Big Tech North America Regulation January 20, 2025 US politicians target Trump donations A pair of US senators reportedly accused leading technology companies of attempting to win the favour of President-elect Donald Trump by donating millions to his inauguration ceremony, noting many face ongoing government investigations and regulatory action By Mike Robuck
Big Tech Meta North America January 15, 2025 Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg invited to Trump inauguration Billionaire tech titans Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will reportedly attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on 20 January alongside elected officials. By Mike Robuck
Big Tech Meta January 14, 2025 Meta Platforms to axe almost 4,000 jobs Meta Platforms reportedly outlined intentions to cull 5 per cent of its staff in 2025, estimated to be around 3,600 jobs, as part of a performance-based termination plan. By Amiya Johar
Big Tech Google Microsoft January 10, 2025 Google, Microsoft each donate $1M to Trump fund Count Google and Microsoft among the recent spate of Big Tech companies that have reportedly donated to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund after each kicked in $1 million. By Mike Robuck
Big Tech Meta North America January 7, 2025 Meta Platforms to end fact checking programme Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of changes to the company’s social media sites that included ending its third-party fact checking programme in favour of a community notes system also used by Elon Musk-owned X. By Mike Robuck
Big Tech Meta January 7, 2025 Meta fights for Trump influence with UFC board election Meta Platforms named three new directors to its board, continuing its leadership overhaul ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. By Amiya Johar
AI & Cloud Big Tech Microsoft January 6, 2025 Microsoft to spend $80B on AI data centres in fiscal 2025 Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith revealed the company was on track to spend approximately $80 billion to build out AI-enabled data centres in its current financial year (to end-June), with more than half of that investment earmarked for the US. By Mike Robuck
