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Google Says It Will Appeal Online Search Antitrust Decision
Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition. Antitrust enforcers are concerned about how Google's search monopoly gives it an advantage in AI products like Gemini and vice versa.
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Google, DOJ to Make Final Push in US Search Antitrust Case
Google and US antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser. If the judge does require Google to sell off Chrome, OpenAI would be interested in buying it, Nick Turley, OpenAI's product head for ChatGPT, said at the trial.
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Google Faces DoJ Probe For Violating Antitrust Law In AI Tech Deal: Report
The US Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet's Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI that allows the tech giant to use the AI startup's technology, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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Fortnite Banned From iOS: Epic Games And Apple In New Feud
Apple has blocked Fortnite's return to iOS devices, despite the game's availability in the European Union through the Epic Games Store.
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
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Instagram Chief Says App Has Feared TikTok Threat for Years
As Instagram has evolved to compete with TikTok with more video entertainment, so has the reason people come to the platform, platform’s chief Adam Mosseri told a federal court in Washington during the US antitrust trial against Meta. Only one in six posts to Instagram’s Stories feature are now from people engaging with their friends and family...
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Apple Reportedly Considering AI-Powered Search Options for Safari Browser
Apple is reportedly considering bringing artificial intelligence (AI) search options to the Safari browser. As per the report, the information was shared by an Apple executive during a testimony in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive highlighted that the Cupertino-based tech giant had held discussions with se...
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Apple Will Appeal Contempt Ruling in Epic Games Case Over App Store
Apple in a court notice said it will ask the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to review the April 30 ruling, which found the company in contempt of an earlier order in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games. Apple's appeal notice did include its planned legal arguments.
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Google Can Reportedly Use Content to Train Search AI Even If Publishers Opt Out
Google can reportedly use content from publishers even if they have opted out of artificial intelligence (AI) training. As per the report, a Google DeepMind executive revealed the information during a testimony in the company’s ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive reportedly highlighted that such content is not ...
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Google’s Pichai Says US Fix Is ‘De Facto’ Spinoff of Search
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told a judge that the DoJ's plan to share Google's search data with rivals would be a “de facto” divestiture of the company’s search engine. Pichai was called to testify as part of a three-week trial aimed at determining how Google should restore competition to online search.
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Google Reportedly Pays an ‘Enormous Sum of Money’ to Preinstall the Gemini App on Samsung Devices
Google reportedly pays an “enormous sum of money” to Samsung to preinstall the Gemini app. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant began paying the South Korean tech giant in January. The information was said to be revealed by a Google executive while testifying in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department.
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OpenAI Interested in Buying Google Chrome, Executive Testifies at Antitrust Trial
ChatGPT head of product Nick Turley made the statement while testifying at trial in Washington where US Department of Justice seeks to require Google to undertake far-reaching measures restore competition in online search. The judge overseeing the trial found last year that Google has a monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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Google Illegally Dominated 2 Markets For Online Ad Technology: US Judge
Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the US.
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Zuckerberg Considered "Spinning Instagram Out" Over Antitrust Worries
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial.
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Google Says It Will Appeal Online Search Antitrust Decision
Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition. Antitrust enforcers are concerned about how Google's search monopoly gives it an advantage in AI products like Gemini and vice versa.
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Google, DOJ to Make Final Push in US Search Antitrust Case
Google and US antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser. If the judge does require Google to sell off Chrome, OpenAI would be interested in buying it, Nick Turley, OpenAI's product head for ChatGPT, said at the trial.
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Google Faces DoJ Probe For Violating Antitrust Law In AI Tech Deal: Report
The US Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet's Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI that allows the tech giant to use the AI startup's technology, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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Fortnite Banned From iOS: Epic Games And Apple In New Feud
Apple has blocked Fortnite's return to iOS devices, despite the game's availability in the European Union through the Epic Games Store.
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
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Instagram Chief Says App Has Feared TikTok Threat for Years
As Instagram has evolved to compete with TikTok with more video entertainment, so has the reason people come to the platform, platform’s chief Adam Mosseri told a federal court in Washington during the US antitrust trial against Meta. Only one in six posts to Instagram’s Stories feature are now from people engaging with their friends and family...
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Apple Reportedly Considering AI-Powered Search Options for Safari Browser
Apple is reportedly considering bringing artificial intelligence (AI) search options to the Safari browser. As per the report, the information was shared by an Apple executive during a testimony in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive highlighted that the Cupertino-based tech giant had held discussions with se...
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Apple Will Appeal Contempt Ruling in Epic Games Case Over App Store
Apple in a court notice said it will ask the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to review the April 30 ruling, which found the company in contempt of an earlier order in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games. Apple's appeal notice did include its planned legal arguments.
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Google Can Reportedly Use Content to Train Search AI Even If Publishers Opt Out
Google can reportedly use content from publishers even if they have opted out of artificial intelligence (AI) training. As per the report, a Google DeepMind executive revealed the information during a testimony in the company’s ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department. The executive reportedly highlighted that such content is not ...
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Google’s Pichai Says US Fix Is ‘De Facto’ Spinoff of Search
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told a judge that the DoJ's plan to share Google's search data with rivals would be a “de facto” divestiture of the company’s search engine. Pichai was called to testify as part of a three-week trial aimed at determining how Google should restore competition to online search.
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Google Reportedly Pays an ‘Enormous Sum of Money’ to Preinstall the Gemini App on Samsung Devices
Google reportedly pays an “enormous sum of money” to Samsung to preinstall the Gemini app. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant began paying the South Korean tech giant in January. The information was said to be revealed by a Google executive while testifying in the ongoing antitrust case against the US Justice Department.
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OpenAI Interested in Buying Google Chrome, Executive Testifies at Antitrust Trial
ChatGPT head of product Nick Turley made the statement while testifying at trial in Washington where US Department of Justice seeks to require Google to undertake far-reaching measures restore competition in online search. The judge overseeing the trial found last year that Google has a monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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Google Illegally Dominated 2 Markets For Online Ad Technology: US Judge
Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the US.
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Zuckerberg Considered "Spinning Instagram Out" Over Antitrust Worries
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial.
