Google has unveiled a range of new AI-powered products, including new video and image creation tools, and has begun rebuilding its search engine around generative AI, powered by the company’s Gemini AI model. The tech giant used the opening of its annual developer conference, Google I/O, to also preview Project Astra, which Google is calling … Read more
The stakes are high as a federal judge considers whether to break up the tech giant’s search empire. This also applies to the rest of Silicon Valley. A landmark antitrust case pitting Google (GOOG, GOOGL) against the Justice Department entered its final stages this past week, as prosecutors from the federal government and 14 states … Read more
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) was supposed to be a game-changer in Europe’s quest to tame the titans of cyberspace. However, now that the DMA has come into effect, it appears that it will fall into the same pitfalls as previous EU efforts. Brussels has once again cast too wide a regulatory net, … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Europeans scrolling on their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where they can download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They are part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that target … Read more
LONDON (AP) — It’s not just you. Many people think that Google searches are getting worse and worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to find information. Although Google has been the one-stop shop for decades—after all, we commonly call searches “Googling”—its long-standing dominance has attracted a … Read more