The Big Tech companies of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google spent over $20 million on lobbying in the first half of 2020. Some of that went toward making an impact on coronavirus relief legislation.

James Murdoch resigned from the News Corp board of directors on Friday citing “disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in an interview out Friday, compared the U.S. to a sports team that stands poised to lose after years of winning.

Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok U.S. While the deal doesn’t further Microsoft’s mission of servicing enterprise customers, it may be too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Microsoft’s interest in TikTok comes after the Trump Administration said it is considering blocking the app in the U.S.

Apple shares closed up 10.47% Friday, giving it a market valuation of $1.84 trillion. Saudi Aramco, which had been the most valuable publicly listed company since its market debut last year, now trails at $1.76 trillion as of its last close.

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