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Big Tech refers to the largest and most dominant technology companies, typically including firms like Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. These companies matter due to their immense influence on global economies, innovation, and daily digital life, often raising concerns about market power and data privacy.
1. Demystifying “Genius Design”: A Dive into Big Tech's Design Process
The tech industry is rife with romantic tales of "genius design" - a talented team huddled in a room birthing "eureka" moments. That's not the case in reality.
2. 5 to 23 Patterns to Ace Any Coding Interview
How to prep for coding interviews by using patterns to figure out how to guess the most likely questions to be asked in many programming job interviews.
3. Black Mirror in Real Life: Facebook Now Owns and is Developing a City
Here are the reasons why big tech companies are building cities. Also, know why many are worried.
4. Taming Big Tech: The Case for Monitoring
<em>How, working in the shadows of the internet, researchers developed a passive monitoring system that might soon make Big Tech companies accountable to the public — and even save democracy.</em>
5. How to Ace Your Next Coding Interview: Tips That Helped Me Land a Job at Meta
Coding problems are intentionally ambiguous, and interviewers won't provide all the necessary details upfront.
6. How to Survive Our Dystopian Future: A Practical List of Do's and Don'ts
In the right hands, tech can set us free—but it's in the wrong hands right now. So what can you do to prepare? Read this.
7. Elon Musk and The Worst-Case Scenario of a Nuclear Apocalypse
Elon Musk. Business. Tech. Politics. What could go wrong?
8. Tech Giants are in a Race to Dominate the AI Frontier
The evolution of AI is shaping up to be a dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape, with a few large companies currently leading the way.
9. Why Working in a Startup Is More Rewarding Than a Career in Big-Tech
Five reasons of why working in a startup might be more rewarding than position in a big-name company for specialists, who are focused on career achievements.
10. My Journey of Breaking into Big Tech (Or How I Ended up Joining Microsoft)
Is Big Tech all it’s cracked up to be? Are the stereotypes true? How the heck can someone get into these big companies?
11. Using Blockchain to Facilitate End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
Since Satoshi Nakamoto came up with the first conceptualized blockchain in 2008, that was an improvement on the system using a methodology similar to Hashcash which also led to the implementation of the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin in 2009, the blockchain has found a lot of uses in the business world. This is largely due to a lot of useful features inherent in the blockchain technology.
12. 5 Ways We Can Work to Close the Gender Gap in Tech
It’s really not as hard as it sounds
13. How Google Influences Public Opinion
Is Google trying to control what you think? The company certainly has an influence on public opinion — here are some of the ways Google affects your thoughts.
14. Big Tech Made Huge Moves in the Healthcare Industry in the Past Year
With shifting consumer demands for fast and convenient services, healthcare organizations are embracing digital transformation.
15. Unveiling Causal Impact: From Theory to Practice
We will guide you through a specific dataset, demonstrating how to implement the library and interpret results.
16. Who Has the Power to Break Up Big Tech?
The Big Five tech companies — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google owner Alphabet — have come under serious scrutiny in the past few years.
17. On Product and Parkour
Product, Parkour, and Pioneering: how the role of product management varies by stage of company
18. Anything Big Biz Can Do, Blockchain can do Better
As crypto again enters the bull market limelight, things feel different this time. The decentralised merger of Dune Network with Free TON offers insight to why.
19. Our Politicians Don’t Understand Tech and it's Time to Put Them to the Test
Mark Zuckerberg shouldn't have to explain the internet to Congress. It's high time we made tech literacy a requirement for running for office.
20. Big Tech Regulation Bill Shut Down, But the Fight Still Looms
This bill's chances of passing look stronger than its predecessors. But if the bill doesn’t pass, the industry may change on its own to address its own issues.
21. What Netflix Should Consider Before Diving into Gaming
Netflix adding some sort of gaming module to their current service brings to mind that in-flight entertainment option you get on long-haul flights.
22. Here's How Google and Friends Are Contributing—How Can We All Help?
A month ago it would’ve been hard to imagine how life would change in what seems overnight. Quarantines have been declared in many countries, and already around one billion people are staying at home, isolating themselves and some working remotely. The public activities have stopped, drug stores are in deficit of protection masks, and food shops are being cleaned of even primary products.
