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Elon Musk’s X to Close San Francisco Office, Relocate Workers
05 Aug

Elon Musk’s X to Close San Francisco Office, Relocate Workers

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Elon Musk’s X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will close its San Francisco office, ending the company’s presence in the city where it was founded in 2006. Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino sent an email to employees saying X will move out of its Market Street space in San Francisco, according to a person familiar with the company. Employees will be relocated to an existing office in San Jose and an engineering office in Palo Alto, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because the email wasn’t shared publicly. Source link lol
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Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules
05 Aug

Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules

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Google is now 0 for 2 in antitrust trials. United States District judge Amit Mehta ruled on Monday that Google has unlawfully maintained its dominance in search by using anticompetitive deals to keep rivals from gaining traction. And without fear of pressure from competitors, Google has been able to charge whatever it wants for search ads, he said.“The trial evidence firmly established that Google’s monopoly power, maintained by the exclusive distribution agreements, has enabled Google to increase text ads prices without any meaningful competitive constraint,” Mehta wrote in a 286-page ruling. “Unconstrained price increases have fueled Google’s dramatic revenue growth…
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Why Apple could be a loser in Google’s antitrust defeat
05 Aug

Why Apple could be a loser in Google’s antitrust defeat

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A federal judge just ruled against Google in a major antitrust case. Apple could be caught in the blowback.That's because a big part of the government's case against Google — that it has an illegal monopoly in search — focuses on deals Google makes with platforms and device-makers to be their default search engine.And the biggest one of those is the one Apple has with Google, where Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars a year — $20 billion in 2022 alone — to have pole position on the iPhone.Judge Amit P. Mehta's ruling, which holds that those deals…
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Trump Suggests Avoiding Google in Interview With Gamer Adin Ross
05 Aug

Trump Suggests Avoiding Google in Interview With Gamer Adin Ross

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Republican nominee Donald Trump called for his supporters to stop using Alphabet Inc.’s Google, calling the search engine “illegitimate” as he doubled down on his criticisms of large technology companies.“Something’s wrong with Google,” Trump said in an interview with controversial video-game celebrity Adin Ross on Monday. “Everybody should maybe just go off Google, not use it.” Source link lol
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Google violated antitrust law to keep a monopoly on search, federal judge rules
05 Aug

Google violated antitrust law to keep a monopoly on search, federal judge rules

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Google violated antitrust law with its online search, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking a major blow against one of the titans of the tech industry.District Judge Amit Mehta said Google's billions in payments to keep its search engine as the default on web browsers violated US law."After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly," Mehta wrote.The judge's ruling follows a landmark antitrust trial that concluded in DC in May. The case had been closely watched as…
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Palantir Ups Profit Outlook, Says AI Has ‘Transformed’ Business
05 Aug

Palantir Ups Profit Outlook, Says AI Has ‘Transformed’ Business

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Palantir Technologies Inc.’s stock jumped in extended trading after the company raised its annual outlook, citing continuing demand for its artificial intelligence software.Palantir also topped analyst estimates for sales and profit for the quarter, helping send its stock up more than 15% after the results were released. Source link lol
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Nvidia said a new product every year was the key to winning the Gen AI race. Now it’s faltering at the first hurdle.
05 Aug

Nvidia said a new product every year was the key to winning the Gen AI race. Now it’s faltering at the first hurdle.

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News that Nvidia's next chip launch will be delayed is calling into question whether the company can deliver on its promise to launch a new chip every year.The rollout of Nvidia's next-generation of AI chips, Blackwell, is going to be delayed according to media and industry analyst reports. Though a few Blackwell chips are already in customers' hands, according to the company, the ramp-up to full-scale production was supposed to come this fall. It will now be delayed two to three months.The chip experts at research firm Semianalysis wrote Sunday that Nvidia is facing "major issues in reaching high production…
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The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Faces an Uncertain Future
05 Aug

The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Faces an Uncertain Future

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After passing the Senate nearly unanimously last week, the future of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) appears uncertain. Congress is now on a six-week recess, and reporting from Punchbowl News indicates that the House Republican leadership may not prioritize bringing the bill to the floor for a vote when legislators return.In response to Punchbowl’s reporting, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a statement saying, “Just one week ago, Speaker Johnson said that he’d like to get KOSA done. I hope that hasn’t changed. Letting KOSA and [the Children and Teens’ Online Protection Act] collect dust in the House would…
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05 Aug

The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East

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The US Navy is sending another aircraft carrier to the Middle East. It will be the fourth sent to respond to ongoing crises in the tumultuous region in the past 10 months. With this move, over a third of the carrier fleet will have been involved at one point or another.The Pentagon on Saturday announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which was recently in the Pacific, is moving into the Middle East amid a broader shake-up of the US military's force posture in the region.The change comes as the US, its allies and partners, and the broader…
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