Google broke antitrust laws by crushing competition in online advertising, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The verdict marks Google's second monopoly defeat in eight months and could force the tech giant to sell key parts of its $31 billion ad business.
Google lets anti-abortion centers place misleading ads targeting women who need legally-required ultrasounds before getting an abortion, a new investigation reveals. These crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) can't actually provide the required medical services.
Journalists to Big Tech: We're Not Your PR Team Anymore
The love affair between journalism and Big Tech has hit the rocks. At this year's International Journalism Festival in Perugia, where tech giants once basked in media admiration, the mood turned hostile.
British journalist Carole Cadwalladr didn't mince words: "We must treat these platforms as enemies." The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower knows what she's talking about - she's seen enough tech nightmares to fill a Black Mirror season.
The battle isn't just about headlines anymore. In the U.S., Trump allies feed government data to Elon Musk's AI systems with abandon. It's like watching someone hand over the keys to Fort Knox while livestreaming it.
Most newsrooms still treat tech policy like quantum physics - too complex to bother with. Only tech journalists grasp the full scope of this digital coup attempt. Traditional media relegated these stories to the "geek beat" for years. Now they're scrambling to catch up.
Why this matters:
The watchdogs finally realized they've been guarding the wrong house - while Big Tech walked away with the crown jewels
Newsrooms discovering that their "nerd stuff" actually matters is like finding out the IT guy was right all along - just several billion dollars too late
Google broke antitrust laws by crushing competition in online advertising, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The verdict marks Google's second monopoly defeat in eight months and could force the tech giant to sell key parts of its $31 billion ad business.
Google lets anti-abortion centers place misleading ads targeting women who need legally-required ultrasounds before getting an abortion, a new investigation reveals. These crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) can't actually provide the required medical services.
OpenAI just launched o3 and o4-mini, models that combine visual intelligence with deeper reasoning. For the first time, these AIs don't just see images β they think with them, manipulating photos to extract insights just as a human would zoom in or rotate a picture to understand it better.
The US-China chip war just hit Wall Street hard. Tech stocks tumbled after Nvidia lost $5.5 billion from US restrictions on AI chip sales to China. Meanwhile, Taiwan strengthened its grip as the world's essential chip supplier.