Windows chief Terry Myerson leaves Microsoft after 21 years, President Trump accuses Amazon of not paying taxes, and Apple allows users to download copies of user data the company keeps in anticipation of GDPR.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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Microsoft shakes up executive team, Facebook to shut down Partner Categories over data concerns, Bumble sues Match. 
A note by Morgan Stanley suggests Microsoft might be on its way to becoming the 1st trillion dollar company. Has the company’s refocus towards Software-as-a-Service the key reason for that and how long can the company rely on it to maintain its current trajectory? Plus FB attempts to simplify user accessibility to privacy settings and Saudi Arabia and Softbank are planning the world’s largest solar farm.
Facebook simplifies privacy settings but doesn’t see a huge drop from people deleting Facebook. Also Saudi Arabia planning the world’s biggest solar farm.
Apple has announced a new iPad with “pencil” support, but compared with recent offerings from Google is it too little too late? Plus the governor of Arizona puts a halt on autonomous car tests in the state and Foxxconn is buying Belkin for $866 million dollars.
Apple unveils new 9.7-inch iPad designed for classrooms, Arizona suspends Uber autonomous vehicle testing, Foxconn buys Belkin. 
1850 – San José was incorporated as one of the first cities in California and was the site of the first state capital. It would lose the capital to Vallejo in 1852 but eventually become the center of Silicon Valley and the de facto capital of the technology world.