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Apple tries to save $20 billion Google Search deal by saying it's unnecessary
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Apple Inc made an unusual pitch in its bid to save a lucrative search partnership with Alphabet Inc's Google, saying that the deal might not be necessary in the long run and that even the iPhone may fall out of use.
Danish media's stand on Big Tech
Oped, Published on 06/02/2025
» As AI slop spreads across the internet, concerns about the future of high-quality information are growing. Without accurate and relevant human-generated data, model collapse -- whereby generative artificial intelligence trains on its own output and gradually degrades -- seems inevitable. The tech giants, well aware of this risk, have cut corners and skirted copyright law in their pursuit of training data for their large language models.
Indonesia bans search engine DuckDuckGo on gambling, pornography concerns
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia said it has banned the privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns that it could be used to access pornography and online gambling websites which are illegal in the country, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics said on Friday.
Browser Startups Take Aim at Google Chrome, Apple Safari
Business, Published on 20/08/2022
» Web browsers were at the center of the first major antitrust case challenging the power of big tech companies more than two decades ago. Now a new generation of regulators and rivals are again questioning whether the gateways to the internet are too tightly controlled.
You are being tracked and here's how to avoid it
Life, James Hein, Published on 02/02/2022
» I decided to spend some time this week addressing security and data sharing. This was prompted by me reading Permanent Record by Edward Snowden, watching Dr Robert Epstein on The Joe Rogan Experience, my son enrolling in a cyber security course and my experience over the years.
Big Tech Companies Brace for a Wave of Regulation
Business, Published on 18/01/2022
» Big tech companies are facing the biggest expansion in potential technology regulation in a generation. And while the jury is out on whether all that sound and fury will signify anything, for the first time there are signs that the big-tech backlash could have a substantive impact.
Google dominates advertising through unrivalled 500bn web pages
Published on 17/12/2020
» OAKLAND: California: In 2000, just two years after it was founded, Google reached a milestone that would lay the foundation for its dominance over the next 20 years: It became the world’s largest search engine, with an index of more than 1 billion web pages.
Massive outage hits Google services worldwide
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» NEW YORK - A massive outage knocked Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe Monday.
Google's Foes Want Additional Enforcement Actions
Business, Published on 24/10/2020
» The Justice Department's lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google is the government's biggest challenge to U.S. technology companies in a generation. For many of the company's longtime adversaries, it isn't big enough.
Universal sounds, universal sights, universal rights
Life, James Hein, Published on 24/04/2019
» Those reading my columns for long enough will know that I play the guitar. I'll never be Eric Clapton but I'm OK. Among the sources I use to improve my technique or break down a difficult lick are the helpful people that post guitar tutorials on YouTube. That could be about to change.