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JPMorgan: Wall Street is too negative over a potential Biden presidency
According to JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wall Street is too negative on prospects for the markets if Democratic candidate Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential…
Why Google owes the European Union $5 billion
After the better part of three years’ investigation, the European Union has announced…
Facebook’s surveillance machine
Facebook’s business model involves having people go to the site for social interaction, only to be quietly subjected to an enormous level of surveillance…
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg AWOL from Facebook’s damage control session
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain…
U.S. FTC reportedly probing Facebook’s abuse of personal data as UK summons Zuckerberg for questioning
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
Yet another Facebook debacle means it’s time for an Apple social network
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair…
The problem isn’t Cambridge Analytica: It’s Facebook
Cambridge Analytica garnered headlines across the world on Friday as Facebook formally suspended the company…
Eric Schmidt to step down as the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc.
Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors…
Apple has spent record $2.2 million lobbying Trump administration over past three months
Apple spent an all-time high $2.2 million lobbying Donald Trump’s federal government…
At the start of the Trump era, Apple spent more on lobbying than ever, but outspent 2.5 times by Google
Since the election of President Donald Trump, Apple’s been been cultivating some good old fashioned Washington influence….
Protecting against possible ISP snooping by using a VPN and https
The Obama Administration created a new set of restrictions on Internet service providers…
Why Congress’s rejection of proposed FCC data rules will not affect your privacy in the slightest
Congress was right to disapprove them…
Privacy 101: Why you need a VPN
Earlier this week, the Republican-led Congress voted to repeal FCC rules that blocked ISPs…
Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, senior advisor to President Trump
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were spotted eating last night at downtown hotspot Tosca with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…
Outgoing FCC chief Tom Wheeler offers final defense of so-called ‘net neutrality’
The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, used his final public speech…
Under President Trump, Obama ally Google may face policy setbacks, including roll back of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
During Obama’s presidency, more than 250 people moved between jobs at Google or related firms and the federal government, national political campaigns and Congress…
Google’s Eric Schmidt wore staff badge at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Inc., was spotted at Hillary Clinton’s ‘victory’ party last Tuesday wearing a staff badge…
President-elect Trump’s Android phone could be a national security crisis
If Trump is indeed using an Android device, he’s using a phone that the cybersecurity world broadly regards as significantly less secure than Apple’s iPhone…
Apple and U.S. President-elect Trump: Can a tax cut for overseas cash heal wounds?
The good news for Apple Inc. under a Donald Trump presidency is it might finally be able to use its hoard of overseas cash…
Markets surge worldwide, investors exuberant following Trump’s U.S. presidential victory
European stocks rose on Thursday following extraordinary gains in Asia and the United States…
Silicon Valley uncertain after Donald Trump wins U.S. presidency
Donald Trump’s election victory is seen as a blow to Silicon Valley, putting the presidency…
Apple CEO Cook emails employees, calls for unity after Donald Trump presidential win
Apple CEO Tim Cook broadcast an all-hands memo to U.S. Apple employees Wednesday evening calling for unity…
Markets surge, Dow hits record high after Donald Trump wins U.S. presidency
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow industrials jumping 257 points, led by a surge in financial…
Five tech issues to watch under President Trump
How might a Donald Trump presidency affect Silicon Valley?
Apple CEO Tim Cook smartly maintained ties to GOP ahead of Trump victory
Donald Trump had some harsh words for Apple during the campaign, but what will his attitude be toward…
Donald J. Trump elected 45th president of the United States
Along with the House, the GOP retained control of the Senate and will control Congress and the White House in 2017, with the opportunity to fill the Supreme Court’s vacancy…
Why Donald Trump bests Hillary Clinton on key tech policies
I’m a small IT business owner and a decade-long IT pro, and I’m standing with Trump on the issues closest to my heart: technology issues and their related policies…
Silicon Valley donated 60 times more to Clinton than to Trump
For every $1 that employees at the world’s biggest technology companies donated to Donald Trump…
WikiLeaks emails show extremely close relationship between Clinton campaign and Google’s Eric Schmidt
The emails between Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and campaign manager Robby Mook show that Schmidt met with Podesta…
99% of Silicon Valley’s political dollars are going to Hillary Clinton
Data compiled by Crowdpac, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign donations, shows that employees at technology companies…
Apple App Store rejects pro-Trump ‘Build the Wall’ game over ‘Pepe The Frog’ cartoon
An iPhone game created by pro-Trump internet personality Baked Alaska, has been rejected from the Apple App Store for including a cameo by Pepe the Frog
WikiLeaks emails show Hillary Clinton campaign logo was inspired by Apple
Hillary Clinton’s campaign logo, a red arrow going through the middle of a capitol ‘H,’ was influenced by Apple…
Apple BoD member Al Gore to campaign for Hillary Clinton, hoping to mobilize young voters who think climate change is key issue
Al Gore will start campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to individuals briefed on the plan…
Apple CEO Tim Cook and the rest of Silicon Valley throw big money at Clinton and pretty much bupkis at Trump
Tim Cook will mark his five-year anniversary as the CEO of Apple by doing something that his predecessor Steve Jobs typically avoided: hosting a fundraiser for a presidential candidate…
U.S. presidential campaign ad salutes Steve Jobs, says ‘Vote different’
The Apple ad — which achieved cult status — has clips of humanitarians and beloved people including Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali, Mahatma Gandhi, Jim Henson, and Amelia Earhart…
Apple for President?
Based upon Citizens United and Mitt Romney, corporations are people, too, so why couldn’t Apple run for president?
How to follow the 2016 U.S. presidential election from iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Here are a few helpful tips for keeping up with the whole election season using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac…
Eric Schmidt-backed startup stealthily working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House
An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt has become a major technology vendor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign…
Carly Fiorina’s Hewlett-Packard tenure: A disputed legacy
Carly Fiorina took the stage with Gwen Stefani at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce…
Apple Board member Al Gore won’t rule out 2016 U.S. presidential run
We all know where former vice president Al Gore stands when it comes to climate change, but…
Apple’s largest individual shareholder, Carl Icahn, endorses Donald Trump for U.S. President
In a video and interview publishing Tuesday, Carl Icahn shares Donald Trump’s criticism of the U.S.’s failure to…