23. 67 Stories To Learn About Big Tech
Learn everything you need to know about Big Tech via these 67 free HackerNoon stories.
24. From Wojcicki to Mohan: A Look at the Future of YouTube Under the New CEO
In light of Susan Wojcicki's departure as the CEO of Youtube, what is the future of the company like?
25. A Letter from TheMarkup.org Editor Julia Angwin
Dear Readers,
26. Could There Eventually Be a Ban on Behavioral Advertising?
Could behavioral advertising be on its way out?
27. OIP: The Protocol that’s Taking on the Google Search Index Monopoly
Google’s closed search index makes their control indomitable in the space and shields them from scrutiny. OIP wants to change that.
28. A Legal Outlook on the Apple Antitrust Lawsuit
29. How Big Tech Influences Privacy Laws
The Markup reviewed public hearing testimony in all 31 states that have considered consumer data privacy legislation since 2021 and found a campaign by Big Tech
30. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Wants Google Broken Up
In previously unreported comments made in 2021, DeSantis said technology companies like Google “should be broken up” by the U.S. government.
31. Tech Giants Bet on Cost Cutting Initiatives, Emerging Tech for Thriving in a Challenging Economy
In the face of a global economic slowdown, tech giants are betting on new and emerging technologies to maintain their dominance.
32. Big Tech Companies are Killing Kubernetes: Here's How
Noah Kantrowitz explains how big tech companies are killing Kubernetes.
33. The Collapse of the Web: The Sameness & Death of Difference in Tech
The web isnt dying, it’s folding in on itself. From OpenAI’s quiet absorption of innovation to the rise of AI-built clones, developers now live in an era where
34. Amazon is in (federal) trouble
FTC = The Plaintiff, & Amazon = The Defendant of this case. 17 other states are also suing Amazon.
35. How Coral Protocol Proved Small Models Can Outperform Big Tech’s AI Systems
Coral Protocol beats Microsoft-backed Magnetic-UI by 34 percent on GAIA, proving horizontal scaling is the future of agentic AI.
36. The Analysis of The Future of Quantum Computing
Quantum computers could solve problems that would take classical computers billions of years in just seconds, let's have a deep look at it
37. Netflix Seeks Higher Revenues by Reaching More Subscribers Despite Ongoing Economic Downturn
Netflix reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Jan. 19 showing growth in subscribers. Following the results, the company’s stock increased by almost 6%.
38. How COVID-19 Has Impacted Venture Capital Funding
Remember when we thought COVID was just a horrible stage in our lives that would disappear after a month of masks and hand sanitizer? Oh, how sweet and naïve we were. As the pandemic marches on and many countries consider a second lockdown, businesses are having to look back on how they have managed these last 7 months and strategize for a corona-filled future.
39. Intel Focusing on Innovation, Growing Portfolio in Face of Declining Revenues, Fierce Competition
Intel faces a number of rivals in addition to a battle to maintain its position as the largest chip maker in America by revenue.
40. Is Big Tech Too Big?
A couple of weeks ago Alphabet shares dropped 6%, Facebook tanked 7.5%, and Amazon shed 4.5% of its value. Why did this happen? An anti-trust probe was called into life regarding Alphabet’s Google Search business and investors fear a similar fate for its tech brethren, seemingly rightfully so: This news story unearths a public debate that has been discussed intensively since the 2016 US elections concerning Big Tech’s power and the need for anti-trust legislation. A debate, which appears to have the nearly unanimous agreement that these companies should be broken up. Logically, therefore, these firms should already be broken up, yet they are not. Why is this? Aside from the strawman “The government is corrupt/incompetent” reasoning, there actually exist multiple genuine arguments for keeping Big Tech intact, which we’ll be examining in the following.
41. The Noonification: How Big Tech Influences Privacy Laws (11/24/2022)
11/24/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!
42. The Secret Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know About Closed Systems
The same companies fighting against open source are built on it. Your iPhone? Runs on open source. Google's AI? Built on open source. Facebook's infrastructure?
