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Thursday

4 Key Takeaways From Washington's Big Tech Hearing On 'Monopoly Power'

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on Capitol Hill. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption

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4 Key Takeaways From Washington's Big Tech Hearing On 'Monopoly Power'

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., says Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple operate like monopolies and need to be broken up or regulated.

4 Key Takeaways From Washington's Big Tech Hearing On 'Monopoly Power'

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Wednesday

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies Wednesday via video before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. The hearing also featured the heads of Apple, Facebook and Google. Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

The CEOs tell Congress that the giant American tech companies do not stifle competition, saying the concern that too much power is concentrated in too few companies is unfounded.

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

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Tuesday

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar Pichai and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will face congressional questioning about whether tech has too much power. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer/AP hide caption

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Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

The heads of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple will face lawmakers' questions about whether they are using their power to squash competition.

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

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Monday

Thursday

Apple Will Build $1 Billion Campus in Austin, Adding 5,000 Jobs

Apple already employs more people in Austin than it does in any other city outside of its California headquarters. The new campus will be near its existing facility in the North Austin area. Apple hide caption

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Apple Will Build $1 Billion Campus in Austin, Adding 5,000 Jobs

The tech company says the move is expected to make it Austin's largest private employer. The city already has more Apple employees than anywhere else outside the company's headquarters in California.

Tuesday

Monday

Tim Cook visited the NPR offices in Washington, D.C., in 2015. On Monday, he spoke with NPR about Apple users' privacy and the importance of trade to global relationships.

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Apple Requested 'Zero' Personal Data In Deals With Facebook, CEO Tim Cook Says

"We've never been in the data business," Cook tells NPR. He was responding to a report that Facebook struck deals giving Apple and other device makers access to Facebook users' personal information.

Apple Requested 'Zero' Personal Data In Deals With Facebook, CEO Tim Cook Says

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Apple Aims To Help Parents Crack Down On Kids' iPhone Use

A child plays with a mobile phone while riding in a New York subway in December. Two major Apple investors urged the iPhone maker to take action to curb growing smartphone use among children. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Apple Aims To Help Parents Crack Down On Kids' iPhone Use

Apple will allow users to get reports on how much their kids are using particular apps on their iPhones and iPads. The announcement follows pressure from shareholders about the overuse of technology.

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Monday

Has Apple Lost Its Innovation Mojo?
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All Tech Considered

Has Apple Lost Its Innovation Mojo?

Apple was once considered the most innovative company in the tech sector. But by some accounts, it's being shown up by products from Amazon, Microsoft and now Samsung.

Has Apple Lost Its Innovation Mojo?

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Friday

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

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All Tech Considered

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

In challenging the FBI, Tim Cook has put himself and Apple front and center in a national debate on digital privacy. But a look at his record makes his confrontation with the government inevitable.

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

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Wednesday

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Backdoor To iPhones Would Be Software Equivalent Of Cancer

Apple CEO Tim Cook says creating new software to break into a locked iPhone would be "bad news" and "we would never write it." He spoke with ABC News' World News Tonight with David Muir. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption

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The Two-Way

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Backdoor To iPhones Would Be Software Equivalent Of Cancer

In an interview, Cook reiterates his company's position that Apple will not create iPhone-cracking software for the FBI, as the government has ordered.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Backdoor To iPhones Would Be Software Equivalent Of Cancer

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Friday

Can A 1789 Law Apply To An iPhone?

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the two shooters in the San Bernardino attack in December. iStockphoto hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Can A 1789 Law Apply To An iPhone?

The All Writs Act of 1789 was cited by a federal magistrate in ordering Apple to unlock an iPhone.

Can A 1789 Law Apply To An iPhone?

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Wednesday

A Privacy Advocate's View Of Ordering Apple To Help Unlock Shooter's iPhone

Marc Rotenberg, head of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, opposes phones that would have a built-in backdoor. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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All Tech Considered

A Privacy Advocate's View Of Ordering Apple To Help Unlock Shooter's iPhone

Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says the implication, if Apple did unlock the San Bernardino gunman's phone, is that future phones would have to have a built-in backdoor.

A Privacy Advocate's View Of Ordering Apple To Help Unlock Shooter's iPhone

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Thursday

Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right'

"We don't collect a lot of your data and understand every detail about your life. That's just not the business that we are in," says Apple CEO Tim Cook, shown here at the NPR offices in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right'

Apple has long touted the power and design of its devices, but recently it's been emphasizing their privacy features. Tim Cook describes how Apple is protecting and using, or not using, customer data.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right'

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