
Big Tech
Big Tech is the label for the largest US technology companies, such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Meta.
201 linked stories in all years we hold
Via Wikimedia Commons (AAAMM2 Big Tech)
The earliest story we hold is from Oct 7, 2021.
Stories involving Big Tech1 named story in 2026
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- The backlash against AI data centers and their power and water costsJan 13 – Nov 7, 2026 · 164 stories
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Week of Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026: 12 left, 20 center, 12 right, 9% of the sources that published that week · 70 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2026 - Feb 1, 2026 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 7% |
| Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 9, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 2, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 9, 2026 - Mar 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 22, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 23, 2026 - Mar 29, 2026 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5% |
| Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 5, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 6, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 13, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 20, 2026 - Apr 26, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 27, 2026 - May 3, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 4, 2026 - May 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 11, 2026 - May 17, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 18, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 25, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 41 | 17% |
| Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 7, 2026 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 13% |
| Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 15, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 22, 2026 - Jun 28, 2026 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5% |
| Jun 29, 2026 - Jul 5, 2026 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 4% |
| Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 3% |
| Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 19, 2026 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 5% |
| Jul 20, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 66 | 10% |
| Jul 27, 2026 - Aug 2, 2026 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 3% |
| Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 9, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | under 1% |
| Aug 10, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | under 1% |
| Aug 17, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2% |
| Aug 24, 2026 - Aug 30, 2026 | 48 | 59 | 39 | 294 | 31% |
| Aug 31, 2026 - Sep 6, 2026 | 32 | 37 | 25 | 185 | 20% |
| Sep 7, 2026 - Sep 13, 2026 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 136 | 14% |
| Sep 14, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 8% |
| Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2% |
| Sep 28, 2026 - Oct 4, 2026 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 83 | 12% |
| Oct 5, 2026 - Oct 11, 2026 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 3% |
| Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2% |
| Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 83 | 12% |
| Oct 26, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 44 | 8% |
| Nov 2, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 173 | 17% |
| Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 70 | 9% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
104 left · 118 center · 90 right: 312 sources on the spectrum, across 201 linked stories.
Everything else51 updates in 2026 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Big Tech that are not part of any story yet
- Nov 8Trump pressed to bench big tech from UN ‘climate hoax’ summit2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Nov 2– 3Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks lift Wall Street and make up for a drop by Apple12 articles · 6 sources1 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Nov 2Snap settles social media addiction case, ending bellwether trial10 articles · 10 sources2 left, 4 center, 3 right
- Oct 31Big Tech libertarian goes all in to stop Democrats in states like Michigan2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Oct 30Big Tech plans 'universal basic income' fund — there's just one huge problem2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Oct 23Wall Street mostly loses ground under pressure from rising oil prices9 articles · 6 sources1 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Oct 2Amazon seeks to offload $8bn of Nvidia chips to investors4 articles · 4 sources2 left, 0 center, 0 right
- Sep 22– 25Zuckerberg, Altman, other Big Tech moguls among attendees at Trump-Xi dinner12 articles · 9 sources2 left, 6 center, 1 right
- Sep 18– 19$700 Billion Data Center Boom: Tax Gains Beat Political Backlash3 articles · 3 sources0 left, 1 center, 2 right
- Sep 15– 18Thousands of Bay Area, SoCal security guards at major retailers and tech giants begin strike4 articles · 5 sources2 left, 3 center, 0 right
Stories that name Big Tech
- Nov 11Major Trump donor broadcasts loyalties to the left — just a week after blue-wave midterms2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Nov 10– 11Anthropic Sets IPO Range Valuing Company At Up To $1.4 Trillion, Says AI May Pose “Existential Risks To Humanity”75 articles · 48 sources11 left, 19 center, 10 right
- Nov 7Hillary Clinton wants to subpoena Elon Musk after years of warning about weaponizing the system2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Nov 5– 7Lawsuit claims AI on Google's school Chromebook helped plan teen's near-suicide22 articles · 14 sources5 left, 7 center, 1 right
- Nov 5– 6Google, Meta and TikTok sue California over law designed to protect children from social media harms22 articles · 22 sources3 left, 10 center, 6 right
- Nov 2– 5Stocks plunge as midterm results send AI trade into a tailspin22 articles · 19 sources4 left, 9 center, 6 right
- Oct 30– 31Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after the sell-off for tech stocks deepens21 articles · 18 sources2 left, 14 center, 2 right
- Oct 24– 29Apple iPhone Duo’s Cracked Screen Takes Some Excitement Away From Launch22 articles · 18 sources4 left, 5 center, 4 right
- Oct 21– 23Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook83 articles · 63 sources15 left, 29 center, 10 right
- Oct 15– 16Meta and Apple are partnering to run an open-weight AI model on Mac Studio computers11 articles · 10 sources4 left, 1 center, 1 right
Local coverage
- Nov 2– 6How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 11/5/20266 articles · 2 sources1 left, 1 center, 0 right