43. 10 Most Evolving Big Data Technologies to Catch Up on in 2022
At the heart of it all, big data also has a dark side. Several tech giants are facing heat from the public and government regarding the issue of data privacy.
44. Everyone Works for Facebook and Google
Imagine a car factory where nameless workers in a sprawling complex make expensive cars all day and all night. Thousands of shiny, new expensive cars move off the line every millisecond and are shipped instantly all over the world to wealthy buyers, generating $195 million of profit daily for the car company.
45. Proposal to Gab.com and Andrew Torba: Let's Crush "Big Tech" Together
One of the people in tech that gets an unfair bad rep is Andrew Torba. Infact, I had a Gab account since 2017, and though I am barely active, I don't have many problems with the service.
46. The Internet Belongs to Everyone
Normalizing the behavior of businesses to set the social standards for freedom of expression is a slippery slope.
47. What's The Blockchain Strategies of Tech Giants?
The crypto ecosystem has come a long way from its humble beginnings in Bitcoin. One testament to the revolution that blockchain represents can be seen in the multitude of large, established companies that have adopted and adapted blockchain.
48. Big Tech Companies Have Your Health Info Thanks to Telehealth Startups
But what patients probably don’t know is that WorkIt was sending their delicate, even intimate, answers about drug use and self-harm to Facebook...
49. Here's Where Big Tech Lags Behind
“There’s an old saying, ‘Things move at the speed of trust,’” Brian Chesky, co-founder, and chief executive of Airbnb.
50. Decentralization Expert Butian Li Says This Is How We Tackle the Compute Crisis
Explore how Butian Li is decentralizing computing power with Bless, turning devices into mini data centers to challenge Big Tech’s grip.
51. Democratizing the New Data Economy in 2023: With Co-Founder of Seagate Technology, Finis Conner
Big tech firms get their wealth & power from the data they freely collect from users. But new blockchain tech is about to destabilize the entire data landscape.
52. From "I Rock" to "Alphabet Soup": Navigating the Big Tech Learning Curve
A Salesforce engineer breaks down the five emotional and technical phases of onboarding at Big Tech—and how belonging slowly takes shape.
53. The Difference Between Privacy and Security
For many, privacy and security seem to be words that are interchangeable. Yet, you can have one without the other and users need to be aware of what they get.
54. A Deeper Look at Facebook's PR Strategy
Gideon Lichfield takes a deeper look at Facebook's PR strategy.
55. Ditching Big Tech for a More Decentralised Life
With privacy and security issues, daily ransomware attacks putting sensitive data at risk of being published - I decided to de-Facebook and de-Google my life.
56. How To Manage Your Privacy Online
Think carefully before publishing your personal data (especially name, address, telephone number) in a user profile.
57. Transitioning from University to Tech Giants: Surprises & Strategies
In 2018 I was shocked there was no Spring Break. In 2026 I know it was actually a 40-year career sustainability lesson in disguise.
58. Linh Dao Smooke & David Smooke repping Hacker Noon at the Mozilla Fix the Internet Showcase
I joined a panel with awesome fellow founders and builders of Mozilla to discuss the future of "citizen publishing" as a way to democratize the internet.
59. Big Tech Vs. Big Government: The Choice is Pretty Bleak
A group of bipartisan lawmakers hopes to pass antitrust legislation that takes aim at tech giants buying out the competition and hoarding data.
60. Behind The Google and Facebook Collusion - A Thread
Patrick McGee describes the collusion between Google and Facebook.
61. Where to Start with the Rapid Growth of the Tech Industry?
The leading companies within the industry have announced that the growing sector of technology is only at the starting phase.
62. The 3 Things Small Companies Should Not copy From Big Tech
Let me describe several things that I find counterproductive in the small company environment but which are still often used because the grown-ups do it.
63. Apple's iPad, Services Unit Shines Amid Revenue Decline; AI Integration in Products in the Works
Q1 2023 earning results were one of the least impressive quarters for apple in recent memory. For the first time in four years, Apple's quarterly revenue fell.
