{"id":21639,"date":"2026-01-20T16:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/big-tech-continues-to-bend-the-knee-to-trump-a-year-after-his-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:37:38","slug":"big-tech-continues-to-bend-the-knee-to-trump-a-year-after-his-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/big-tech-continues-to-bend-the-knee-to-trump-a-year-after-his-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Big tech continues to bend the knee to Trump a year after his inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside the big rewards tech titans have reaped from caving to Trump. Plus, a look at the US datacenter boom and the effects of Australia\u2019s social media ban<\/p>\n

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian\u2019s US tech editor.<\/p>\n

One year ago today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Standing alongside him that day were the leaders of the tech industry\u2019s most powerful companies, who had donated to him in an unprecedented bending of the knee. In the ensuing year, the companies have reaped enormous rewards from their alliance with Trump, which my colleague Nick Robins-Early and I wrote about last month<\/a> after Trump signed an executive order prohibiting states from passing laws regulating AI. Trump has sponsored the tech industry with billions in government funding and with diplomatic visits that featured CEOs as his fellow negotiators in massive, lucrative deals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nInside the big rewards tech titans have reaped from caving to Trump. Plus, a look at the US datacenter boom and the effects of Australia\u2019s social media ban
\nHello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian\u2019s US tech editor.
\nOne year ago today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Standing alongside him that day were the leaders of the tech industry\u2019s most powerful companies, who had donated to him in an unprecedented bending of the knee. In the ensuing year, the companies have reaped enormous rewards from their alliance with Trump, which my colleague Nick Robins-Early and I wrote about last month after Trump signed an executive order prohibiting states from passing laws regulating AI. Trump has sponsored the tech industry with billions in government funding and with diplomatic visits that featured CEOs as his fellow negotiators in massive, lucrative deals. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside the big rewards tech titans have reaped from caving to Trump. Plus, a look at the US datacenter boom and the effects of Australia\u2019s social media ban Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian\u2019s US tech editor. One year ago today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the …<\/p>\n

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