Wed. 07/29 – Big Tech CEO’s Testimony Before Congress

A rundown of what the big tech CEO’s told Congress this afternoon. Are Samsung and Google about to get a lot more integrated? The biggest news in the ongoing streaming media transformation of Hollywood. Buying out TikTok is going to be pretty expensive. And Shopify’s earnings blow the roof off the place.

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Links:

• Watch Cook, Bezos, Pichai and Zuckerberg testify in Big Tech antitrust hearing — live updates and analysis (CNBC)
• Google in Talks to Take Over More Search Tasks on Samsung Phones (Bloomberg)
• AMC and Universal agree to let movies go from theaters to digital rentals much sooner (The Verge)
• Exclusive: ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid - sources (Reuters)
• Shopify shares jump 7% after hot e-commerce company says second-quarter revenue increased 97% (CNBC)