64. Here Are The Goals of Big Tech, NGOs, and Startups
Every organization needs to set quality improvement goals to keep its competitive edge.
65. Bard's Now Gemini and We’re Low-Key Shook – Here's the Tea on Software Rebranding
In the tech world, specifically the software development space, continuously moving forward is a mandate or you will get left behind.
66. AMD Posts Q4 Earnings Growth, Despite Industry Challenges; Expects to Capitalize on AI Demand
The fourth quarter saw a 51% decline in revenue for AMD's client segment, but this decline was offset by a 42% increase in revenue for AMD's data center segment
67. Migrating Away from Big Tech: My Software Dev Approved Personal Preferences
Recommendations to move off of big tech; these are some of the services and software I've shifted to listed some of the services I considered in the process.
68. BigTech Spent Big Money in 2021 on Lobbying, Buying Up Competition
Amazon and Facebook are the largest corporate spenders on lobbying. BigTech is buying up the competition. Together, this puts a huge strain on US regulators.
69. Is Self-Harm Amongst Teenage Girls On the Rise Because of Instagram?
Between 2010 and 2014, rates of self-harm, depression, and anxiety among teenage girls doubled; is Instagram to blame?
70. A Holistic Approach to Privacy and Security in Big Tech
Holistic Approach to Privacy and Security in Tech. Here I want to explain how I tackle privacy & security issues that are specific for large web and mobile apps
71. How Big Tech is Working Towards a Password-Free Future
A 2019 research conducted by HYPR showed that 78% of people forgot their passwords and required a reset within the last 90 days. Passwords aren’t just difficult to manage, they are inconvenient, insecure, and expensive because passwords are just too easy to guess, hack or intercept and what’s more, the legacy of password reuse is leading to constant attack and account vulnerabilities.
72. A United States Court Denied Apple's Emergency Motion for Stay: Here's Why
The court denied Apple’s Emergency Motion for Stay, or in the Alternative, for Miscellaneous Relief for the foregoing reasons.
73. Illusion of Choice: You Aren't Deciding How Important Your Privacy Is
The above statement is easily the most eloquent justification of privacy that I've seen. Thanks in large part to Snowden, the past decade has seen large parts of society become serious about data privacy, but it still feels like an overwhelming number of people can't be bothered to give this issue even a second of their time.
74. We Need to Overthrow the Education System
The traditional education system has long been the cornerstone of knowledge acquisition and personal development. However, as we advance we need it evolve.
75. Apple’s Sales Slowdown: Unraveling the Challenges and Charting the Path Forward
Apple, a tech titan renowned for its innovation and groundbreaking products, faces one of the longest streaks of sales slowdown in two decades,
76. We Discovered Disparities in Internet Deals: Here's How We Did It
Yet the high-speed internet options offered by an internet service provider can vary even by neighborhood within a city...
77. Putting the Blinders on AI
Want to avoid an insurrection or genocide? Disconnect AI from centralized databases now!
78. What Microsoft Has Done to Protect Its Monopoly: The Effect on the Consumers
United States Of America. v. Microsoft Corporation Court Filing by Thomas Penfield Jackson, November 5, 1999 is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series.
79. Is the Grass Greener On the Tech Giants' Side?
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Here are some things to consider before applying for a Tech Company.
80. This Week On Planet Internet, We're Breaking Up With Big Tech
We are cracking down on Big Tech. Amy Tom, David Smooke, and Hang Ngo talk about Biden's Executive Order on Big Tech, more space war dram, and decentralization
81. Spend Less on Ads, Get More SEO: A Smarter Growth Play
An unconventional way to optimize your marketing campaign, spend less on Ads and get better SEO results for free.
82. Breaking Big Tech's AI Monopoly Requires Decentralized Cross-Chain Rails
Big Tech’s AI monopoly isn’t just about search or market share—it’s about owning the infrastructure.
83. 70% of Amazon's Annual Revenue Comes from American Consumers Who Pay $14.99/month for Prime
Basically, regular American consumers are at the heart of Amazon's business model.
