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Morning Consult Tech: DOJ Officials and State Attorneys General Reportedly Set to Meet Next Week to Discuss Google Probes

By Sam Sabin Top Stories Lawyers with the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are expected to meet next week to discuss their ongoing investigations into Google, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a dialogue that could lead to a formal partnership between the two regulatory groups. […]

Morning Consult Tech: Week in Review & What’s Ahead

By Sam Sabin Week in Review Bezos and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman A United Nations investigation implicated Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the 2018 hacking of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos’ cellphone. The report showed that Bezos’ phone was infected with malware and hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message from the Saudi […]

Morning Consult Tech: George Soros Alleges There’s an ‘Informal Mutual’ Agreement Between Facebook and Trump to Help His Re-Election

By Sam Sabin Top Stories During his annual speech at the World Economic Forum, billionaire George Soros said without providing evidence that he believes that Facebook Inc. and President Donald Trump have an “informal mutual assistance operation or agreement” to help the president get re-elected and protect the company. Soros added that Facebook’s only […]

Trump’s Tweets Find a Much Bigger Audience on TV Than on Twitter

Morning Consult Tech: U.K. Officials Said to Recommend Limiting Huawei’s Role in 5G Buildout Instead of Banning It Altogether

By Sam Sabin Top Stories United Kingdom officials proposed giving Huawei Technologies Co. a limited role in building out the country’s 5G network that would prevent it from accessing restricted government systems and the core part of the network, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, in opposition to American recommendations to […]

Morning Consult Tech: UN Report Expected to Say That Bezos’ Phone Was Hacked After Receiving Message From Saudi Crown Prince

By Sam Sabin Top Stories A United Nations investigation set to be released today will implicate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the 2018 hacking of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos’ cellphone, according to a person with direct knowledge of the report. The report is expected to show that Bezos’ phone was infected […]

Morning Consult Tech: Google’s Pichai Calls for Regulating Artificial Intelligence Ahead of Meeting With EU Competition Chief

By Sam Sabin Top Stories Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai called for regulation of artificial intelligence during a speech at a Brussels-based think tank, saying that “there is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated” and that regulations should balance both the harm and benefits of such technologies. Pichai’s […]

Morning Consult Tech: Week in Review & What’s Ahead

By Sam Sabin Morning Consult Tech will be off Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Publication will resume Tuesday. Week in Review Encryption During a press conference, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Apple Inc. has not given “any substantive assistance” to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in unlocking a set of iPhones used by […]

Morning Consult Tech: Four Companies Sue Facebook, Seeking to Force Sale of WhatsApp and Instagram

By Sam Sabin Morning Consult Tech will be off Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Publication will resume Tuesday. Top Stories Four rival companies are accusing Facebook Inc. of anticompetitive behavior and seeking to force the company to sell WhatsApp and Instagram in a new lawsuit filed in a California federal court, a suit […]