• Why the Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet

    Why the Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet

    May 03, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... did say the big question, which is if defaults don't matter and if competition is just to click away, why are you, Google, paying Apple $23 billion a year to be that default? Stephanie Sy: And from what I understand, Google has like 90 percent of the search market ...

  • M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

    M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

    May 03, 2024 07:51 PM EST

    ... component in the production of smartphones. It is among the minerals that was named earlier this month in a letter from Congo’s government questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” being smuggled in its supply chain. WATCH: Intense fighting between rebels and Congolese army sparks ...

  • U.S. Justice Department makes final arguments on Google being an illegal monopoly

    U.S. Justice Department makes final arguments on Google being an illegal monopoly

    May 03, 2024 03:18 PM EST

    ... antitrust trial in more than two decades, has revolved around how much Google derives its strength from contracts it has in place with companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine preloaded on cellphones and computers. At trial, evidence showed that Google spends more than $20 billion a ...

  • Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google on search engine dominance

    Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google on search engine dominance

    May 02, 2024 10:37 PM EST

    ... Federal prosecutors allege that Google protects its franchise by shelling out more than $20 billion annually to ensure its search engine automatically answers queries on Apple's iPhone and web browsers such as Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox. Lawyers for the Department of Justice contend the money that Google spends ...

  • WATCH: First lady Jill Biden hosts state dinner for 2024 Teachers of the Year

    WATCH: First lady Jill Biden hosts state dinner for 2024 Teachers of the Year

    May 02, 2024 09:14 PM EST

    ... their seat by a handmade thank-you note from their students, fellow teachers and school leadership that was organized by their school principal. Dinner was apple, walnut and celery root salad followed by a main course of lobster ravioli. Dessert was a trio of strawberries and cream, apple mousse and ...

  • How U.S. banning TikTok could affect you

    How U.S. banning TikTok could affect you

    Apr 24, 2024 03:45 PM EST

    ... to see the same stuff. WATCH: U.S. effort to force TikTok sale faces complicated path “The TikTok bill relies heavily on the control that Apple and Google maintain over their smartphone platforms because the bill’s primary mechanism is to direct Apple and Google to stop allowing the TikTok ...

  • U.S. effort to force TikTok sale faces complicated path

    U.S. effort to force TikTok sale faces complicated path

    Apr 23, 2024 10:35 PM EST

    It says that app stores run by companies like Apple or Google couldn't carry TikTok, couldn't make it available for download, and that the same is true of Web hosting companies. Think about the sort of invisible infrastructure of the Internet, of servers that host apps and help ...

  • Climate change is shifting plant growth zones. Here's what to know for your garden this year

    Climate change is shifting plant growth zones. Here's what to know for your garden this year

    Apr 07, 2024 06:28 PM EST

    ... as affecting hot Southern gardens, but has become more commonplace recently in the Northeast U.S. on tomatoes, pumpkins and squash, and other crops, including apples in Pennsylvania. Other plant pathogens may take advantage of milder winter temperatures, which leads to prolonged saturation of soils instead of freezing. Both plants ...

  • Documentary captures journalist's gender transition while embedded with Taliban

    Documentary captures journalist's gender transition while embedded with Taliban

    Apr 04, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    A new documentary now available on Amazon Prime and AppleTV offers an in-depth look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "Transition" follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes a gender transition while embedded with a Taliban unit. Bryon and co-director Monica Villamizar spoke with Amna Nawaz about ...

  • At least 9 dead, 70 quarry workers trapped after major earthquake strikes Taiwan

    At least 9 dead, 70 quarry workers trapped after major earthquake strikes Taiwan

    Apr 03, 2024 02:06 PM EST

    ... grid were shut down, possibly leading to disruptions in the supply chain and financial losses. Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, which supplies semiconductors to companies such as Apple, said it evacuated employees from some of its factories in Hsinchu, southwest of Taipei. Hsinchu authorities said water and electricity supplies for all the ...