84. Can Social Networks Become Decentralised?
Twitter has recently hired Tess Renearsson – a famous blockchain engineer – to lead a new department at Twitter that will research decentralised technologies and look for ways how Twitter could implement them in its products and infrastructure. Twitter has responded to its users’ rising interest in decentralised technologies and will try to contribute to their development and to make them part of its user experience.
85. Big Tech Highlights From Alphabet, Meta and Amazon Financials For 2021
In this research, we analyze the financials of the main big tech players for 2021. We draw some key conclusions based on the recent financial releases.
86. Google, aka Alphabet, Delivers Its First Twelve Digit Revenue Quarter
Alphabet, aka Google, posted its first $100B quarter, fueled by strong Search, YouTube, and Cloud growth — net income jumps 33% to $35B.
87. AI: How ChatGPT and Big Tech are Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
AI is changing the game. Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, challenges fears and urges for governance while addressing the impact on society.
88. The Issue of Privacy on Social Networks
Personal data becomes publicly accessible in ways and in quantities hitherto unknown; above all, this happens concerning an enormous quantity of images
89. Which Big Tech Company Will Come Out on Top in a Decade?
Which of the Big 4 Tech Firms (Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple) are best positioned for the future?
90. Governments Pressuring Tech Giants Isn't Going to End Well (for Governments)
The world has come a long way in terms of its relationship with technology and knowledge. It’s almost universal that people are often afraid of new inventions that are supposed to improve their lives. We feel threatened by what’s out of our intellectual grasp.
91. Big Tech Rewrote the Nation’s First Cellphone Repair Law: Here's How They Did It
New York State took a historic step toward curbing the power of Big Tech when lawmakers passed the Digital Fair Repair Act...
92. How to Investigate Which Neighborhoods in Your City Are Offered the Worst Internet Deals
In 92 percent of the cities we examined, the areas offered the worst deals were lower income.
93. Silicon Valley: With Swords & Shields
Human nature, large corporations, politics all mixed into a juicy cocktail about the dynamics of power in big tech. With swords.
94. Opinion: There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Tracked by Google
Why you should be happy about companies collecting your data.
95. Privacy Challenges And Improper Use of User Profile Data
Improper use of user-profiles data by third parties is probably the most serious potential risk with regard to personal data contained
96. Antitrust Laws Exist To Protect Small Businesses And Consumers
The importance of antitrust laws in protecting small businesses cannot be overstated.
97. Big Tech Companies: Time For A Breakup?
The 5 tech companies we will discuss are referred to as FAAMG: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google. The earned revenues of those tech companies equated to 68% of US GDP growth in 2018. In terms of global traffic, Google, YouTube (which is owned by Google), and Facebook are the three most visited websites. With this, comes enormous power. For example, in terms of global traffic share, Facebook-owned sites controlled a huge segment of social media and messaging.
98. 7 Serious Security Issues in Big Data and How to Address Them
Businesses will be able to reach their ultimate aim of leveraging data for better customer experience and retention if they use Big Data effectively.
99. Introducing the "Future Web Standards", a new Covenant for Developers
This is part of the reason that I launched the Open Innovation License prior. However, I felt like the OIN isn't enough. I felt like more needed to be done for the open source community and even the outside world that wants to establish a certain standard.
100. A Suggestion: How Can Parler Become Truly Censorship Resistant?
Unsurprisingly, I am not a big fan of censorship. The social network known as Parler aims to be a censorship-resistant social network or form of alternative media to Twitter.
101. TikTok, Other Foreign Apps Could be Subject to New Limits as US Lawmakers Consider New Rules
Donald Trump tried it, now Joe Biden plans to do it...ban TikTok. The concern? Data Sovereignty, especially when the app is influenced by a foreign nation.
102. Big Tech’s Coronavirus Response Paves a New Path for Anti-Misinformation Efforts
Dealing with misinformation has always been, let’s say, a touchy subject for Big Tech.
103. Three Things Small Companies Should Probably Adopt from Big Tech
Discover 3 key strategies from big tech companies to help smaller businesses thrive and succeed.
104. Big Tech vs. Indian Authorities [An Overview]
105. Is an All-Capable AI Self-Defeating?
It isn't in the interests of corporations to let AI evolve unchecked.
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