ bill aims to head off Obama’s so-called ‘net neutrality’ plan
U.S. congressional Republicans on Friday proposed legislation that would set…
U.S. Congressional proposal offers Internet rules of the road
For the past decade, a debate has raged in Washington and across the country…
U.S. FCC says it will vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’ in February
Republican lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation this month to preempt any FCC rule on the subject…
FCC commissioner accuses Netflix of creating fast lanes at the expense of competitors
Ajit Pai of the FCC today accused Netflix of ‘secur[ing] ‘fast lanes’ for its own content’…
FCC hopes its rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ survive inevitable litigation
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday…
Inside the dispute over so-called ‘net neutrality’ and why it’s important to Apple users
At the heart of the current net neutrality debate is…
Mark Cuban on so-called net neutrality: ‘The government will fsck the Internet up’
Entrepreneur, NBA team owner, and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has this to say…
Obama-appointed FCC chairman distances himself from Obama on so-called ‘net neutrality’
FCC Chairman Wheeler worries that the president’s more drastic approach is too simplistic and naive…
What does so-called ‘net neutrality’ mean for Apple?
Apple is spending money to connect to ISP’a access points…
AT&T to pause fiber investment until net neutrality rules are decided
AT&T will pause investments to bring fiber connections to 100 cities…
There’s no one to root for in the debate over so-called ‘net neutrality’
Finding it hard to understand the ‘net neutrality’ debate?
U.S. FCC plays Russian Roulette with so-called ‘net neutrality’
With its unlawful and backwards interpretation of partitioning the Internet, the FCC has little if any chance of winning in court…
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner: Republicans will continue efforts to stop misguided scheme to regulate the Internet
It’s disappointing, but not surprising, that the Obama administration continues to disregard the people’s will…
TechFreedom: Obama cynically exploits confusion over Title II, misses opportunity to lead on legislative deal
Obama’s statement is simply a cynical political ploy…
Obama wants FCC to regulate the Internet; Cruz calls it ‘Obamacare for the Internet’
Obama has called on federal regulators to toughen proposed net-neutrality rules…
