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Senate Committee Votes to Subpoena Tech CEOs over Liability Protections
The subpoena requests testimony from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and Google’s Sundar Pichai.
The Capital Note: Commodities, Cars & Climate
On the menu today: the unraveling of LVMH’s Tiffany acquisition, the tech selloff, and the economics of the Olympics.
The Dreams of Sohrab Ahmari
Whatever legitimate grievances of which Ahmari speaks, actually doing something about them cannot merely be a matter of wish-casting and
Zuckerberg To Testify that Anti-Trust Legislation against Facebook Will Only Aid China
Facebook chief executive officer will argue that any weakening of U.S. companies will cede territory to Chinese companies.
Can Geoengineering Save the Planet?
Reading Time: 12 minutes Today, we can’t even agree on the basics of a disease that has killed almost 130,000
China Telecom spending on foreign influence amid Trump admin crackdown
President Donald Trump and FCC Chair Ajit Pai (Tom Brenner/Getty Images) Chinese telecommunications operators poured hundreds of thousands of dollars
Barr Taking Over Antitrust Probes of Silicon Valley Tech Companies
William Barr has tightened his control of the Justice Department’s antitrust probes, a move that could spell trouble for Silicon Valley
FTC to Review Past Big Tech Mergers, Demands Info from Apple, Facebook, Amazon
U.S. regulators announced Tuesday that they are demanding information about past mergers from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Alphabet.