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Hey Google: We need to talk. As part of my admittedly unusual “job” (emphasis on the air quotes, ’cause it’s way too fun to feel like work!), I hear from some of the most passionate enthusiasts of your products every single day. Heck, I’m one of ’em myself; I’ve not only written about Android and…

Long before Taco Tuesday became part of the pop-culture vernacular, Tuesdays were synonymous with security — and for anyone in the tech world, they still are.  Patch Tuesday, as you most likely know, refers to the day each month when Microsoft releases security updates and patches for its software products — everything from Windows to…

Dell Technologies is reportedly laying off thousands of staffers from its sales team. The layoffs are part of the hardware vendor’s reorganization efforts targeted at increasing its revenue from AI-related sales by putting in a new sales unit focused on AI products, according to a Bloomberg report. “We are getting leaner,” sales executives Bill Scannell…

Apple is on the cusp of becoming the world’s leading ecosystem for personal productivity AI, with the software features introduced at WWDC soon to be accompanied by the world’s most computationally powerful (yet efficient) Macs, iPads, and iPhones.  This fully integrated, platform-wide approach spanning mobile, PC, and even cloud is not currently matched by anyone…

In a major setback for Google, a US District Court has declared the search engine giant a monopoly, asserting it used its dominance in the online search market to stifle competition. This ruling is likely to increase regulatory scrutiny and changes in Google’s business practices, potentially allowing more room for competitors to gain market share….

In a landmark decision, a US District Court on Monday ruled that Google is a monopoly that used its dominance in the online search market to suppress other search engines and keep them from gaining market share. The decision by the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Google’s dominance has gone unchallenged…

Google’s dominance in the search arena has given rise to two major antitrust lawsuits from the U.S. government, which allege that the company has manipulated the market to maintain that dominance, to the exclusion of its competitors and the detriment of the public at large. The first lawsuit, targeting Google’s search business, kicked off in…

Apple has introduced what might seem a controversial new Safari feature to make surfing the web a lot less annoying, as it removes those overlays that sometimes gets in the way of the experience. The new feature is called Distraction Control. What is Distraction Control in Safari? Coming this fall to Safari, Distraction Control lets…

Nvidia has notified customers that its new AI chips in the Blackwell series will be at least three months late, according to The Information. The B200 chip was shown off in March, but a serious design flaw found recently needs to be fixed before they are rolled out widely, according to the site’s sources. According to The…

One of the most enticing uses for generative AI is to help you write. Anyone can get writing help from Microsoft’s Copilot genAI tool via the free Copilot web or mobile app. But Copilot becomes especially useful when it’s integrated with various Microsoft 365 apps. As you compose, edit, or view a document in Word,…