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<p>Max Cohen, head of Oculus' AR/VR media product, has left the company.</p>

Oculus loses another key figure in VR effort

Max Cohen, head of the Facebook-owned company's AR/VR media product unit, has left.

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<p>Facebook plans to launch a new cryptocurrency in 2020.</p>

Facebook reportedly faces EU antitrust scrutiny over its Libra cryptocurrency

Regulatory scrutiny of Libra heats up.

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State attorneys general will reportedly kick off antitrust investigation into tech giants

A group of states will add its voices to the DOJ and FTC reviews into big tech companies, a report says.

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<p>Facebook is releasing a new privacy tool globally in the coming months.&nbsp;</p>

Facebook's long-awaited privacy tool will clear your browsing history

The social network is releasing the tool first in Ireland, South Korea and Spain.

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YouTube's next clash may be with an army of its own creators (The Daily Charge, 8/20/2019)

The YouTubers Union is the most concerted effort yet to make YouTube pay attention to creators' demands. Will it work?

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<p>Google headquarters in Mountain View, California</p>

The YouTubers Union is demanding change. That's nothing new for Google

A union in Germany gives YouTube and Google until Aug. 23 to respond to its complaints.

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<p>The YouTube logo on display in the lobby of YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif.</p>

We asked big-name YouTubers if they support a union. The silence was deafening

They're staying out of the debate.

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Google tightens grip on Android data, Apple Arcade pricing

Today's major tech headlines include Google's tightening of sensitive Android data, Twitter and Facebook's suspension of suspicious accounts feeding propaganda and a report that says Apple's Arcade subscription service will go for $5 a month.

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<p>Twitter said Monday it was cracking down on fake accounts from China and would no longer accept ads from state-controlled media outlets.</p>

Twitter and Facebook under fire for ads criticizing Hong Kong protesters

Twitter said it'll no longer accept ads from state-controlled media outlets.

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<p>A worker at Amazon's Fall River, MA warehouse. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos signed a document Monday along with dozens more business leaders committing to invest in employees.</p>

Apple, Amazon, other firms pledge to support employees, communities

Shareholders aren't everything, the companies agree.

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Apple Watch models leak, Nintendo Switch exchange rumors quashed

In today's top stories, a titanium Apple Watch 5 is rumored, Nintendo quash rumors of free Switch exchange program and Elon Musk is at it again with his plans to nuke Mars.

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<p>US President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2017.</p>

Tim Cook warns Trump that China tariffs would hurt Apple and help Samsung

"He made a very compelling argument," Trump told reporters. "I'm thinking about it."

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