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MICHAEL LIEDTKE

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

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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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Google packs more artificial intelligence into new Pixel phones, raises prices for devices by $100

Google has unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that also can be altered by the technology

Google packs more artificial intelligence into new Pixel phones, raises prices for devices by $100
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What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

If government regulators prevail in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermining the dominance of the Google search engine that defines the internet for billions of people

What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits
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Netflix's password-sharing crackdown reels in subscribers as it raises prices for its premium plan

Netflix has disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed analysts’ projections, signaling the video streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing is converting former freeloaders into paying customers

Netflix's password-sharing crackdown reels in subscribers as it raises prices for its premium plan
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California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisco robotaxi service for safety reasons

California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace

California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisco robotaxi service for safety reasons
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Google's ad sales growth accelerated in 3Q, but investors are unimpressed with the performance

Google’s digital advertising sales growth accelerated during the summer, advancing a recent revival that helped its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to deliver a quarterly profit that exceeded analysts' projections

Google's ad sales growth accelerated in 3Q, but investors are unimpressed with the performance
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Apple's sales fall for the fourth straight quarter despite a strong start for latest iPhones

Apple’s sales remained on a downward slope during the summer

Apple's sales fall for the fourth straight quarter despite a strong start for latest iPhones
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Fortnite maker accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition to its Android app store

Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people’s dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumers’ expense

Fortnite maker accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition to its Android app store
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Yellen says her talks with Chinese finance chief laid groundwork for Biden's meeting with Xi

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she and her Chinese counterpart have agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Yellen says her talks with Chinese finance chief laid groundwork for Biden's meeting with Xi
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build

Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks
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Corporate, global leaders peer into a future expected to be reshaped by AI, for better or worse

President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco

Corporate, global leaders peer into a future expected to be reshaped by AI, for better or worse
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CEO of Fortnite game maker casts Google as a 'crooked' bully in testimony during Android app trial

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system

CEO of Fortnite game maker casts Google as a 'crooked' bully in testimony during Android app trial
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GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident's severity

California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its California license

GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident's severity
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Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race
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Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over barriers to its Android app store

A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire

Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over barriers to its Android app store
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Apple to halt sales of its newest watches in US over patent dispute

If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don’t dawdle for much longer because the devices won’t be available to buy in the U.S. later this week if the White House doesn’t intervene in an international patent dispute

Apple to halt sales of its newest watches in US over patent dispute
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in 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 — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes

Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
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Apple's Vision Pro headset launches next month as company seeks to expand mixed-reality market

Apple’s high-priced headset for toggling between the real and digital world will be available in its stores beginning Feb. 2, launching the trendsetting company’s push to broaden the appeal of what so far has been a niche technology

Apple's Vision Pro headset launches next month as company seeks to expand mixed-reality market
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Supreme Court rebuffs Apple's appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue

The Supreme Court has allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple’s grip on its lucrative iPhone app store, and potentially affect billions of dollars in revenue a year

Supreme Court rebuffs Apple's appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue

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