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Google lays off hundreds in Pixel, AR, Nest, Voice Assistant, Fitbit, and other teams
Alphabet subsidiary Google said on Wednesday it is laying off hundreds of employees across multiple teams, with Fitbit co-founders…
EU asks Apple to clarify app store risk management under Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission formally sent requests for information under the Digital Services Act to Apple and Alphabet-subsidiary Google…
UK antitrust regulator wins appeal to launch Apple probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has been granted authority by the Court of Appeal to launch a probe of Apple’s Safari mobile…
Apple employees who leave are most likely to join Google
To find which tech giants attract the most talent from competitors, Switch on Business explored employee profiles on Linkedin for…
Apple challenges Maryland’s digital advertising tax
Apple is challenging Maryland’s tax on digital advertising in a state tax court after previous legal challenges brought by other companies…
Google paid Apple $18 billion to be Safari’s default search engine in 2021 alone – NYT
The New York Times on Thursday reports that Alphabet-subsidiary Google paid Apple “around $18 billion” to be Safari’s default search engine…
Google pays Apple $18 billion to $20 billion per year to be Safari’s default search engine – analyst
Alphabet pays Apple $18 billion to $20 billion per year for Google to be Safari’s default search engine, research and brokerage firm…
Google’s Pichai worried over ‘bad optics,’ poor ‘user experience’ with search engine deal with Apple
Google’s Sundar Pichai raised concerns years before he became the company’s chief executive officer that its deal with Apple had “bad optics”…
Apple considered, rejected default search switch to DuckDuckGo from Google
Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet subsidiary Google’s search engine as the default for the private mode on…
A full-blown Apple search engine may be closer than you think
A full-blown Apple search engine to compete with Alphabet subsidiary Google may be closer than you think as Cupertino…
Apple AI Chief: iOS 17 gives users search engine choice in private mode
Former Google executive, John Giannandrea, now Apple’s artificial intelligence / machine learning honcho, pointed out a quiet change…
DuckDuckGo founder says Google’s partnerships with Apple, others stifle competition
DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified in the DOJ’s antitrust trial against Google Thursday that it was difficult for his search…
Why does Google pay Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine?
Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine because iPhone users are…
Apple execs Eddy Cue and John Giannandrea set to testify in DOJ’s Google search trial
Two of Apple’s highest-ranking executives will testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Alphabet subsidiary Google …
DOJ antitrust trial focuses on the billions Google pays Apple to be Safari’s default search engine
The Department of Justice’s case against Alphabet-subsidiary Google is the first test of Silicon Valley’s dominance since it took action against…
How Apple lost the K-12 education market to Google
Apple’s share of the K-12 education market has been eroding since at least 2017, when cheap Windows computers and Google Chromebooks…
Meta’s Threads decline echoes Google+ flop
When Threads arrived in early July, people created 100 million accounts almost immediately, funneled there straight from Instagram…
Apple iPhone dominates with 55% share of U.S. smartphone market
U.S. smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. Apple iPhone dominates…
Google set to hire former Apple executive as India policy head
Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google is set to appoint manufacturing and policy veteran Sreenivasa Reddy in India to tackle legal challenges…
Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft say they meet EU gatekeeper threshold
Seven tech giants, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, have said they meet the EU’s new criteria for “gatekeepers”…
Google should be very afraid of Apple Vision Pro’s ‘Visual Search’ capabilities
Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro headset will feature a new augmented reality (AR) version of the Visual Lookup feature, “Visual Search,” which…
Japan looks to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone
The Japanese government is looking to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone and, presumably, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV…
European telcos draw up proposal to charge Apple, other Big Tech firms for EU 5G rollout
Apple and other Big Tech companies which account for more than 5% of a telecoms provider’s peak average internet traffic should help fund…
Apple and Alphabet join forces to fight unwanted AirTag tracking
Apple and Google said on Tuesday they were working together to curb unwanted tracking of people by Bluetooth devices such as AirTags used…
Now regretting his life’s work, ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ leaves Google and warns of dangers ahead
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton’s journey from A.I. groundbreaker to doomsayer marks a remarkable moment for the technology industry at…
Class action plaintiffs pressure NFL to reveal why Sunday Ticket deal with Apple disintegrated
The NFL sold the rights for its “Sunday Ticket” out-of-market games package to Google’s YouTube, for $2.1 billion annually, but Apple was…
Gene Munster: Apple’s opportunities to integrate AI are endless
Deepwater Asset Management’s Gene Munster, a longtime Apple analyst, says that Apple’s opportunities to integrate AI are endless…
Apple, other tech firms push to curb U.S. government spying on texts, emails
Apple and other large tech companies are mounting a push to limit how U.S. government intelligence agencies collect and view …
Google hikes YouTube TV price to $73 per month
Via Twitter, Google-parent Alphabet has announced an increase of $8 per month for its YouTube TV live streaming television service…
Apple generates an amazing $2.4 million in annual revenue per employee
Apple has consistently been the most efficient of the major U.S. technology companies when measured on revenue generated per…
Court revives Apple, Google, Cisco challenge to U.S. patent-review policy
Apple, Google, Cisco, and others can sue the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to challenge a rule that reduced the number of patent-validity…
Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing hits 100 million daily users
Shares of Microsoft rose 1% after the new AI-powered Bing reached 100 million daily active users. The new Bing offers search, chat…
Microsoft brings ChatGPT-powered Bing to Apple iPhone and iPad apps
Two weeks ago, Microsoft introduced the world to the all new AI ChatGPT-powered Bing. Since then, Microsoft has welcomed more than a million…
Google pays Apple $20 billion annually to be Safari’s default search engine
Having access to Apple’s quality customers is very valuable. Google-parent Alphabet pays Apple as much as $20 billion to be Safari’s default…
Tech giants from Apple to Google to TikTok face tougher EU regulation
Tech giants including Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and TikTok face stricter online content regulations in the European Union (EU) due…
Google and Mozilla are working on non-WebKit iOS browsers
Google and Mozilla’s’s web browsers on Apple’s iOS and iPadOS App Stores, but these versions use Safari’s WebKit rendering engine…
Apple spent more on lobbying than ever before as tech execs shelled out donations to key Republicans
Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft broke their lobbying spending records last year as they fended off heightened scrutiny of their business models…
U.S. Commerce Department: Apple and Google’s app stores wield ‘gatekeeper’ power and should be reined in
A new U.S. Commerce Department report claims that Apple and Google “play a significant gatekeeping role by controlling (and restricting)…
EU mulls charging Apple, Netlfix, other data-heavy streamers for telecom upgrades
The European Union is weighing a proposal to make technology companies that use the most bandwidth, such as Apple, Netflix, and Alphabet…
U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple
A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google subsidiary over its abusive digital advertising monopoly…
U.S. Justice Department sues Google for monopolizing digital advertising technologies
Today, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology…
