Economy Aug 13 In AI race with Apple, Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual Google left little doubt that the Pixel 9 phones are meant to be a vessel for the AI technology that is expected to reshape the way people live and work.
Nation Aug 05 Court rules Google’s search engine dominance is antitrust violation and illegal The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.
Economy Jun 10 Apple bringing ‘Apple Intelligence’ to its popular products Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its World Wide Developers Conference Monday, previewing an onslaught of features designed to soup up the iPhone and other devices.
Nation Mar 31 20 years ago, people thought Google’s Gmail launch was an April Fool’s Day joke Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks every April Fool's Day. As a result, the release of Gmail with what sounded like a preposterous amount of storage capacity 20 years ago was believed to be one of…
Economy Mar 21 Reddit, long a home for Internet communities, debuts on stock exchange The company said Wednesday that it had priced its IPO at $34 a share. Shares will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.”…
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Garland holds news conference as Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and leverages control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”…
Economy Jan 16 Supreme Court rebuffs Apple’s court appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue The justices rejected Apple's appeal of lower-court rulings that found some of Apple's app store rules for apps purchased on more than 1 billion iPhones constitute unfair competition under California law.
Nation Dec 19 Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states, consumers in Android app store settlement Google 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.
Nation Nov 06 Fortnite maker asks court to limit Google’s ability to take a cut of in-app purchases A 10-person jury will decide whether Google’s digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers.
Nation Sep 12 Google’s search dominance faces big antitrust challenge in landmark trial The Justice Department filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google nearly three years ago during the Trump administration, charging that the company has used its internet search dominance to gain an unfair advantage against competitors.