Silicon Valley giants faced an aggressive grilling by the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning over the role their platforms have inadvertently played in Russia's meddling in U.S. politics.
The cryptocurrency continues to defy skeptics like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed. Bitcoin soared again after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange said it plans to start bitcoin futures trading.
Facebook accounts run by Russian trolls repeatedly called for violence against different social and political groups in the U.S., including police officers, Black Lives Matter activists and undocumented immigrants.
Apple, Google parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook continue to lead the market. Their stocks are surging. Sales and earnings have been solid. Investors don't seem worried that their dominance will end anytime soon.
Chinese regulators have described PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which has attracted 13 million players since its debut in March, as too "bloody and violent."
