What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

NEW YORK: In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs – including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos – have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.