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ICYMI: Last week, we dropped our first newsletter of 2026! For insights on the Gemini deal between Apple and Google, Trump’s changing FTC makeup, and why Grok’s 2026 is off to a rough start, complete with news highlights from the month. 📰
Check it out: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Need a rundown of the antitrust cases against Big Tech, where they currently stand, and what we can expect in 2026? 🤔
Look no further than @techpolicypress.bsky.social’s Max Morgan’s roundup:
www.techpolicy.press/looking-ahea...
Big Tech’s AI boom isn’t the only threat it should fear, its massive dependence on digital advertising revenue could be the weak link next time the economy falters. 😬
Read more ⬇️
Looking for an issue uniting Dems & GOP in rural America? 🤔
Data centers are waking up communities to Big Tech’s habit of putting profits over people, secrecy over transparency, and short-term gain over long-term stewardship.
Excited for #SOTN2026 kicking off today. 👏
Grateful to the organizers for assembling such a strong lineup of internet policy leaders, especially timely as we navigate the challenges and opportunities of AI. ⬇️
www.stateofthenet.org/live
My take on the Apple-Google Gemini deal in @nextgencompetition.bsky.social newsletter.
➡️ Apple said in search case Google payments were to compete on AI
➡️ False
➡️ Undermines remedies ordered in Google search & another reason to appeal
➡️ Also data point in DOJ suit against Apple
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Our first edition of Top Hat and Thimble for 2026 is live! 🗞️
Check out @sumitecon.bsky.social's take on the Gemini deal between Apple and Google, what’s going on with Trump’s FTC, and why Grok is so awful, complete with news highlights from the month.
Read here: newsletter.nextgencomp.tech
Apple’s partnership with Google to integrate Gemini into Siri may look like smart business, but it follows a familiar and troubling pattern of weakened incentives, entrenched defaults, and shared monopoly rents.
We’ve seen this film before, and we didn’t like the ending. 🙅🏻♂️
Elon’s at it again, pouring money into a Senate candidate in Kentucky with close ties to the VP.
Let’s hope voters see through the billionaires buying access like they did in Wisconsin last year after he dropped $20 million. 😏
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
The damage Grok has already done, exposing and altering people’s images without consent, is irreversible.
Now the Defense Department wants to make that its AI partner? We should all be alarmed. 🤯
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
@nytimes.com's Jessica Grose makes the case for public shame, and how it can be effective to steer Big Tech and AI in a different, more positive direction. 🤞🏼
More here: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
It’s not just environmentalists calling out data centers, Peter Huntsman.
Everyday Americans across the country are pushing back because these facilities drain communities dry, hike utility bills, and operate with zero transparency. 👎🏼
www.wsj.com/opinion/they...
Just when we thought Zuck couldn’t get any worse, he appoints a former Trump advisor as Meta’s new president. 🤦🏻♂️
We are so far from normal.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Data centers are finally waking people up to the idea that Big Tech puts profits over people, their needs over the needs of local communities, and secrecy over transparency. 😒
Excellent piece from @michitrota.bsky.social via @ohiocapitaljournal.com:
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/13/t...
Most Americans SHOULD be concerned about Big Tech flattery, glad to see this data getting the attention it deserves. 👏
Full scoop from @axios.com's Ashley Gold:
www.axios.com/2026/01/12/m...
Short answer: no @time.com, it’s not. You should not give AI access to your private health records. Don’t believe us? 🤔
Even AI doesn’t think you should trust it with health records:
time.com/7344997/chat...
Agree, we do “need a strong FTC to continue fighting for the American consumer.”
But strength depends on capacity and independence, not political interference from a President who bows to Big Tech. 🤷🏻♂️
thehill.com/opinion/cong...
Big Tech isn’t crushing rivals the old-fashioned way, they're rewriting the rules, one business at a time.
Must-read via @thehill.com from Adonis Hoffman on their quiet kill of competition, and why DC can’t afford to look away. ⬇️
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
When Google announced its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, many expected serious scrutiny from DOJ.
Instead, the deal was quietly waved through. 😒
Now all eyes are on Brussels: will the EU do what the US wouldn’t and launch a full investigation?
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Ahead of the holidays, we released our 2025 Antitrust Scorecard, ranking who’s up and who’s down in the world of antitrust and competition.
What are your predictions for 2026, do you think these scores will hold? 👀
Big Tech isn’t just influencing the future, it’s actively rewriting the rules of government, infrastructure, and society. 😱
From AI surveillance to DOGE’s overreach, this essential series exposed how deep the tech takeover in 2025 really went:
thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-ye...
Love this from @issueonereform.bsky.social’s @isabelsunderland.bsky.social 🔥
Big Tech flattery continues, and @nytceciliakang.bsky.social makes it painfully obvious that even Republicans are uncomfortable with the trajectory:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/t...
The House is back in session today for the first time this year. Let’s see if Jim Jordan continues to play the role of Big Tech’s biggest lobbyist, or if he’ll actually show some backbone and deliver real oversight.
ICYMI, @sumitecon.bsky.social had a lot to say about this in a recent op-ed:
We stand with the whistleblowers who’ve risked careers and personal safety to expose how Big Tech endangers the public.
Their courage is fueling overdue accountability ⬇️
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Happy 2026! 🍾 Our resolution is to keep fighting to hold this administration and Big Tech accountable, just as we’ve done consistently and forcefully, year after year.
The stakes are high. We’re not backing down. Let’s get to work.
nextgencomp.tech
Data centers dominated headlines in 2025, and not for the right reasons. Across the country, local communities are fighting back against Big Tech’s broken promises.
Don’t be fooled: these projects aren’t a “boon.” They’re a bust. 👎
This fall, we launched our first-ever Q&A series with @reedforcongress.bsky.social: attorney, advocate, and congressional candidate in Illinois’ 7th District. 🇺🇸
If you missed it, catch up below, and stay tuned for more in 2026. 👀
newsletter.nextgencomp.tech/p/top-hat-an...
Looking for a refresher on all the ways Big Tech “bent the knee” for the current administration in 2025? 🤔
Look no further than Devindra Hardawar’s wrap-up piece below:
Merry Christmas from NextGen! 🎄🎁
In a year of corporate power grabs and Big Tech flattery, we fought back with facts, with resolve, and with you.
Thanks for standing with us in 2025. Let’s make 2026 the year we turn the tide. 💪🏼
Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄 Do you know what Amazon should receive under the tree this year? Coal.
Kudos @ilsr.bsky.social for this timely and necessary report exposing the tech giant’s latest antics ⬇️
