Apple is getting slammed by both Republicans and Democrats for pulling an app used by Hong Kong protesters to monitor police activity

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Apple is getting slammed by both Republicans and Democrats for pulling an app used by Hong Kong protesters to monitor police activity

Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress criticized Apple on Thursday for the company's decision to pull the HKmap.live app from the App Store.

Forbes just revoked Adam Neumann's billionaire status and lowered its estimate of his personal net worth to $600 million — which means his purported net worth has plummeted by $3.5 billion in just 7 months

The $3.5 billion drop in Nuemann's personal net worth was the result of the declining value of Neumann's 18% stake in WeWork, Forbes reported.

Microsoft workers are asking the company to cancel its $8 million of contracts with ICE, after their colleagues at GitHub take a stand

Microsoft employees posted a letter on GitHub asking the company to drop its contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, worth over $8 million

Tim Cook sent a memo to employees explaining why he stands by Apple's decision to remove an app used by Hong Kong protesters to track police

Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a staff email that the app HKmap.live was being used to "maliciously target individual officers for violence."

Trump just joined Amazon’s video game streaming site Twitch, even though he has major beef with Jeff Bezos

Amazon is a constant target of US President Donald Trump's ire.

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Business Insider Intelligence takes a dive into the evolving cloud gaming market by examining drivers and barriers while identifying top competitors.

James Murdoch reportedly bought a stake in Vice, as his new company begins to make media investments

James Murdoch's holding company Lupa Systems agreed to buy a minority share in Vice Media shortly after Vice acquired Refinery29, according to the FT.

The CEO of KLM predicts that the first commercial electric airplane will arrive in 15 to 20 years

Pieter Elbers, the CEO of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, echoed statements made earlier this year by former Air France CEO Alexandre de Juniac.

GM CEO Mary Barra met with top UAW leadership to overcome strike impasse

The meeting evidently encouraged negotiators to overcome an impasse and continue working through remaining contract issues.

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