Alphabet
TikTok disputes US claims on China ties in court appeal
TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app’s ties to China.
Americans
Congress Opens Investigation Into If Google Search Purposely Misled Americans About Trump Assassination
Google received more bad news on Wednesday when the main congressional oversight committee announced that it had launched an investigation into whether the search engine misled Americans about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last month.
7-Eleven
Who Owns America? Oligarchs Have Bought Up The American Dream
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AI
OpenAI is a bigger threat to Google than US regulators
Google is facing a bigger threat from OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators in Washington plan to level the playing field in the internet search business.
AI search tools
Google Loses Historic Antitrust Lawsuit Over Its ‘Search Dominance’
A federal judge ruled on Monday that Google violated U.S. antitrust laws with its online search business, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat with the potential to reshape how millions of Americans get information online, and potentially ending the decades of dominance.
Alphabet
Wall Street mixed as investors weigh GDP data after tech mauling
Data showed the U.S. economy expanded 2.8% in the second quarter versus estimates of 2%, but inflation subsided, leaving intact expectations of a September rate cut.
AI infrastructure
Musk to discuss $5 billion xAI investment with Tesla board
Elon Musk said he will discuss a $5 billion investment in AI startup xAI, as the EV maker looks to double down on efforts to expedite the development of its robotaxi and self-driving products.
Alphabet
What is CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm behind a global tech outage?
Companies across several industries were hit on Friday by a global tech outage tied to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and a software issue.
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Samsung bolsters AI in foldable phones, health monitoring in smartwatch, ring
Samsung unveiled its latest foldable smartphones, making its priciest flagship model lighter and slimmer and bolstering AI functions.
AI
Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service.