One benefit of having five giant companies in charge of today’s tech infrastructure is that they provide a convenient focus for addressing those problems. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Interested in All Things Tech? (The foundation is funded, in part, by donations from tech companies.) And it’s not obvious that will remain the case — the top tech companies of tomorrow might easily be Chinese, or Indian or Russian or European. Yes, this is jingoistic; the idea of a handful of American tech giants controlling much of society has helped push regulators internationally to try to limit their power.

Source: New York Times November 01, 2017 12:33 UTC