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Trying to cut tech giants out of your life is even harder than you think

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2019
"You basically can't use the internet without interacting with them," Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill says.
Privacy and technology reporter Kashmir Hill tried to cut herself off from big tech companies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.
Courtesy of Myra Iqbal
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Forecast for tech earnings: sunny, with clouds on the horizon

by Renata Sago
Jan 30, 2019
Apple beats analysts' estimates while Facebook, Microsoft expected to have strong quarters. But government regulation may drag down future earnings.
Apple beats analysts' estimates while Facebook and Microsoft are expected to have strong quarters.
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France fines Google $57 million for violating privacy rules

by Andy Uhler
Jan 25, 2019
How big a fine is appropriate when a company earns scores of billions a year?
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Big tech companies have an affordable housing problem

by Ben Bradford
Jan 17, 2019
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to fund affordable housing projects in the white-hot real estate market where they are based. As part of a community building initiative in Seattle, Microsoft is pledging $475 million in low-interest loans to support housing construction projects over three years, with another $25 million marked for homelessness. There has […]
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When Big Tech embeds staffers in political campaigns

by Molly Wood
Jan 8, 2019
What can we expect in 2020?
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An argument against Big Tech being so big

by Molly Wood
Nov 13, 2018
A former senior advisor to the FTC makes the case.
An Apple laptop sits on a podium with the Google logo during a Google special event in 2010 in San Francisco.
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How the midterm elections could shape tech policy

by Molly Wood
Nov 9, 2018
Congress is changing. And so is its attitude toward tech.
Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn, who won a Senate seat in Tuesday's election, has ties to the telecom industry. 
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Should Big Tech pay more to help the homeless in San Francisco?

by Molly Wood
Nov 1, 2018
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks so.
Andrew Loy begs along a sidewalk in downtown San Francisco, California on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. Homelessness is on the rise in the city irking residents and bringing the problem under a spotlight.
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How much economic influence do you think tech companies have?

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Oct 19, 2018
78 percent of Americans think it's a great deal. But what exactly does that mean?
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Does Big Tech have more influence on the economy than the president?

by Molly Wood
Oct 17, 2018
Americans seem to think so, according to the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
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