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By Zilber Alphabet shares soared after a federal judge spared its subsidiary Google from a forced breakup in its landmark antitrust battle – fueling a Wall Street rally that outraged …
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By Barrabi Google avoided a forced breakup of its online search monopoly after a federal judge rejected the harshest remedies proposed by the Justice Department – sparking furor from critics …
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By Zilber Google’s controversial AI-generated summaries – which have been blamed for crushing the traffic of US news sites – have drawn an antitrust complaint in the European Union from …
Read More By Zilber Google’s AI Overviews feature has led to a significant increase in the frequency of “zero clicks” to search queries — drastically reducing traffic to news websites, according to …
Read More By Barrabi British regulators said they may force Google to open its search engine to more competition – raising concerns that its budding use of artificial intelligence poses increasing threats …
Read More By Barrabi Google is offering a fresh round of buyouts to some employees and cracking down on remote workers as it shifts more resources toward the artificial intelligence race, the …
Read More By Barrabi Major news outlets are in crisis mode as artificial intelligence chatbots pushed by Google and other Big Tech giants crush website traffic. Google has rolled out an “AI …
Read More By Zilber Google co-founder Sergey Brin has gifted nearly $700 million worth of Alphabet stock – but the beneficiaries of his largesse are a mystery. The tech mogul – whose …
Read More By Elisa Google parent Alphabet said it would buy back $70 billion worth of shares as it reported first-quarter profit above Wall Street expectations. Shares jumped 4% in extended trading, …
Read More By Barrabi Google parent Alphabet reportedly slashed hundreds of jobs in the division responsible for Android and its Chrome web browser as part of its latest restructuring. The layoffs hit …
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By Barrabi European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday issued fresh warnings to Apple and Google over potential violations of their strict digital rules – a move that will likely escalate …
Read More By Herzlich Google will reportedly scrap its diversity hiring targets and review some of the tech giant’s DEI initiatives – becoming the latest major company to walk back the controversial …
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By Barrabi China has opened an antitrust probe against Google – and Nvidia and Intel are also in Beijing’s crosshairs as part of a sweeping set of retaliatory measures after …
Read More By Barrabi Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed a tenth of the search giant’s managerial roles since last year as part of a drive to become more …
Read More By Elisa The Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The DOJ will ask …
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By Herzlich OpenAI is taking on Google, the most dominant search engine, with its own SearchGPT. The startup on Thursday unveiled its artificial intelligence-powered search engine, which offers users real-time …
Read More By Elisa Google said that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. …
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By Barrabi “Fortnite” maker Epic Games filed its second antitrust lawsuit against Google on Monday, accusing the search giant of illegally colluding with smartphone giant Samsung to stifle app developers. …
Read More By Zilber Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire an artificial intelligence genius who left the tech giant in a huff three years ago to found his own startup, according to …
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By Barrabi A Google executive boasted to co-workers the goal for the company’s budding online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rivals in the digital ad market, according to …
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