DOJ launches case against Google in landmark trial over digital ad dominance, lawyer warns of ‘unintended consequences’

DOJ launches case against Google in landmark trial over digital ad dominance, lawyer warns of 'unintended consequences'

Justice Department lawyers took aim at Google’s alleged monopoly over the digital advertising market on Monday in an antitrust case that poses a major threat to the Big Tech giant’s business model. Opening arguments in the closely watched trial began in a Virginia courtroom and drew a massive crowd of onlookers. U.S. District Judge Leonie … Read more

iPhone 16 will have a new camera control button that will make Apple users upset

iPhone 16 will have a new camera control button that will make Apple users upset

Sink your teeth into this Apple announcement. The tech giant unveiled the iPhone 16 on Monday, introducing more advanced hardware capabilities, an even sleeker and more durable design, and integration with artificial intelligence powered by ChatGPT, which allows users to make even more nuanced commands. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus start at $799 … Read more

New Apple iOS 18 features unveiled at annual event: ChatGPT, AI writing tools and updated Siri

New Apple iOS 18 features unveiled at annual event: ChatGPT, AI writing tools and updated Siri

“It’s glowtime” is this year’s theme for Apple’s annual hardware event on Monday. Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 16, the first iPhone designed to power generative artificial intelligence — the same technology that enables ChatGPT to respond to the most nuanced commands from users. With a new iPhone comes the “biggest ever” software … Read more

Shares of Trump Media rise more than 7% after poll shows former president beating Harris

Shares of Trump Media rise more than 7% after poll shows former president beating Harris

The latest poll showing former President Donald Trump ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris is good news for his media company’s stock price. Shares of Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, rose more than 7% during Monday’s trading session on Wall Street before retreating somewhat later … Read more

Apple launches AI-powered iPhone 16 – but Wall Street divided on whether to spark ‘super-cycle’

Apple launches AI-powered iPhone 16 - but Wall Street divided on whether to spark 'super-cycle'

Apple on Monday unveiled the AI-enhanced iPhone 16 — but Wall Street is divided on whether it will be able to reverse declining sales for the tech giant’s flagship product. Dubbed “Apple Intelligence,” the firm’s artificial intelligence push was front and center during the high-profile presentation at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The latest model … Read more

Trump says Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos called him after the assassination to praise his opposition

Trump says Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos called him after the assassination to praise his opposition

Donald Trump received calls from a pair of unlikely benefactors — Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos — after the Republican presidential candidate survived an assassination attempt, according to a report. Zuckerberg, the Facebook boss who once banned Trump from the social media platform, reached out to praise the former president for defying him after he … Read more

US claims white supremacists tried to use Telegram to fuel race war, slamming Senator

US claims white supremacists tried to use Telegram to fuel race war, slamming Senator

WASHINGTON – US prosecutors have filed criminal charges against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, saying they used the social media site Telegram to solicit attacks on people of color, Jews, LGBTQ people and immigrants in order to incite a war. racial. The group, dubbed the “Terrorgram Collective,” used the site to celebrate … Read more

EU court orders Apple to pay $14.4 billion in back taxes: ‘political bullshit’

EU court orders Apple to pay $14.4 billion in back taxes: 'political bullshit'

Apple must pay $14.4 billion in back taxes to the Irish government after the European Union’s top court rejected the iPhone maker’s appeal of a landmark 2016 ruling — which CEO Tim Cook denounced at the time as “political bullshit total”. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday upheld the European Commission’s ruling … Read more

Google loses battle to overturn $2.7 billion EU fine for stifling online shopping rivals

Google loses battle to overturn $2.7 billion EU fine for stifling online shopping rivals

Google lost its bid to escape a $2.7 billion fine imposed by European Union regulators for illegally throttling rival online shopping services on Tuesday – the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the tech giant. The European Commission first imposed the fine in 2017 after determining that Google had broken the law by … Read more

Apple rival Huawei turns science fiction into reality with $2,800 triple smartphone launch

Apple rival Huawei turns science fiction into reality with $2,800 triple smartphone launch

Chinese company Huawei Technologies unveiled a $2,800 foldable phone on Tuesday as it seeks to extend its lead in the world’s biggest smartphone market and steal the limelight from Apple hours after it debuted a new iPhone. The Chinese tech giant showed off its new Mate XT, which users can fold three ways like an … Read more