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MICHAEL LIEDTKE

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

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Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal

Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
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Netflix now has nearly 270 million subscribers after another strong showing to begin 2024

Netflix gained another 9.3 million subscribers to start the year while its still-emerging expansion into advertising helped produce financial results that exceeded analysts’ estimates

Netflix now has nearly 270 million subscribers after another strong showing to begin 2024
Business|Finance|Technology

Google parent reports another quarter of accelerating growth and its stock price soars

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence

Google parent reports another quarter of accelerating growth and its stock price soars
Business|News|US

Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone

Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
Business|Economy|Technology

Apple's quarterly iPhone sales plunge 10%, but stock price surges on dividend, stock buyback news

Apple has posted its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset

Apple's quarterly iPhone sales plunge 10%, but stock price surges on dividend, stock buyback news
Business|Technology

Judge grills Apple exec about whether company is defying order to enable more iPhone payment options

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital services

Judge grills Apple exec about whether company is defying order to enable more iPhone payment options
News|Technology

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google has rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Business|US

Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller has acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn’t done much to increase competition — a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes

Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments
Business|Technology|US

Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tactics

Google is confronting the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as a federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software

Judge weighs proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent anticompetitive tactics
Business|Finance|Technology

British tech magnate Mike Lynch acquitted of fraud charges in $11 billion deal with Hewlett Packard

British tech magnate Mike Lynch has been cleared of charges alleging he orchestrated a fraud and conspiracy leading up to an $11 billion deal that turned into a costly albatross for Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard

British tech magnate Mike Lynch acquitted of fraud charges in $11 billion deal with Hewlett Packard
Business|Entertainment

Netflix's recipe for success includes 'secret sauce' spiced with Silicon Valley savvy

Although its video streaming service sparkles with a Hollywood sheen, Netflix still taps its roots in Silicon Valley to stay a step ahead of traditional TV and movie studios

Netflix's recipe for success includes 'secret sauce' spiced with Silicon Valley savvy
Business|Technology

Apple leaps into AI with an array of upcoming iPhone features and a ChatGPT deal to smarten up

Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses

Apple leaps into AI with an array of upcoming iPhone features and a ChatGPT deal to smarten up
Business|Crime|Technology|US

Judges hear Elizabeth Holmes' appeal of fraud conviction while she remains in Texas prison

A panel of federal judges have spent two hours wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom

Judges hear Elizabeth Holmes' appeal of fraud conviction while she remains in Texas prison
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Robinhood CEO discusses the brokerage's evolution leading up to another ride on the meme stock wave

Meme stocks like GameStop are hot again, reviving memories of early 2021 when they turned into a craze that ended up burning many investors along with Robinhood Markets

Robinhood CEO discusses the brokerage's evolution leading up to another ride on the meme stock wave
Business|Lifestyle|Technology|US

GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco

General Motors has named a veteran technology executive with roots in the video game industry to steer its troubled robotaxi service Cruise

GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco
Business|Lifestyle|Science|Technology

Samsung brings tech's latest fashion to wearable technology with AI twists in new watch and ring

Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology’s latest fashion — artificial intelligence

Samsung brings tech's latest fashion to wearable technology with AI twists in new watch and ring
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Netflix's subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off

Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth accelerated in its latest quarter as the video streaming service benefits from a crackdown on freeloading viewers, an expansion into advertising and an acclaimed programming lineup

Netflix's subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off
Business|Finance|Technology

Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire

Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search
Technology

Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines

“Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation

Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines
Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Apple breaks out of recent sales slump as it gears up to make its leap into the AI craze

Apple snapped out of a prolonged sales slump during its most-recent quarter

Apple breaks out of recent sales slump as it gears up to make its leap into the AI craze
Business|News|Technology

Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules

A judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation

Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
Business|News|Technology|US

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
News|Technology

Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up

Google has unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones

Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up
Business|Technology

Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopoly

A federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store

Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopoly
Business|Europe|Technology

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

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