Shares in Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) jumped almost 6% in premarket trading after a judge ruled it doesn’t have to sell Chrome as an antitrust remedy. Judge Amit Mehta also allowed Google to keep control of the Android mobile operating system. But in a setback, the tech giant will have to end billion-dollar contracts…
Google (GOOG, GOOGL) won’t be forced to sell Chrome after a federal district judge ruled divestment a “poor fit” in a landmark antitrust case, but it will have to share data that helped it hold onto its search monopoly. The ruling from District of Columbia judge Amit Mehta sent Google’s stock soaring by more than…
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the U.S. government’s request to break up the company. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will…
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Personal Safety is rolling out an update that implements a new color scheme. While the app still doesn’t use your system palette, it does improve readability. Google has managed to mess up clock rendering, though, with the time fitting poorly on the screen. Developers like Google are constantly trying…
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton…
While we’re talking about the display, make sure your Pixel is using the highest screen resolution. In Display & touch, scroll down to Screen resolution and choose Max resolution. It may eat up more battery life, but you paid for a high-quality display! Use it. Smooth display sits right below, but it’s finally enabled by…
Summary The latest Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps report from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) signals a new phase in the AI app market. Google is closing the gap with ChatGPT, while Chinese companies are dominating the mobile space. Only eleven new apps made it onto the web list since the March 2025…
Meta may be interested in more than Google and OpenAI’s employees when it comes to artificial intelligence. According to The Information, Meta is considering using its competitors’ models to improve its own apps’ AI features. The report said that leaders at the Meta Superintelligence Lab have looked at integrating Google Gemini into its Meta AI…
Shares of language-learning app Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) fell 7.3% in the morning session after the stock’s weakness continued as Google unveiled a suite of new AI-powered language learning tools, signaling a significant increase in competition. The move by the tech giant introduces advanced, free offerings that could challenge Duolingo’s market position and user engagement model. Google’s…