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July 29, 2020

Tech issues delayed Big Tech hearing as Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook awaited grilling

Ironically, tech issues momentarily delayed a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday that has the CEOs of the four largest U.S. tech companies facing questions on a wide range of topics,

July 29, 2020

Tech CEOs testify to Congress at antitrust hearing: live updates

Tech CEOs from Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google are testifying before Congress Wednesday as lawmakers examine the dominance of their online platforms and the antitrust laws that pertain to them.

July 29, 2020

Big Tech on Capitol Hill: Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple CEOs set to testify in antitrust hearing

Four Big Tech titans – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple, will testify before the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust Wednesday.

July 28, 2020

Tech titans Bezos, Cook, Pichai and Zuckerberg testifying before Congress: What to know

Tech titans from Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google will testify before Congress Wednesday as lawmakers examine the dominance of these online platforms and antitrust laws that pertain to them. 

July 27, 2020

Adonis Hoffman: When Big Tech chiefs testify in Congress, expect heated rhetoric but no action to control them

After months of evasion, CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google have agreed to testify Wednesday before a House subcommittee.

July 26, 2020

Amazon shares your private info unless you do these steps

Amazon’s stock is soaring as it joins the trillion-dollar club alongside Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube. The buy-anything-you-need site is even moving into our lexicon. Rather than risking a trip to the store amid the pandemic, we say, "I'll Prime it."

July 14, 2020

DC Delegate Norton: Redskins' name change 'necessary' and should have happened years ago

A name change for the NFL's Washington Redskins – one of the league's oldest franchises – was "necessary," Washington, D.C., Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton stated Tuesday.

July 11, 2020

Trump administration announces 25 percent tariff on $1.3B in French handbags, cosmetics, other goods

The White House on Saturday announced a 25 percent tariff on $1.3 billion worth of French merchandise, including cosmetics and handbags, after a digital service tax was levied against U.S. tech giants. 

July 9, 2020

Socialist Seattle councilwoman: Overthrow ‘racist, sexist, violent, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism’

After the Seattle City Council approved a payroll tax on the city’s largest employers this week, one of the councilmembers appeared to threaten locally headquartered e-commerce giant Amazon -- while using fiery language to call for the "overthrow" of the "rotten" system of capitalism.

July 8, 2020

Amazon removes Washington Redskins merchandise from site

First, it was big-name retailers like Walmart and Target, as well as Nike and Dick’s Sporting Goods, that removed Washington Redskins merchandise from their websites. Now, Amazon has joined the list.