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EU Antitrust Chief Meets With Big Tech CEOs Over Regulation and Competition Compliance
EU Antitrust Chief Meets With Big Tech CEOs Over Regulation and Competition Compliance
January 12, 2024  |  Big Tech

Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s (EU) antitrust chief, recently met with the chief executives of tech giants Apple, Alphabet and Qualcomm.  The purpose of these meetings was to discuss regulation...

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Judge Rejects Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Dismiss Lawsuits
Judge Rejects Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Dismiss Lawsuits
November 14, 2023  |  Legal

A federal judge in Oakland, California, has ruled against major social media companies, rejecting their efforts to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing...

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Alphabet Sheds Entire Stake in Trading App Robinhood
Alphabet Sheds Entire Stake in Trading App Robinhood
November 13, 2023  |  Business

Google parent Alphabet has sold off all of its shares in trading app Robinhood. The tech giant in August had sold about 90% of its stake in...

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Tech Giants’ Murky Forecasts Make Investors Nervous
Tech Giants’ Murky Forecasts Make Investors Nervous
November 05, 2023  |  Big Tech

Recent big tech earnings reports have reportedly made Wall Street worried about the year’s end. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Nov. 5), companies like Apple, Meta, Tesla and Alphabet have given investors...

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This Week in AI: Politics, Policies and Payments
This Week in AI: Politics, Policies and Payments
October 27, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

As another week has gone by, generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to work its way further and further into daily life. The only problem, from...

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Lawmakers Demand Answers from AI CEOs on Working Conditions
Lawmakers Demand Answers from AI CEOs on Working Conditions
September 13, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Pramila Jayapal have led several colleagues in demanding answers from CEOs of leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies regarding the working conditions of their...

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EU Names Amazon and Meta Among Its 6 ‘Gatekeepers’
EU Names Amazon and Meta Among Its 6 ‘Gatekeepers’
September 06, 2023  |  Regulation

The European Commission has named six tech giants as “gatekeepers” under its Digital Markets Act. That distinction, announced Wednesday (Sept. 6), applies to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, and gives the companies six months...

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Walmart Partners with Wing to Expand Drone Delivery in Dallas
Walmart Partners with Wing to Expand Drone Delivery in Dallas
August 24, 2023  |  Retail

Walmart has partnered with Alphabet-owned on-demand drone delivery provider Wing to expand its drone delivery services to customers in the Dallas metro area. This collaboration aims to enhance convenience...

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Google Set to Launch Next-Generation AI Model This Fall
Google Set to Launch Next-Generation AI Model This Fall
August 15, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google is ready to launch its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, Gemini, this fall. The tech giant aims for Gemini to become the force that powers...

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