Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, speaks at the CUBE Tech Fair. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account, reports USA Today. In an interview, Wozniak said he'd rather pay for Facebook than have the company make money selling his data.
Why it matters: Apple CEO Tim Cook said something similar last month, telling Recode in an interview that his company makes money off selling products to consumers, rather than selling user data.
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A joint U.S.-Israeli delegation traveled secretly on Wednesday to Sudan for talks on a possible announcement on "ending the state of belligerence" between the countries that could be released in the next few days, sources briefed on the trip told me.
The big picture: President Trump announced earlier this week he is ready to remove Sudan from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list once Sudan pays $335 million in compensation to American terror victims.
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America has waited a decade for an aggressive government crackdown on white-collar crime. Now, just before the election, and in the middle of a bull market, it has arrived.
Why it matters: When times are good, investors become more trusting and more greedy. That makes them more likely to put their money into fraudulent or criminal enterprises.
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The Justice Department's antitrust suit against Google is a strong, straightforward monopoly case, competition lawyers and experts tell Axios. But that doesn't mean it'll be an easy journey for the government.
The big picture: Winning any antitrust case is a heavy lift. It's even more of a challenge to pull off victory in a future-looking case that seeks to make room for potential new competition to flourish.