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FILE – A man walks past Google’s offices in London’s Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)

Google begins court hearing about how it should be penalized for operating an illegal search monopoly—and a break-up is on the table

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Trump might pump the brakes on auto tariffs — ‘I don’t change my mind but I’m flexible,’ president says

By Josh Boak, Michael Liedtke, and others

Sales staffs work at an Apple shop in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Apple shifting iPhone production to the U.S. is a ‘non-starter,’ even as Trump’s tariffs threaten to push prices to $3,000

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

This 1975 photo provided by Gates Ventures shows Microsoft founder Bill Gates holding a printout of the computer coding that launched the software maker. (Ian Allen/Gates Ventures via AP)

Bill Gates offers to let anyone download the first operating system he and Paul Allen wrote 50 years ago: ‘That code remains the coolest I’ve ever written’

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

Los Angeles, California-December 26, 2024: A Waymo autonomous taxi picks up passengers in Downtown Los Angeles. The City of LA allows for self driving taxis driven by AI and Lidar Sensors under a pilot program.

Waymo started as a secret project at Google 16 years ago. Now it’s bringing driverless taxis to the nation’s capital

By The Associated Press and Michael Liedtke

FILE – Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street on Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Uber and Waymo launch driverless ride service in Austin

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

FILE – This is a display of iPhone 16s in an Apple Store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Apple shareholders expected to reject proposal to scrap corporate workforce diversity programs

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

FILE – Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

Google scraps diversity hiring goals in the face of Trump’s new anti-DEI government contractor rules

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

LinkedIn founder gesticulates on stage

Reid Hoffman says AI could ultimately benefit the human experience instead of making social isolation worse because it’s ‘infinitely patient’

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

A scale model of an electric air vehicle made by Supernal

Flying taxis are ‘just a few steps from the finish line’

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

A photo of Apple CEO Tim Cook as he speaks to the press after meeting with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has security teams at Apple, Meta and others on alert for stalkers who threaten their CEOs

By Adam Geller, Cathy Bussewitz, and others

A pair of driverless Waymo cars sit parked on a beautiful street

Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving car project, is coming to Miami—and you’ll be able to ride in a driverless Jaguar

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

FILE – Lina Khan talks about health care costs at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Even with Biden’s antitrust watchdogs likely headed out, the idea of taking on Big Tech ‘still has legs to it’

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

One of Google's cars it uses to map the world sits parked

Google Maps just got a fresh injection of AI features—here’s what you can do now

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press

Woman using artificial intelligence technology on laptop with glasses reflection.

Want employees to embrace AI? A Slack exec says knowing the 5 AI personalities is key

By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press