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  • Gabriel WeinbergTech

    The founder of a main Google rival says there’s such a stranglehold over search that it only has 2.5% of the market

    By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, and others
  • Gabriel Weinberg, founder and chief executive officer of DuckDuckGo Inc., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The hearing comes amid building bipartisan support for increased tech regulation in the U.S. and is taking place just days after Massachusetts Senator and 2020 Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren called on the government to break up big tech companies like Amazon, Alphabet, and Facebook. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    DuckDuckGo CEO says Google kills competition through phone deals that make it hard for users to switch search engines: ‘It’s too many steps’

    By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, and others
  • FILE – Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Google announced that it is introducing its artificially intelligent chatbot, Bard, to other members of its digital family, including Gmail, Maps and YouTube, as part of the next step in its effort to ward off threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Tech

    Google is adding Bard to Gmail, Maps and YouTube in fight with OpenAI and MIcrosoft for AI dominance

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • John SchmidtleinTech

    ‘Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions’: The government throws the book at big tech in court

    By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 12: Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, arrives at federal court on September 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Google will defend its default-search deals in an antitrust trial against the U.S. Justice Department which begins today. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Tech

    The biggest government lawsuit since Microsoft begins today with internet search at stake

    By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, and others
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden on May 23, 2023. (Photo by Claudio BRESCIANI / various sources / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by CLAUDIO BRESCIANI/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Trial over Google’s search dominance is the federal government’s biggest antitrust case since going after Microsoft 25 years ago

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Ted SarandosFinance

    Netflix adds most subscribers since 2020 surge but investors fret over ‘competitive battle’ brewing in Hollywood labor strife

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision “Call of Duty – Modern Warfare,” are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Microsoft on Thursday will try to gain clearance to complete a $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard in a legal showdown with U.S. regulators that will reshape a pastime that’s bigger than the movie and music industries combined. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Tech

    Microsoft and the FTC face off in court to determine whether the $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard can go forward now

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Apple’s new Vision Pro virtual reality headset is displayed during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 5, 2023. Apple on Monday unveiled its first-ever virtual reality headset challenging Facebook-owner Meta in a market that has yet to tempt users beyond videogamers and tech geeks. The release was the most significant product launch by the iconic iPhone maker since it unveiled the Apple Watch in 2015. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    What it’s like wearing Apple’s buzzy Vision Pro goggles and venturing into the weird and isolating world of virtual reality

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Tim CookTech

    Tim Cook says Apple’s new $3,500 goggles bring a ‘new dimension to powerful personal technology.’ Dan Ives sees 150,000 in sales.

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • File – People stand outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. If Apple unveils a widely anticipated headset equipped with mixed reality technology at the theater on Monday, it will be the company’s biggest new product since the introduction of the Apple Watch nearly a decade ago.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Tech

    Star of Apple developer conference expected to be mixed-reality headset that could be another company milestone—or join VR and AR duds

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • File – Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, arrives at federal court with her father, Christian Holmes IV, left, and partner, Billy Evans, in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. As Elizabeth Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos startup is entering its final phase. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Leadership

    Elizabeth Holmes to report to prison for first day of her 11 year Theranos fraud sentence

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • Elizabeth HolmesSuccess

    Elizabeth Holmes terrified a Theranos whistleblower so much he slept with a knife under his pillow

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix’s “FUBAR” at The Grove on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Lifestyle

    ‘This will not be a universally popular move’: Netflix starts crack down on rampant password sharing in the U.S.

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., March 17, 2023. Holmes has asked a federal judge, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, to allow her to remain free through the Memorial Day weekend before surrendering to authorities on May 30, to begin her more than 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in a blood-testing scam. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Tech

    Elizabeth Holmes requests to remain free through Memorial Day weekend before she begins her 11-year prison sentence

    By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press