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Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches. The much-anticipated decision marks a significant victory for federal regulators trying to rein in the power of Big Tech and could send shock waves through the tech world.…
Read MoreKamala Harris interviewing top vice-presidential contenders
Vice-President Kamala Harris is interviewing potential contenders to be her running mate on Sunday, ahead of a battleground tour next week. Among those travelling to Washington, DC, to meet Ms Harris are Governor Josh Shapiro, Senator Mark Kelly and Governor Tim Walz. The choices for the Democratic vice-president has been narrowed to a group of…
Read MoreJustice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance for allegedly breaking child privacy laws, accusing the companies of collecting personal information on children under the age of 13 without their parents’ consent. The lawsuit comes after TikTok settled a previous…
Read MoreU.S. Olympian couldn’t pay her rent. Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian took care of it
Veronica Fraley is scheduled to compete at the Paris Olympics for the first time Friday. So now probably is not a good time for distractions — like, say, rent being due back home in Nashville and not having the funds to cover it. Luckily, hip-hop pioneer Flavor Flav, billionaire Alexis Ohanian and others have Fraley…
Read MoreHow much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up
Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach in early March, equipped with their smartphones and a mission. Their goal: take a “data walk” around a few blocks of the city to see various technologies — security cameras, public Wi-Fi hotspots, the library self-checkout…
Read MoreGet paid or sue? How the news business is combating the threat of AI
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out a question about a topic he knew intimately: the Long Beach bakery Gusto Bread’s coffee. In less than a second, Google’s AI summarized information about the bakery in a few sentences and bullet points. But according to Cabral,…
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers continue push to regulate social media despite legal hurdles
California lawmakers are pursuing legislation aimed at protecting children from the dangers of social media, one of many efforts around the country to confront what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other public health experts say is a mental health emergency among young people. But California’s efforts, like those in other states, will probably face…
Read MoreWhy some Silicon Valley investors are backing the Trump-Vance campaign
SAN FRANCISCO — For many years, Republicans and ardent supporters of former President Trump haven’t been super popular in Silicon Valley circles. But the sentiment has shifted in recent weeks as conservative voices in San Francisco’s tech sector have grown increasingly strident in their support of a Trump-Vance ticket. Trump attended a fundraiser last month at…
Read MoreOpinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
When tech companies present their products as sleek autonomous computers, that ignores the labor powering the machines.
Read MoreThis country banned TikTok. What became of its influencers?
Is there life after TikTok? The question is front of mind for U.S. influencers and many small businesses as lawmakers threaten to ban the Chinese-owned social media app that’s become a cornerstone of internet culture and e-commerce. For an answer, they might turn to India, which has been surviving without TikTok since June 2020. That…
Read MoreKeke Palmer defends Angela Simmons over controversial post with Oreo-filled bathtub
Angela Simmons is at the center of controversy again after posting a video on Instagram in which she’s lounging in a bathtub filled with Oreos. The post is a promotion for the TV personality’s vegan dessert brand, Angela’s Cakes, in collaboration with the Black-owned restaurant Slutty Vegan. The video was intended to drum up excitement…
Read MoreOpinion: Happy birthday, Amazon? Why one longtime user isn’t celebrating the tech behemoth’s 30th
I had just started my master’s degree in artificial intelligence when a classmate asked if I’d heard of Amazon, a new online bookstore where you could order basically any book in the world and have it shipped to your front door. Feeling all the excitement of a middle school book fair flooding back, I entered…
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