It's time to call it: The Big Tech backlash is formally over.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, at the Sun Valley conference, July 2025
For years, we were told American regulators were going to rein in Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his fellow big tech bosses. That didn't happen.

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A top Meta policy manager is leaving — and she rated the company's performance on the way out

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Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg waves before speaking at LlamaCon 2025
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg waves before speaking at LlamaCon 2025

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Donald Trump once threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg. Now he's his ally.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seen here at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, has had multiple meetings with the President since he's taken office.

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Now that Trump acquired 10% of Intel, who's next?

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Donald Trump speaks at the White House, August 2025
Donald Trump says he wants to do more deals like the one he just did with Intel, where the U.S. took a 10% stake in the chip-maker.

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Forget the Crypto Bros. Wall Street Is Driving the New Crypto Boom

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The Trump Family’s Crypto Empire Is Expanding—Fast

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Now Trump is tariffing American companies, too

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Economy
Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, July 2025
In Donald Trump's second term, the U.S. government is increasingly involving itself in private business — like a reported 15% tax it has placed on some chip exports to China.

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The Great American EV Tax Credit Rush Has Begun

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esla electric vehicles fill the car lot at the Tesla retail location

The SEC Just Quietly Surrendered in Its Biggest Crypto Battle

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What Apple's $100 billion US pledge really means — and what it doesn't mean

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business
Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook tour a Flextronics plant in Texas that makes Apple Mac computers, November 2019
During Donald Trump's first term, Apple CEO Tim Cook built a relationship with the president, in part via photo opportunities like this tour of a Texas plant that made Apple computers in 2019.

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