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February 20, 2025 10:34 AM

Microsoft creates chip it says shows quantum computers are ‘years, not decades’ away

Microsoft, on Wednesday unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is "years, not decades" away, joining Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than recently believed. Quantum computing holds the promise of carrying out calculations that would take today's systems millions of years and could unlock discoveries in medicine, chemistry and many other fields where near-infinite seas of possible combinations of molecules confound ...

February 14, 2025 9:07 AM

TikTok returns on Apple, Google app stores as Trump delays ban

TikTok returned to the U.S. app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it. The popular short video app, used by nearly half of all Americans, went dark briefly last month, before a law took effect on January 19 that requires its Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell it on national security grounds or face a ban. The following day Tru...

February 12, 2025 9:09 AM

Google CEO Sundar Pichai ‘delighted’ to meet PM Modi, discusses “incredible” opportunities AI will bring to India

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has highlighted the "incredible opportunities" that artificial intelligence (AI) will bring to India, following his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris. The Alphabet CEO also noted the potential for close collaboration between "we" (Google) and India to advance the country's digital transformation. Taking to social media platform X, Pichai said, "Delighted to meet with PM Narendra Modi today while in Paris for the...

January 19, 2025 10:45 AM

TikTok stops working for US users, disappears from Apple, Google stores

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans. President-elect Donald Trump said earlier in the day he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban after he takes office on Monday, a promise TikTok cited in a notice posted to users on the app. TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, told users attempting t...

January 16, 2025 10:49 AM

YouTube and Google donate USD 15 million for Los Angeles wildfire relief

YouTube announced on Thursday that, in collaboration with its parent company Google, it is donating USD 15 million to support relief efforts and assist its creator community in the affected areas. The funds will be directed through Google.org to several organizations, including Emergency Network Los Angeles, the American Red Cross, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, and the Institute for Nonprofit News. Additional recipients are expected to be announced soon. "YouTube and Google are contrib...

November 29, 2024 12:43 PM

Competition Commission of India to investigate Google’s gaming app policy

Competition Commission of India on Thursday ordered a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on its platform, following a complaint by online gaming platform WinZO that called it discriminatory. The move compounds Google's regulatory headaches in India, where it has already been hit with at least two penalties for abusing its dominant position in the Android operating system market. Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment made after working hou...

November 28, 2024 1:24 PM

Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probe

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan ahead of her likely departure in January. The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president, and the expectation he will appoint a fellow Republican with a softer approach toward business, leaves the outcome of the investigation up in the air...

November 21, 2024 10:53 AM

Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says

Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, U.S. prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday. Such changes would essentially result in Google being highly regulated for 10 years, subjecting it to oversight by the same Washington federal court that ruled the company maintained an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising. Google controls about 90% o...

November 6, 2024 9:00 PM

Trump expected to shift course on antitrust, stop Google breakup

Donald Trump will likely dial back some of the antitrust policies pursued under the administration of President Joe Biden, potentially including a bid to break up Alphabet's Google over its dominance in online search, experts said. Trump is expected to continue cases against Big Tech, several of which began in his first term, but his recent skepticism about a potential Google breakup highlights the power he will hold over how those cases are run. "If you do that, are you going to destroy the c...

November 1, 2024 5:53 PM

Indonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16

Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet's Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech giant Apple's iPhone 16 for the same reason. Indonesia blocked sales of Google Pixel phones because the company has not met the rules which necessitate certain smartphones sold domestically to contain at least 40% of parts manufactured locally. "We are pushing these rules so that there's fairness for all investors in In...