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“A broad censorship regime" - Big Tech and students hit Texas age verification law with legal complaints

The Texas App Store Accountability Act is set to be enforced on January 1, 2026, requiring Big Tech to perform age checks on all users downloading apps in app stores.

TechRadar · Oct 21, 2025

Big Tech Earnings To Validate AI Spending Surge

Big Tech is gearing up for a blockbuster earnings season as surging enterprise demand for artificial intelligence propels growth across cloud giants, signaling what could be the next major leg of the AI investment boom.

Benzinga · Oct 8, 2025

YouTube agrees to pay $24.5M to settle Trump lawsuit filed after his January 6 insurrection suspension

The deal makes YouTube the final Big Tech company to bend the knee — following Elon Musk’s X and Facebook’s parent company Meta

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

What Is Going On With Broadcom Stock On Tuesday?

Custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) provider Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) trended on Tuesday as the Big Tech giants (including Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta Platforms inc (NASDAQ:META) continue to invest in their artificial intelligence ambitions.

Benzinga · Sep 16, 2025

Trump vs Tech: How an immigration fight could blow up the fragile alliance

The tech industry has come to rely heavily on the H-1B foreign guest work program in recent decades. That puts it at odds with its new ally in the White House

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025

Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers could be bumped off grids during power emergencies

As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2025

Meta is sinking $10 billion into Louisiana to build its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the grid buildout

The massive data center buildout is underway, requiring massive amounts of new power and, increasingly, more fossil fuels and gas plants.

Fortune · Aug 24, 2025

Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say

A federal appeals court has ruled that part of a first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising in Maryland aimed at Big Tech is unconstitutional

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025

This Former Tech Exec Worked At Meta, TikTok And Netflix — Then Built A Million-Dollar Business Linking South Korea To The US Market

Kurated Agency founder Sora Lee turned a decade in Big Tech into a million-dollar pivot. She now links South Korean beauty brands to U.S. shelves while trade flows stay brisk. The timing matters: federal data show consumer demand, and South Korean exporters keep shipping goods to American buyers. 

Benzinga · Aug 13, 2025

Air Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says

The ballooning demand from the military for innovative technology creates a “whole new sector” friendly to BigTech, an American University professor told Fortune.

Fortune · Aug 10, 2025