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MICHAEL LIEDTKE

MICHAEL LIEDTKE

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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
Business|Entertainment|Technology|Videos

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
Business|Finance|Technology

Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service

Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers

Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service
Business|Finance|Technology

CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its sales

Cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike Holdings on Wednesday estimated it absorbed a roughly $60 million blow to its sales pipeline last month after its botched handling of a software update triggered a technology meltdown that stranded thousands of people in airports in addition to other exasperating disruptions

CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its sales
Environment|Technology

Sports boats set out on a voyage to electrify the waters in the same way Tesla electrified the roads

A 23-foot (7-meter) boat hurtling along a Northern California river at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour looked like other vessels but didn't have the familiar roar

Sports boats set out on a voyage to electrify the waters in the same way Tesla electrified the roads
Business|News|Technology|US

Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly

A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring

Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly
Business|Technology

Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup

Apple has charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch on a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon

Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup
Business|Technology

Uber to dispatch Waymo's robotaxis in Austin and Atlanta next year

Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals

Uber to dispatch Waymo's robotaxis in Austin and Atlanta next year
Business|Entertainment|Sports|US

ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV with a new Disney deal after a nearly 2-week blackout

DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN’s slate of college football games on DirecTV

ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV with a new Disney deal after a nearly 2-week blackout

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