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MICHAEL LIEDTKE

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

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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
Business|Technology

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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Apple plans to remove sensor from some watch models depending on how a court rules in patent dispute

Apple is prepared to remove the blood-oxygen sensor from its internet-connected watches if a court doesn’t give it more leeway while it pursues a bid to overturn a ruling that has blocked its use of the technology

Apple plans to remove sensor from some watch models depending on how a court rules in patent dispute
Science|Technology

Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking more of the technology into its Galaxy phones

Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial intelligence seeps into the devices that accompany people almost everywhere they go

Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking more of the technology into its Galaxy phones
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Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute

Apple says it will disable a blood-oxygen monitoring feature on its two most popular watches in the U.S. beginning Thursday to comply with a court-ordered revival of a sales ban stemming from a patent dispute

Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute
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Netflix's gains 13M new global 4Q subscribers as it unwraps its best-ever holiday season results

Netflix has registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023

Netflix's gains 13M new global 4Q subscribers as it unwraps its best-ever holiday season results
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Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations

Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise

Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations
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GM's Cruise robotaxi service targeted in Justice Department inquiry into San Francisco collision

General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions

GM's Cruise robotaxi service targeted in Justice Department inquiry into San Francisco collision
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Google's parent posts double-digit revenue growth in a quarter for first time in nearly 2 years

Google’s corporate parent returned to double-digit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter

Google's parent posts double-digit revenue growth in a quarter for first time in nearly 2 years

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