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How Google dodged a major breakup – and why OpenAI is to thank for it
An antitrust apocalypse has been averted, and it’s all down to its biggest competitor, according to the judge who could’ve forced Google to sell Chrome Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, writing to you as I finish the audiobook version of Don DeLillo’s White Noise, which I can’t say I found…
‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model
Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their content When the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple…
EU fines Google nearly €3bn for ‘abusing’ dominant position in ad tech
Regulators ordered the tech giant to end ‘self-preferencing practices’ in advertising services but declined to force sale European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a €2.95bn ($3.5bn) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a…
‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial
Judge said tech giant had monopoly but let it keep Chrome and Android; critics cried foul while Wall Street cheered A judge ruled on Tuesday that Google would not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or the Android operating system, saving the tech giant from the most severe penalties sought by the US government.…
Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules
Judge says tech giant can keep world’s most popular browser in ongoing battle over firm being ruled monopoly Google will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in the tech giant’s ongoing legal battle over being ruled a monopoly last year. The company will be barred from certain…
Google launches Pixel 10 with AI tools that anticipate users’ needs
Gemini’s new Magic Cue feature allows chatbot to scan digital life and pull up relevant information Google’s latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you to better photographer or become your personalised health and sleep coach. Shipping on the just-announced…