The two men rode considerably different paths to Apple’s executive suite but now find themselves central to the government’s case that Google abused its power in the online search market.
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Apple lodges confidentiality protest on Day 2 of Google antitrust trial
Significant portions of the evidence in the trial have been sealed as trade secrets, despite activists’ push for greater transparency in a trial that could affect how billions of people interact with the internet.
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U.S. claims Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance
Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove at trial that Google rigged the market in its favor by locking in its search engine as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices.
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In first tech antitrust trial in decades, DOJ takes on Google
Technologists say the arrival of advanced generative AI signals an inflection point: a chance for new players to rise to the top, or for the established victors to extend their lead.
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Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?
Anthropic, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and other major developers of AI systems known as large language models say they’re working to make them more truthful. How long that will take remains to be seen.
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Google must break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
It’s the first time the EU has told a tech giant that it must split up key parts of its business over violations of its strict antitrust laws.
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Tips for using Google Maps effectively
Willie Nelson sings, “On the road again … “, and many of us will be on the road again this summer. Along the way, we will navigate using a maps app instead of the Maine Gazetteer or other paper maps. We type in our destination, tap “directions” and off we go! Our focus in this […]
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Google’s catch-up game on AI continues with Bard launch
The bot has been made available to the public, weeks after Microsoft launched its own.
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Supreme Court weighs Google’s liability in ISIS terror case
The justices seemed concerned about upending the internet in their interpretation of a 1996 law that shields Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others.
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Google cuts 12,000 jobs as tech industry layoffs widen
Google became the latest tech company to trim staff after rapid expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic have worn off.