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MICHAEL LIEDTKE

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
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Protests against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

Crowds have protested billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe

Protests against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms
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Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Waymo on Tuesday added Washington D

Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
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Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history

Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the tech giant’s biggest-ever acquisition at the same time it’s facing a potential breakup of its internet empire

Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history
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Intel hires former board member as new CEO in struggling chipmaker's latest comeback attempt

Struggling chipmaker Intel has hired former board member and semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the latest in a succession of CEOs to attempt to turn around the company that helped define Silicon Valley

Intel hires former board member as new CEO in struggling chipmaker's latest comeback attempt
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Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine

Google is updating its ubiquitous search engine with the next generation of its artificial intelligence technology as part of an effort to provide instant expertise amid intensifying competition from smaller competitors

Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine
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Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas

Uber is shifting into a new gear in Austin, Texas where its ride-hailing service will begin dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers looking for a way to get around that city

Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas
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Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programs

Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce

Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programs
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Top Apple exec concedes he had doubts about app store fees imposed on alternative payment options

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Monday conceded he initially opposed fees that the iPhone maker charges for in app-transactions processed outside its own payment system because he feared violating a court-ordered mandate designed to create more competition

Top Apple exec concedes he had doubts about app store fees imposed on alternative payment options
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Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone

Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company has been hoping will revive demand for its most profitable product lineup

Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone
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Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules
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Google's rising holiday's season ad sales aren't enough to ease worries about AI letdown

Google’s digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn’t enough to offset investors’ worries about whether its big bet on artificial intelligence will be as lucrative as once envisioned

Google's rising holiday's season ad sales aren't enough to ease worries about AI letdown
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Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly

Google went to appeals court Monday in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury’s verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbehavior

Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly
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Bill Gates shares his thoughts on vaccine backlash, Intel's woes and Google's antitrust battle

Although Microsoft founder Bill Gates sat down for an interview with The Associated Press to discuss his new memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” he also shared his views on a variety of other topics, including vaccine conspiracy views about him, his thoughts on the struggles of longtime computer chipmaker Intel and his take on the antitrust challenges facing Google

Bill Gates shares his thoughts on vaccine backlash, Intel's woes and Google's antitrust battle
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates explores the making of his internal operating system in new memoir

As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is retracing his journey from an insouciant, impertinent and often misunderstood kid who grew up to become a polarizing technology titan before morphing into an influential philanthropist

Microsoft founder Bill Gates explores the making of his internal operating system in new memoir
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Apple's iPhone sales during the holiday season slipped despite a highly anticipated AI rollout

Apple on Thursday disclosed its iPhone sales dipped slightly during the holiday-season quarter, signaling a sluggish start to the trendsetting company’s effort to catch up to the rest of Big Tech in the race to bring artificial intelligence to the masses

Apple's iPhone sales during the holiday season slipped despite a highly anticipated AI rollout
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LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman sees bright AI future and hopes his tech peers are right about Trump

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s

LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman sees bright AI future and hopes his tech peers are right about Trump
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Samsung aims to turn its next generation of Galaxy smartphones into AI companions

Samsung is injecting another dose of artificial intelligence into the next version of its Galaxy smartphones, escalating an effort to simplify people’s lives while deepening their dependence on a device that accompanies them almost everywhere

Samsung aims to turn its next generation of Galaxy smartphones into AI companions
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Netflix's bet on live events helped reel in 19 million more subscribers in holiday-season quarter

Netflix added nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter to help propel its earnings beyond analysts’ projections, signaling that the video streaming service’s expansion into live programming is paying off

Netflix's bet on live events helped reel in 19 million more subscribers in holiday-season quarter
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Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPhones — a lineup that will boast better cameras, faster processors, a new charging system and a price hike for the fanciest model

Apple’s new iPhones get faster chips, better cameras and new charging ports
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Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues

Google is confronting a threat to its dominant search engine as federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century

Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues
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Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube

Google is introducing its artificially intelligent chatbot named Bard to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks to ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft

Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube
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DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition

The founder of the small search engine company DuckDuckGo is testifying against Google in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter of a century

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
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Netflix's DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment

Netflix's DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip
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Apple says it will fix software problems blamed for making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle

Apple says it will fix software problems blamed for making iPhone 15 models too hot to handle

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