Big week for Big Tech as earnings, hearings loom

Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google have been wildly successful in recent years and have weathered the economic impact of the pandemic by offering needed goods and services. — scyther5/Istock.com/AFP

Big Tech is bracing for a tumultuous week marked by quarterly results likely to show resilience despite the pandemic, and fresh attacks from lawmakers ahead of the Nov 3 election.

With backlash against Silicon Valley intensifying, the companies will seek to reassure investors while at the same time fend off regulators and activists who claim these firms have become too dominant and powerful.