trump tower: The tech industry had multiple concerns about Candidate Trump, among them fears that he would stifle innovation, curb the hiring of computer-savvy immigrants and infringe on consumers digital privacy, according to Brandon Sun. Those worries may not have abated, but that not stopping technology leaders from heading to Trump Tower in New York to make their peace or press their case with Trump and his advisers. On Wednesday, though, many of them will come face-to-face with the president-elect for the first time since the election. The CEOs planning to attend include Apple Tim Cook, Alphabet Larry Page, Microsoft Satya Nadella, Amazon Jeff Bezos, Intel Brian Krzanich, IBM Ginni Rometty, Oracle Safra Catz and Cisco Systems Chuck Robbins. No other industry was more open in its contempt for Trump during the campaign. Facebook chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, will be on hand instead of its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, who was one of many tech executives to express misgivings about Trump pledge to deport millions of immigrants.TECH VS. TRUMPIt could be a prickly meeting.
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16.12.16