What are Jony Ive’s and Sam Altman’s building?
Google’s design chief Jonathan Ive, during an ‘I/O’ speech, said he expects to announce a voice-first device later next year. He added, “I expect to unveil a voice-first device later next year with the help of Ive and Altman…I expect to announce a voice-First device later this year with the help of Ive and Altman.”
The Justice Department wants to fix a search engine monopoly
Google’s lawyers told a US court that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed remedies in the antitrust case against it are a “wishlist for competitors” and will allow them to “get resources that took Google decades to develop”. They argued Google’s search engine Gemini wasn’t the subject of the antitrust case and didn’t hold a monopoly on AI products.
Susan Wojcicki worked for a long time at the internet company
Condoling the death of Susan Wojcicki, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “Susan Wojcicki was not just my best friend and partner in life but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many.” Cook added, “Her impact on our family and the world was immeasurable.” Wojcicki, Google’s former CEO and YouTube’s CEO, passed away on Saturday at the age of 53.
What should be done about the situation of Google being a monopolist?
A US judge has ruled that Google has unlawfully maintained its monopoly in search by using anti-competitive deals to keep rivals from gaining traction. The judge ruled that there is only one Dominant Player in both general search and general search text ads. Google could be fined up to $950 million for violating antitrust laws, according to The Verge.
The US judge rules that the search engine is illegal
US Justice Department has sued Google over alleged anti-competitive practices in search and e-commerce. It said Google abused its market power by favouring its own products and apps over competitors. The department’s antitrust case will be heard in federal court in San Francisco. Apple had sued Google in September last year for abusing its market dominance in search and e-commerce.
The search documents that have been leaked are legit, says the company
Google may be using its own data in search rankings of fashion site vogue.com, a report said citing documents shared by TechCrunch. Google’s public representatives have been ” actively discrediting” people in the marketing, tech and journalism world who have presented reproducible discoveries, it added. The documents indicate that Google Chrome data can be used to create links under the main vogue.com URL.
There are a lot of weird answers in the search
Google has unveiled AI Overviews feature in its search engine that will help users know which Facebook Stories are related to their searched words. It will list all stories related to keywords users searched for in the past 24 hours. Google will start rolling out the AI Overviews feature to all users on its app and on Google Search within the next week.