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In court, the CEO defends his company
During the remedies phase of Google’s antitrust trial, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that he believes that search will be disrupted by artificial intelligence in a few years. He cited “a cultural commitment” to Chrome and the web, and said that “I haven’t seen, since we built Chrome, any other company make the kind of…
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Why the search engine trial is about artificial intelligence
Perplexity’s CEO James Turley told a court that his company lost deals with manufacturers and mobile carriers over Google’s actions. “It’s impossible for us to stay in the business without Google’s search index and data,” Turley said, adding they tried to build their own AI from Google’s data. This comes after the US Department of…
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Yahoo wants to buy a browser
Perplexity CEO Nick Turley has said that the company is making a browser to help it “build better agents and better understand its users, and possibly show them personalised ads”. This comes as the US Department of Justice prepares for Google’s proposed remedies trial where it’s challenging Google’s monopoly in search. Chrome is one of…
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The high stakes of the monopoly trial are money, browser, and chat
US’ Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a US court to end Google’s “vicious cycle” of paying phone makers to establish its search engine as the default browser on their phones. The DOJ asked the court if the US could allow Google to control the search market or allow competition to prevail. Google CEO Sundar…
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Big Tech is back in court
A US judge has ruled against Google’s motion to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google. The court ordered Google to preserve its internal communications in case of a merger with another firm. Earlier, it had ruled against Google’s motion to dismiss the case. The DOJ had argued that Google should be…
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The ad tech monopoly case was lost by the company
Google has won half of the ad tech case that was filed by the US Justice Department (DOJ). The court found that Google’s advertiser tools and its acquisitions, such asDoubleClick, don’t harm competition. “Publishers choose to use…tool of Microsoft and Apple, due to their affordability and effectiveness,” Google’s VP of regulatory affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland said.
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During FTC antitrust trial, he defends his empire
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that if Instagram “kicks ass” on mobile or if Google buys them, they could easily add pieces of their service that copy what we are doing now. Zuckerberg’s comment came in an exchange with an engineering executive working on Facebook Camera. He was testifying in FTC’s antitrust case against…
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There is a robotic model that reaches into the physical world
Google’s deep-learning arm DeepMind on Wednesday unveiled a new type of robot called Gemini Robotics, which it said will integrate physical actions into its world understanding. “While we’ve made progress in each one of these areas individually in the past with general robotics, we’re bringing [drastically] increasing performance in all three areas with a single…
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The DOJ still believes that the internet company should be broken up
US Department of Justice’s proposal to end Google’s dominance of search engine rankings will require Google to sell its Chrome Search engine, The New York Times reported. It also requires Google to “notify federal and state officials” before proceeding with investments in AI. The proposal does not call for Google to drop its AI investments.
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If you deleted TikTok after the ban, you’ll need to find a way to get it back on your phone
Apple and Google have restored TikTok to mobile app stores in the US, ending a nearly month-long standoff between the tech giants and the video platform since a law banning the app took effect in January. It was a powerful move, signalling that Trump’s intentions to save the app from the ban was enough for…
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The new arms race is related to DeepSeek
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the company is working to implement DeepSeek’s AI advancements into its ‘Llama’ app. He said, “There’s a number of novel things they did we’re still digesting.” Zuckerberg added, “I think we’ll be able to do it by the second quarter.” Earlier, DeepSeek had announced a partnership with Google’s…
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How to use device protection on an apple device
Google has introduced three new anti-theft features, Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock, on Android devices. The features use artificial intelligence to detect and turn on these features. If you’re using the new features, you’ll need to be on at least Android 10, and the latest version of software gives you access…
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Brendan Carr is in charge of the FCC
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday signed an executive order to postpone implementation of a new law that bans TikTok in the country. This comes hours after TikTok was removed from Apple and Google app stores. Trump’s executive order said that it would “save a platform used by 170 million Americans” from a ban that…
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Can the visionary leader of the future save the TikTok?
US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is considering a deal over TikTok being a possible area of collaboration with the US, reports said. Trump could reportedly direct the Attorney General to not enforce the law, which would let Google, Apple and others continue to provide services to TikTok. Trump could also decide that the app…
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The new OS for smart glasses was announced by the internet company
Google has unveiled Project Moohan, a collaboration between Google and Samsung to create a smart glasses platform. The Moohan glasses will feature Google’s AI-based’Gemini’ for multimodal AI and natural language interactions, which Google said will make interaction with an environment richer. The glasses will come with Google’s new Android XR operating system.
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A child should kill his parents because of the time limit on screen, said a character in a lawsuit
Google said that it has invested over $3 billion in Character.AI to re-hire the Artificial Intelligence-enabled chatbot. Google said that “user safety is a top concern for us” as it takes a “cautious and responsible approach to developing and releasing AI products”. Character.AI’s founders, former Google researchers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and to…
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The DOJ said that it would be necessary for Google to sell Chrome to crack its search monopoly
The US Department of Justice has proposed a final judgment in the Google case, which would require Google to break up and allow competition. “The playing field is not level because of Google’s conduct…Google’s quality reflects ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired,” the Justice Department said in a proposed final judgement. Google was found…
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The ionosphere is mapped with millions of phones
Google has released a map showing the ionosphere from its phone-based VTEC maps, as part of a new NASA experiment with the Madrigal database. The phone-based VTEC map captures the day-night cycle, the peak in Equatorial Anomaly in the early afternoon and the Ionosphere Equatorial Anomaly, a crest of north and south of the geomagnetic…
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The games will be sold in theAndroid app next month
Microsoft has said it will begin delivering Xbox games directly to Android users from November. This comes after a US jury ruled that Google had illegally tied its payment system to its app store. The ruling allows third-party app stores to compete with Google’s Play Store but also forbids Google from tying its payments system…
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The Ioniq 5 is going to be added to the fleet
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google, has said the Hyundai Ioniq 5s “will not replace any of its other vehicle platforms”. It added the company is “hard at work validating” the latest version of its self-driving technology on the Zeekr platform. Earlier, Waymo announced a partnership with Hyundai to equip a fleet of its…
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It’s the third time it’s the charm
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 has a 45 mm band that gives better battery life than its 41- mm counterpart and it is more comfortable to wear, The Verge reported. It is also easier to wear with hands on and less likely to break. It has features like an automatic bedtime mode which can be enabled…
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Online ads could be less annoying, if the next antitrust trial is any indication
The Department of Justice (DOJ) called several witnesses in Google’s anti-trust trial in the US, including a former Google executive. The government alleged that Google abused its dominance of the digital advertising market to stifle competition and stifle innovation. It also claimed that Google’s ‘Ad Manager’ gives publishers a monopoly on the sale of online…
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No one is prepared for this
Google on Monday announced that users will be able to use its AI-powered photo editing service Reimagine on Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 XL smartphones. The tool can be used to edit images in Google’s Magic Editor app. Users can then add a watermark to the image by tapping the ‘Add tags’ option on the…
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Susan Wojcicki was the former CEO of YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, the first female CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, passed away aged 56 on Friday. Wojcicki had left Intel in 2004 to become Google’s first marketing manager. “I was sold – on Google and Susan,” Google’s Co-founder Larry Page said. Google’s Co-founder Sergey Brin said that Wojcicki will be remembered as a leader…
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Susan Wojcicki was a long-time executive at the search engine
Google Co-founder Susan Wojcicki passed away aged 53 on Tuesday after a two-year-long battle with lung cancer. Wojcicki co-founded Google and YouTube with her childhood friend Steve Jobs in the early 1990s. She was Google’s Executive Chairman from 2012 to 2017 and left Google in 2018 to become CEO of YouTube, Google’s parent company.