The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed remedies to break up Google’s search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in AI.
Read More US plan to break up Google’s search dominance threatens profit engine, AI growthTag: Android
Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, IDC says
Apple’s smartphone shipments dropped about 10% in the first quarter of 2024.
Read More Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, IDC saysExclusive: EU’s new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market share
Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation.
Read More Exclusive: EU’s new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market shareWestern banks warn of risks in EU plan to grab Russian assets, sources say
Some western banks are lobbying against EU proposals to redistribute billions of euros in interest earned on frozen Russian assets.
Read More Western banks warn of risks in EU plan to grab Russian assets, sources sayApple antitrust suit mirrors strategy that beat Microsoft, but tech industry has changed
The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft’s stranglehold on desktop software.
Read More Apple antitrust suit mirrors strategy that beat Microsoft, but tech industry has changedGoogle rebrands Bard chatbot as Gemini, rolls out paid subscription
Google says consumers can pay for better reasoning capabilities as it vies with Microsoft to win subscriptions.
Read More Google rebrands Bard chatbot as Gemini, rolls out paid subscription