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Big Tech is back in the spotlight ¡ª and not in a good way. On July 29, the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook spent more than five hours fielding tough questions about their overwhelming market power from a bipartisan antitrust panel in the U.S. House of Representatives. Is the end of an era approaching?
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon for tech companies. As Amazon¡¯s Jeff Bezos, Apple¡¯s Tim Cook, Google¡¯s Sundar Pichai and Facebook¡¯s Mark Zuckerberg all noted in their opening statements at the antitrust hearing, people appreciate the services their companies provide. Recent research indicates that the COVID-19 crisis has .

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