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Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Google’s Search Monopoly
To dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over how Americans search the web, the US Department of Justice wants the tech giant to end its lucrative partnership with Apple, share...
The UK approves Google’s $2 billion investment in Anthropic
The UK’s competition regulator has cleared Google's $2 billion investment in Anthropic, and others. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially concluded that the company hasn’t...
U.S. government to Google: sell Chrome | Tech Reader
Google might have to sell Chrome, despite its ranking as the best browser you can use. After ruling that Google has illegally monopolized the search market, the U.S....
Waymo raises $5.6 billion to fund Austin and Atlanta expansion
Waymo has raised another huge chunk of change from investors. The company that it secured an “oversubscribed investment round” of $5.6 billion in funding, the largest of...
CMA Investigates Alphabet-Anthropic Deal Over Competition Risks
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the partnership between Google’s parent company Alphabet and artificial intelligence firm Anthropic.
Google agreed to invest up to...
The AI Boom Is Raising Hopes of a Nuclear Comeback
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, the reactor will start...
