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ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets
Read full article: ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outletsOpenAI is launching a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with search giant Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news and other timely information.
Stock market today: Nasdaq edges back from its record as chip companies and Eli Lilly slump
Read full article: Stock market today: Nasdaq edges back from its record as chip companies and Eli Lilly slumpU.S. stock indexes edged lower after drops for Eli Lilly and chip companies overshadowed a jump for Google’s parent company.
Google's moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats
Read full article: Google's moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threatsGoogle is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire.
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
Read full article: Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigationBritain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.
One of the largest solar projects in the US opens in Texas, backed by Google
Read full article: One of the largest solar projects in the US opens in Texas, backed by GoogleOne of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday backed by what Google said is the largest solar electricity purchase it has ever made.
AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?
Read full article: AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate.
One Tech Tip: Here's what you need to do before and after your phone is stolen or lost
Read full article: One Tech Tip: Here's what you need to do before and after your phone is stolen or lostPhones hold so much of our digital lives that if they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just the loss of a device.
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case
Read full article: US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust caseThe U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.
Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for content
Read full article: Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law passes forcing it to pay for contentGoogle says it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms.
Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis
Read full article: Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisisArkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth.
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
Read full article: Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollarsAn expert witness testifying for Google says an antitrust case brought against the tech giant drastically underestimates the company's competition.
Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
Read full article: Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technologyGoogle has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers
Read full article: The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centersThe owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers.
At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say different
Read full article: At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say differentThe judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand.
Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case
Read full article: Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad caseGoogle has won a court challenge against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.
Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries
Read full article: Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worriesGoogle says it will halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns.
Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
Read full article: Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claimAn ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages.
Google's AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog
Read full article: Google's AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdogEuropean Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.
Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case
Read full article: Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping caseGoogle lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.
Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
Read full article: Google faces a new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopolyOne month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company.
Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly
Read full article: Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopolyA federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring.
Google is blasted by UK watchdog for what it calls anti-competitive behavior through digital ads
Read full article: Google is blasted by UK watchdog for what it calls anti-competitive behavior through digital adsGoogle is being slammed by U.K. regulators who say it’s taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain.
Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopoly
Read full article: Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopolyA federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store.
Google confirms an Iranian group is trying to access emails linked to both US presidential campaigns
Read full article: Google confirms an Iranian group is trying to access emails linked to both US presidential campaignsGoogle says an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since May.
Google and Selena Gomez partner to fund teen mental health in the classroom
Read full article: Google and Selena Gomez partner to fund teen mental health in the classroomThe unprecedented mental health crisis for children in the United States often surfaces where they spend much of their days: school.
A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
Read full article: A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet searchA federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors.
Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
Read full article: Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rulesA judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces scrutiny from UK competition watchdog
Read full article: Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces scrutiny from UK competition watchdogBritain’s competition watchdog said Tuesday it’s looking into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, adding fresh regulatory scrutiny to investment money flooding into the AI industry.
OpenAI tests ChatGPT-powered search engine that could compete with Google
Read full article: OpenAI tests ChatGPT-powered search engine that could compete with GoogleOpenAI is testing a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with search giant Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news and other timely information.
Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search
Read full article: Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in searchGoogle’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.
Google makes abrupt U-turn by dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome browser
Read full article: Google makes abrupt U-turn by dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome browserGoogle is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes.
Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI
Read full article: Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AIGoogle, which has an ambitious plan to address climate change with cleaner operations, came nowhere close to its goals last year, according to the company’s annual Environmental Report Tuesday.
Google CEO testifies at trial of collapsed startup Ozy Media and founder Carlos Watson
Read full article: Google CEO testifies at trial of collapsed startup Ozy Media and founder Carlos WatsonGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai has testified briefly at the federal financial conspiracy trial surrounding the collapse of once-touted startup Ozy Media.
Mississippi is the latest state sued by tech group over age verification on websites
Read full article: Mississippi is the latest state sued by tech group over age verification on websitesA tech industry group says a new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults.
Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial
Read full article: Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trialA judge rather than a jury will decide whether Google violated federal antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising.
Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viral
Read full article: Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viralGoogle said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information.
Google to invest $2 billion in Malaysian data center and cloud hub
Read full article: Google to invest $2 billion in Malaysian data center and cloud hubGoogle plans to invest $2 billion in Malaysia, developing its first data center and a Google Cloud hub in the latest big foray by a U.S. tech giant in the Southeast Asian country.
Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tactics
Read full article: Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tacticsGoogle is confronting the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as a federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software.
Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC
Read full article: Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PCMicrosoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next.
Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Read full article: Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in VirginiaGoogle is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising.
Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Read full article: Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web trafficGoogle has rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links.
Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break
Read full article: Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center breakGeorgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing.
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
Read full article: Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopolyThe government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly.
Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google, Justice during closing arguments
Read full article: Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google, Justice during closing argumentsThe judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge.
As India votes, misinformation surges on social media: 'The whole country is paying the price'
Read full article: As India votes, misinformation surges on social media: 'The whole country is paying the price'Misinformation about India's election is surging online as the world's most populous country votes.
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators
Read full article: Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulatorsDozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the internet company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back.
Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas
Read full article: Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' MayorkasThe CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”.
Google parent reports another quarter of robust growth, rolls out first-ever quarterly dividend
Read full article: Google parent reports another quarter of robust growth, rolls out first-ever quarterly dividendGoogle’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence.
What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you
Read full article: What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for youAfter years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
Read full article: Google fires more workers who protested its deal with IsraelAn activist group says Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war.
Japanese doctors demand damages from Google over "groundless" reviews
Read full article: Japanese doctors demand damages from Google over "groundless" reviewsA group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they say are results showing unpoliced derogatory and often false comments.
Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI
Read full article: Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AIGoogle says it will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables.
Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users
Read full article: Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook usersGenerative AI is advancing so quickly that the latest chatbots available today could be out of date tomorrow.
Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
Read full article: Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli governmentGoogle has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise it
Read full article: Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise itMore than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion.
Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
Read full article: Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy caseGoogle has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke
Read full article: Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day jokeGoogle co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.
Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets
Read full article: Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital marketsEuropean Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets that took effect earlier this month.
Catching up with Reagan Bregman; what the busy mom, entrepreneur & designer has been up to during the off season
Read full article: Catching up with Reagan Bregman; what the busy mom, entrepreneur & designer has been up to during the off seasonReagan gave us a look at what the Bregman’s have been up to during the off season, plus we got a taste of the couple's new 'Wild Sol' salsa.
French regulators fine Google $272 million in dispute with news publishers
Read full article: French regulators fine Google $272 million in dispute with news publishersFrance’s competition watchdog has hit Google with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news.
Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
Read full article: Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companiesThe Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China.
Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like
Read full article: Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look likeEuropeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for race
Read full article: Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for raceGoogle apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense.
Google suspends Gemini chatbot's ability to generate pictures of people
Read full article: Google suspends Gemini chatbot's ability to generate pictures of peopleGoogle said Thursday it’s temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating.
White House wades into debate on 'open' versus 'closed' artificial intelligence systems
Read full article: White House wades into debate on 'open' versus 'closed' artificial intelligence systemsThe Biden administration is wading into a contentious debate about whether the most powerful artificial intelligence systems should be “open-source” or closed.
Snap, the owner of Snapchat, is laying off about 10% of its global workforce
Read full article: Snap, the owner of Snapchat, is laying off about 10% of its global workforceThe owner of Snapchat is cutting approximately 10% of its worldwide workforce, or about 530 employees, the latest tech company to announce layoffs.
A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn't taken down sooner
Read full article: A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn't taken down soonerA graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companies’ ability to prevent horrific postings from spreading across the web.
Microsoft profit soars 33% on AI, cloud-computing investments
Read full article: Microsoft profit soars 33% on AI, cloud-computing investmentsMicrosoft Corp. says that its profit for the October-December quarter soared 33%, powered by its significant investments in artificial intelligence technology.
Google's parent posts double-digit revenue growth in 4th quarter, but ad sales rise at slower pace
Read full article: Google's parent posts double-digit revenue growth in 4th quarter, but ad sales rise at slower paceGoogle’s corporate parent returned to double-digit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter.
Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking in more of the technology in its new Galaxy phones
Read full article: Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking in more of the technology in its new Galaxy phonesSmartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial intelligence seeps into the devices that accompany people almost everywhere they go.
Scam Alert! City of Houston warns of fake websites disguised as paid parking application
Read full article: Scam Alert! City of Houston warns of fake websites disguised as paid parking applicationThe City of Houston is warning people about fake websites that are disguised as the city’s paid parking application.
Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says
Read full article: Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser saysA legal adviser to the European Union’s top court says Google should pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case.
Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive
Read full article: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting driveGoogle says it has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures.
Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'
Read full article: Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging it spied on people who used the “incognito" mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.
Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Read full article: Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlementGoogle has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes.
Apple now requires court orders in U.S. to access push notification data
Read full article: Apple now requires court orders in U.S. to access push notification dataApple is now requiring that U.S. law enforcement agencies obtain a court order for information on its customers’ push notifications — the alerts iPhone apps send users that can reveal a lot about their online activity.