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Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
TechXplore· 2024-09-27 08:30
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces, an expert hired by Google testified Thursday. M ...
Google CEO says antitrust trials could drag on for years
TechXplore· 2024-09-26 11:40
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said it will take many years to resolve Google's antitrust battles, downplaying the idea that they pose an immediate threat to the company's business. "It's going to take time for it to play out," Pichai said in an interview for an upcoming episode o ...
Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and shows off prototype for holographic AR glasses
TechXplore· 2024-09-25 19:30
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez Meta unveiled updates to the company's virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses on Wednesday along with AI advances as it tries demonstrate its artifi ...
Google files EU complaint over Microsoft cloud services
TechXplore· 2024-09-25 13:29
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels Google announced Wednesday it had filed a complaint at the European Commission against Microsoft, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service. "We believe this regulatory action is the only way to end Microsoft vendor lock-in and f ...
Amazon demands a lot from its drivers: Now they're pushing back
TechXplore· 2024-09-25 13:00
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Rajpal Singh sweltered on his routes, delivering hundreds of packages every day for Amazon to homes on twisty dirt roads in the hills and valleys surrounding Lancaster and Palmdale, California. Temperatures in his van commonly climbed above 100 degrees. The $19.75 hourly wage Singh said he wa ...
Department of Justice sues Visa, saying the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
TechXplore· 2024-09-24 20:25
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A Visa card is displayed on May 15, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Credit: AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions ...
Vista, Blackstone buying software maker Smartsheet for about $8.4 billion
TechXplore· 2024-09-24 16:50
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A sign for The Blackstone Group L.P. investment firm stands in front of their offices, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in New York. Credit: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Private equity firms Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone are buying software maker Smartsheet for approximately $8.4 billion in cash. Vista and Blackstone said Tuesday ...
Amazon workers in NC take big step toward union election
TechXplore· 2024-09-24 11:31
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain After more than two-and-a-half years of organizing, pro-union workers and advocates are advancing their campaign to unionize the massive Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina. Since Labor Day, organizers with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE, have asked ...
Union says new Boeing pay offer 'missed the mark'
TechXplore· 2024-09-24 08:00
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Striking Boeing workers rallied outside a Portland facility last week. Union negotiators slammed Boeing's new offer to lift hourly wages for striking workers by 30 percent on Monday, saying it "missed the mark" and won't be voted on by members. "This proposal does not go far enough to address your concerns, and Boeing has miss ...
Apple gets EU warning to open up iPhone operating system
TechXplore· 2024-09-23 12:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple Inc. has been warned by the European Union to open up its highly guarded iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines under its flagship digital antitrust rules. EU watchdogs announced under the bloc's Digital Markets Act that Apple must step into ...