As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading power of Big Media — is becoming an existential crisis.

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

Some of President Donald Trump's working-class and middle-class supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.

In the said petition, the employees have argued that Google is financially stable, so the layoffs don't make sense.

AM IST Prabhakar Raghavan is the Chief Technologist of Google and works closely with CEO Sundar Pichai, to further the company's long-standing culture of technical excellence. He is an IIT Madras graduate who completed his BTech in electrical engineering in 1981.

“There are rumors that Elon Musk has again challenged Mark Zuckerberg for a fight,” joked an X user and shared the photo. “For Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai, phone is way more important than President Trump,” commented another. A third joked, “These kids and their damn phones.”

Google employees have begun circulating an internal petition titled “job security” ahead of expected cost cuts this year. TakeAway Points: Google employees have begun a petition for “job security” as they expect more layoffs by the company.

His inauguration ceremony was attended by many notable figures, including former presidents and CEOs of major corporations like Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, among others.

When the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple were spotted together at church on the morning of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it was no accident.

While the event marked a significant political moment, it was the actions of two tech giants, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, that caught the internet’s attention

Elon Musk has questioned the microchip claims made by DeepSeek AI, a fast-emerging player in the artificial intelligence pool, which is starting to challenge the United States' control over the AI industry. Newsweek has reached out to DeepSeek via email and Musk via X's press department for comment.

Top tech billionaires including some who were critics of Trump during his first term flock to his inaugural celebrations.