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Big Tech Gets Bigger As Economy Reels From COVID-19 Pandemic

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet are each worth more than a trillion dollars. While the coronavirus continues to ravage the U.S. economy generally, why has the tech sector remained a relative bright spot?

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley talks to Jessica Lessin, editor-in-chief of The Information.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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