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Which is the smartest? Apple Siri vs. Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant
As part of Loup Ventures’ ongoing effort to better understand the practical use cases of AI and the emergence of voice as a computing input, the firm regularly tests the most common digital assistants…
Trump admin tariff threats spur exodus of manufacturers from China
Electronics makers are shifting manufacturing from China in order to side-step Trump administration tariffs…
ViacomCBS revs up to join Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple, NBCUniversal in the streaming video war for consumer wallets
More than two months before CBS Corp and Viacom Inc succeeded at a third attempt to recombine…
FTC chairman says he’s willing to break up Big Tech companies
The head of the US Federal Trade Commission said he’s prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary…
Apple hit with lawsuit for storing iCloud data on third-party servers
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit filed in California which accuses the company of false advertising….
Attorney General Barr elevates antitrust lawyer Lauren Willard to coordinate ‘Big Tech’ review
Attorney General William Barr has elevated a lawyer from the Justice Department’s antitrust division to be his point person…
Apple, not Google or Facebook, the target of global antitrust regulators
Apple – not Facebook or Google – is rapidly emerging as the test case for how officials in Brussels, Washington and beyond clamp down on Big Tech’s digital empires…
Google and Amazon follow Apple’s lead on voice assistant grading policies
Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
U.S. Senate Democrats seek ‘serious’ fines for antitrust violations by big tech
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal introduced legislation on Friday to allow harsher penalties for companies…
U.S. FTC is looking into the Amazon and Apple deal over antitrust concerns
Last year, Amazon cut a deal with Apple to bring direct iPhone sales to its platform for the first time….
Apple market value once again exceeds $1 trillion
At market open, Apple Inc. is again worth north of $1 trillion…
Apple, other tech firms may also face antitrust investigations by individual U.S. states
Eight state attorneys general met with U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday to discuss the effect of big tech companies on competition…
Apple leads the U.S. in solar
U.S. businesses are increasingly turning to solar energy as a cost-effective means of powering their operations…
U.S. DOJ’s ‘Big Tech’ investigation could actually turn out to be good news for the tech giants
The Justice Department’s surprise Big Tech investigation was highly unusual and it could actually turn out to be good news for the tech giants…
U.S. DOJ announces broad antitrust review examining Apple, Google, and others
The Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition…
Amazon is quietly becoming a threat to Spotify and Apple Music
Spotify finished last quarter with 100 million paid subscribers, Apple hit 60 million paid subscribers earlier this year…
NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services
The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…
Alexa wins the Apple App Store as voice control takes over
We are all spending more time talking to our computers. This is a changing interaction with machines…
Apple, Google, Facebook execs face anti-trust grilling
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google go before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel…
Amazon plans its own HomePod competitor
Amazon hopes to sell a high-end Echo/HomePod competitor boosted by a high-res music service, report claims…
Amazon Music Unlimited gaining subscribers faster than Spotify and Apple
Under the radar it looks like Amazon is becoming a major competitor in the streaming music wars…
Amazon slashes 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro prices by up to $249
The iPad Pro’s all-new design pushes 11-inch and 12.9-inch Liquid Retina displays to the edges of iPad Pro and integrates Face ID…
President Trump suggests European Union out of line in suing U.S. tech firms
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested the European Union was out of line in suing U.S. technology companies…
U.S. Senate Democrats ask for details on antitrust probes into Apple, other tech firms
Seven U.S. Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration on Friday to disclose details of possible Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department…
Senator Bernie Sanders: ‘We should definitely take a look at’ breaking up Google, Amazon, Apple
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday “we should definitely take a look at” splitting up Google, Amazon and Apple…
Apple among those outbid by WarnerMedia for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company
The sweepstakes to land a massive overall deal with Bad Robot, the famed production company run by J.J. Abrams and his wife and co-CEO Katie McGrath…
Amazon trumps Apple and Google in Kantar’s 2019 global ‘brand value’ report
Amazon is now the world leader in terms of brand value, eclipsing both Apple and Google, according to annual Kantar research rankings….
G20 agrees deadline for global tax crackdown on tech giants like Apple
The G20 has set a deadline for a two-prong tax crackdown on tech giants, which could hit companies like Apple…
Microsoft market cap tops $1 trillion as stock surges to record high
Shares of Microsoft Corp. surged into record territory Friday, enough to push the mediocre bloatware peddler’s market capitalization above the $1 trillion mark…
Apple CEO Cook: U.S. government scrutiny is ‘fair,’ but we’re not a monopoly
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook denied that the company is a monopoly as the U.S. government gears up for a potentially unprecedented probe…
U.S. moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power
Former Apple CEO John Sculley reveals the skill that made Steve Jobs a brilliant leader
As he’s the co-founder of Apple and the visionary behind some of the world’s leading personal computing innovations…
Six months after Apple-Amazon deal, small sellers have all but disappeared from Amazon Marketplace
For US retailers big and small, Amazon has become the preeminent place to sell products…
Apple, Amazon, Google, and others sued for selling thousands of pirated recordings
It’s possible to see some of the unauthorized versions cited in the lawsuit in online stores…
‘Over the Rainbow’ composer’s estate sues Apple and others over ‘pirated’ music sales
Apple and a large number of tech companies have become the subject of a new music lawsuit…
63% of people find smart home devices ‘creepy’
Smart home devices are ‘creepy’ according to the majority of people who own them…
Spotify reaches 100 million subscribers worldwide, still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…
Amazon preps hi-def music streaming service for $15 per month
It’s a better bit rate, better than CD quality…
Microsoft joins $1 trillion market cap club
In the process it’s nabbed the crown for most-valuable company…
Apple spends more than $30 million on Amazon Web Services every month
As Apple and Amazon compete for a greater share of consumer dollars and attention…
Sonos speakers enable Apple Music voice control via Amazon’s Alexa
Owners of Sonos speakers in the U.S. and U.K. can now use Alexa voice controls for Apple Music…
