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Testimony this week from Google’s antitrust trial shows that Google gives Samsung an “enormous sum of money” each month to preinstall the Gemini AI app on Samsung devices, reported Bloomberg, The Verge reported. Now that Judge Amit Mehta has ruled Google’s search engine is an illegal monopoly, its lawyers are sparring with the DOJ over how severe a potential penalty
Alphabet is back in court as the DOJ pushes to break up Google’s search empire, proposing divestiture of Chrome and restrictions on Android and AI use. The trial, overseen by Judge Amit Mehta, is the latest in a series of legal battles over Google's online search and advertising dominance. Google warns that forced remedies would hurt consumers, stifle innovation, and
Meta is expanding how it uses AI to detect teens on Instagram — and, in some cases, will begin overriding account settings, The Verge reported. Instagram announced it was using AI for age detection in 2024: the system looked for signals that users were under 18 years old, like if messages from friends say “happy 16th birthday,” for example. Meta
A Coinbase spokeswoman told Cointelegraph that “Base did not launch a token” after the blockchain’s X account was slammed for sharing a tokenized, tradable social post, Cointeligraph reported. Crypto exchange Coinbase distanced its blockchain network Base from a memecoin it shared that saw massive backlash after the token rapidly gained, then dropped in value by millions of dollars. Base posted
The European Union recently delayed penalizing Apple and Meta Platforms, temporarily avoiding a conflict with the Trump administration during a week that saw the bloc ramp up its push for a trade deal with the U.S. , The Wall Street Journal reported. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, had initially planned to announce a cease-and-desist orders targeting the tech
Community colleges, especially Southwestern College in California, are battling a surge of AI-driven bot students who fraudulently enroll in online classes to collect financial aid. Professors are overwhelmed with vetting enrollees, while administrators scramble to respond. Despite some institutional efforts, faculty feel unsupported, and the problem only worsens, threatening education quality and student access. -Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use
Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.88 trillion company and alter its power over the internet, The New York Times reported. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a 115-page ruling