Hackernews posts about Big Tech

Big Tech is a term used to describe the four largest and most influential technology companies in the world - Amazon, Facebook (now Meta), Google, and Apple - that have significant power and influence over the digital landscape.

1. 'A Big Fuck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center (www.commondreams.org)
   57 points by abdelhousni 29 days ago | 20 comments
2. Ask HN: What's it like working in big tech recently with all the AI tools?
   28 points by ex-aws-dude 24 days ago | 15 comments
3. Chat Control: EU Parliament said no to Big Tech mass surveillance of your chats (www.techradar.com)
   15 points by iamnothere 6 days ago | 1 comments
4. Doctorow: "'Build it, they will come' is a trap." Leaving Big Tech / USA's Stack (pluralistic.net)
   11 points by replooda 20 days ago | 1 comments
5. Acquihires, often used by Big Tech, are a 'red flag,' DOJ antitrust head says (www.reuters.com)
   10 points by Anon84 3 days ago | 1 comments
6. Big Tech backs Anthropic in fight against Trump administration (www.bbc.com)
   9 points by jethronethro 10 days ago | discuss
7. Leave big tech behind How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more (www.theguardian.com)
   6 points by Brajeshwar 22 days ago | discuss
8. Leave big tech behind How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more (www.theguardian.com)
   6 points by billybuckwheat 23 days ago | discuss
9. The 'European' Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone (www.wired.com)
   5 points by doener 18 days ago | 1 comments
10. Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof (www.wired.com)
    5 points by g-b-r 30 days ago | 1 comments
11. US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials (www.politico.eu)
    5 points by mindracer 3 days ago | discuss
12. Big Tech still dreams of mass surveillance – now people are pushing back (www.salon.com)
    5 points by speckx 24 days ago | discuss
13. More Big Tech Layoffs Loom as Meta Mulls 20% Cut to Its Workforce (www.investopedia.com)
    4 points by nigelgutzmann 4 days ago | discuss
14. Big Tech purchases of carbon credits explode, Microsoft leading the way (www.cnbc.com)
    4 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 5 days ago | discuss
15. Big tech engineers need big egos (www.seangoedecke.com)
    4 points by jnord 8 days ago | discuss
16. How the Iran War Threatens Big Tech's AI Data Center Buildout in the Middle East [video] (www.youtube.com)
    4 points by mgh2 8 days ago | discuss
17. Addicted to the algorithm – Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media (corporateeurope.org)
    4 points by robtherobber 18 days ago | discuss
18. Breaking up with Big Tech – Progress update (thedent.net)
    4 points by speckx 19 days ago | discuss
19. Big Tech Spends More on Buildings Than Research (cupellabs.com)
    3 points by impjohn about 5 hours ago | discuss
20. Big Tech backs Anthropic in fight against Trump administration (www.bbc.com)
    3 points by maxloh 9 days ago | discuss
21. Big Tech's Gulf megaprojects are trapped between two war choke points (restofworld.org)
    3 points by car 17 days ago | discuss
22. Trump says he has told big tech companies to build their own power plants (www.reuters.com)
    3 points by giuliomagnifico 24 days ago | discuss
23. How Big Tech's AI Ambitions Are Fueling a Borrowing Boom (www.bloomberg.com)
    2 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 7 days ago | discuss
24. Winners of the smartphone boom think they know what the next big tech gadget is (www.cnn.com)
    2 points by breve 19 days ago | discuss
25. Trump allies target European NGOs in battle over Big Tech rules (www.ftm.eu)
    2 points by robtherobber 23 days ago | discuss
26. Moody's alert cites gap in data centre accounting for Big Tech companies (www.ft.com)
    2 points by petethomas 25 days ago | discuss
27. EDRi Open Letter: We say no to Big Tech mass snooping on our messages (edri.org)
    2 points by robtherobber 25 days ago | discuss
28. Open Letter: We say no to Big Tech mass snooping on our messages (edri.org)
    2 points by latexr 26 days ago | discuss
29. Open-source AI hardware could weaken Big Tech's grip on AI (restofworld.org)
    1 points by Brajeshwar 17 days ago | discuss
30. Passive investing and Big Tech: an ill-fated match (www.risk.net)
    1 points by 7777777phil 26 days ago | discuss