Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Google’s Search Monopoly

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Despite shared concerns about Google’s power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what, if anything, can really be done to increase competition.

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DOJ pushes for Google to break off Chrome browser after antitrust case

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

The Department of Justice is pushing a federal judge to make Google divest its Chrome internet browser as a remedy following the antitrust case.

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DOJ: Google must sell Chrome to end monopoly

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

The United States Department of Justice argued Wednesday that Google should divest its Chrome browser as part of a remedy to break up the company’s illegal monopoly in online search, according to a U.S District Court of the District of Columbia filing. Google would not be allowed to re-enter the search market for five years […]
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WhatsApp will finally let you unsubscribe from business marketing spam

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

WhatsApp Business has grown to over 200 million monthly users over the past few years. That means there are tons of businesses sending messages to users — and some of these messages could be considered as spam. For customers, the only option was to either let them send messages and offers, or block the business account […]
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India’s Arzooo, once valued at $310M, sells in distressed deal

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Arzooo, an Indian startup founded by former Flipkart executives that sought to bring “best of e-commerce” to physical stores, has sold its assets in distressed sale to Moksha Group. The deal follows Arzooo engaging with several startups, including Bengaluru-headquartered Udaan, for potential merger opportunities, according to people familiar with the matter. Arzooo had raised approximately […]
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10 Social Media Planners You Can Start Using Today [FREE]

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Organize the chaos with these free digital social media planners for Excel, Google Sheets, monday.com, ClickUp, Wrike, and more.

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OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so counsel for The Times and Daily News could […]
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Nvidia says it will sell more of its next-generation Blackwell chips than previously anticipated

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Nvidia on Wednesday signaled that Blackwell sales over the next few quarters will be limited by how many chips and systems it can make.

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Nvidia’s CEO defends his moat as AI labs change how they improve their AI models

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Nvidia raked in more than $19 billion in net income during the last quarter, the company reported on Wednesday, but that did little to assure investors that its rapid growth would continue. On its earnings call, analysts prodded CEO Jensen Huang about how Nvidia would fare if tech companies start using new methods to improve […]
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Reddit appears to be back after a 4-hour-long outage

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Techme101

Social media platform Reddit experienced an outage this afternoon at around 12:20 p.m. PT (or possibly even earlier), resulting in thousands of users being unable to access its website and app. After four hours, it appears to be working again. Reddit confirmed it fixed the issue and is monitoring the results, according to its status […]
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