Epic Games accuses Google, Samsung of illegal collusion with ‘auto blocker’ feature in antitrust suit
“Fortnite” maker Epic Games filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google on Monday, accusing the search giant of illegally colluding with smartphone giant Samsung to suppress app developers. Epic, led by CEO Tim Sweeney, was banned in December after a jury found that Google operated an illegal monopoly over the Google Play app store and […]
Big Tech mounts ‘divide and conquer’ bid in Washington to kill Kids Online Safety Act: sources
Google, Meta and their Big Tech allies are stoking anger on both sides of the aisle in a desperate bid to derail the Kids Online Safety Act, which critics say is at the expense of minors. They say it is a cynical attempt to protect their own interests. Critics of KOSA say the bill imposes […]
Dell becomes latest company to mandate 5 days a week in office
Dell Technologies announced Thursday that employees on its global sales team who can work from an office will be required to report to work five days a week starting Sept. 30, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The change is to leverage a collaborative environment to “improve skills,” which requires teams to be in […]
Super Micro Computer probed by feds over accounting: report
The Department of Justice is investigating supermicrocomputers. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, nearly a month after short seller Hindenburg Research alleged “accounting manipulation” by the AI server maker. Following this news, Super Micro's stock price fell by approximately 12%. The WSJ report, citing people familiar with the matter, said the investigation is in its […]
Nearly half of employed people have fallen victim to cyberattack or scam
Almost half of respondents have been the victim of a cyber attack or scam, according to a new global survey. In a survey of 20,000 working adults around the world, 45% reported that their personal data, such as bank account information or email account information, had been compromised through hacking or fraud. In fact, nearly […]
Google search favors Kamala Harris over Donald Trump: study
A new investigation has found that Google placed search results for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign website more prominently than the official site of her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, and buried search results for the Republican candidate beneath “left-leaning” content. The conservative watchdog group Media Research Center discovered the discrepancy after analyzing search results […]
Viral ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ post is a hoax, won’t protect data
Goodbye, AI. Instagram and Facebook users have posted messages of protest on the social media apps in an attempt to stop them from using their data to train Meta AI, but it may all be to no avail. The statement “Goodbye Meta AI” was shared by over 600,000 people, including celebrities like Julianne Moore. Tom […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s grand ambitions on eye-popping T-shirt
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is known for his passion for many things, including Ancient Rome, and on Wednesday he wore a shirt that expressed his ambitions as the company unveiled what it calls the world's best glasses. At Meta's annual Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Zuckerberg, wearing a custom T-shirt with the Latin […]
Google paid $2.7B to rehire AI genius who left to form startup
Google has reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire an artificial intelligence genius who left the company in an angry rage three years ago to found his own startup. Noam Chazeel, a 48-year-old software engineer who was hired by Google in 2000 as one of its first few hundred employees, left the company in 2021 after […]
Apple users pissed off — fooled by bogus iPhone feature
They had to see it to believe it. Apple enthusiasts are outraged to discover that camera quality hasn't really changed in four generations of iPhones. The tech influencer posted two videos shot using four different phone models, one of which shows a park during the day and the other of a city at night, proving […]