In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions to “avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor.” These sizable donations surpass the amount most of these companies contributed to President Joe Biden’s inauguration fund in 2021.
Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration fundraising has reached a record $170 million, with major donations from tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Tech titans including the leaders of Meta, Amazon, Google, Tesla, TikTok, Apple, Alphabet, and OpenAI are set to attend the formal start of Trump's second term.
President-elect Trump considers reprieve for video-sharing app as law prohibiting its distribution takes effect Sunday.
The new ‘Trump coin’, launched on the Solana chain, surged to over $30 less than 24 hours after its launch. The meme token was only introduced at 9:44 PM ET on Friday, but analysts are already hinting that this could become the biggest meme coin in history.
Some of the app's 170 million American users are buzzing with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for Sunday local time, in the final days of the Biden administration.
Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” give TikTok 90 extra days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a US ban.
Google has its tentacles full these days. While pouring a sea of money into developing so-called generative AI, the company is up against two major antitrust cases brought by the federal government and a number of states.
It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban.
The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.