4 h. ago Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly

The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape its business.

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34 h. ago What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Tech Giants

The Trump administration will take Meta to court this week, continuing an aggressive effort to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies. Here’s what to know.

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44 h. ago Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics

A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.

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54 h. ago Analysts: Apple Faces Steep Challenges as Trump's Trade War with China Heats Up

Apple, America's largest company by market capitalization, is grappling with the intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China. Analysts believe the tech giant is left without clear short-term options to mitigate the impact of tariffs on Chinese imports. The post Analysts: Apple Faces Steep Challenges as Trump’s Trade War with China Heats Up appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 d. ago iPanic: Apple Airlifts 600 Tons of iPhones to U.S. to Avoid Impending Tariff Hikes

Apple reportedly airshipped a staggering 600 tons of iPhones from its production facility in India to the United States to avoid Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs. The tech giant, at grave risk due to tariffs on China, has expedited the shipment of 1.5 million iPhones since March. The post iPanic: Apple Airlifts 600 Tons of iPhones to U.S. to Avoid Impending Tariff Hikes appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago Mark Zuckerberg Faces Potential Breakup of His Meta Empire in FTC Antitrust Trial

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is gearing up for a historic antitrust fight with the FTC set to begin on Monday. The lawsuit, filed during Donald Trump's first term in office, will determine if Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp were designed to put a stranglehold on the social media market. The post Mark Zuckerberg Faces Potential Breakup of His Meta Empire in FTC Antitrust Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago Major League Baseball Pioneer: SF Giants Upgrade to Revolutionary Evolv Gen2 Security Tech

Major League Baseball Pioneer: SF Giants Upgrade to Revolutionary Evolv Gen2 Security Tech  Stock Titan

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2 w. ago New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification

Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users’ ages on their app stores and obtain parental consent for minors. The tech giants have been battling to determine which party should be responsible for age verification on the app stores. Companies like […]

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2 w. ago Apple boss hails 'next generation of developers' on China visit

Apple boss Tim Cook on Wednesday praised "the next generation of developers" during a visit to a technology hub in eastern China, as the US tech giant battles to stay relevant in the country's vast consumer market.

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2 w. ago A Chinese tech giant says it slashed AI costs using only Chinese chips

Earlier this year, DeepSeek briefly crashed Nvidia’s stock because of speculation that its models require far fewer chips. Now, Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, which is backed by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, is claiming a major AI breakthrough. Ant was able to use Chinese chips made by Alibaba and Huawei to create methods that cut […]

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3 w. ago Google search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU

Google Search and its Play Store mobile app marketplace are suspected of breaching of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by Commission enforcers of the bloc’s flagship market contestability law who have been investigating the company for months. The DMA applies to a handful of tech giants, Alphabet (Google’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago They Still Hate You: Amazon Employees Call Trump Supporters 'Nazis' and 'Klansmen' in Internal Messages

A leak from Amazon's internal Slack messaging program reveals employees speaking about Trump supporters with contempt and comparing conservatives to "Nazis" and "Klansmen." Even as tech giants attempt to extend an olive branch to Donald Trump and his administration, it is clear that the rabidly leftist employees that work for companies like Amazon have doubled down on their hatred of conservatives. The post They Still Hate You: Amazon Employees Call Trump Supporters ‘Nazis’ and ‘Klansmen’ in Internal Messages appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloads

In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads. That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a 153% increase over a roughly-three-month period. Llama, which powers Meta’s AI assistant, Meta AI, across the tech giant’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion, the largest deal in company history

Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion to boost the tech giant's in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.

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3 w. ago Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company's history

Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the biggest acquisition in the tech giant's 26-year history.

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4 w. ago TikTok rolls out a ‘Security Checkup’ tool to help users secure their accounts

TikTok is introducing a new “Security Checkup” tool that allows users to quickly review and update their account’s security settings from a single screen, the company announced on Monday. The feature is similar to Security Checkup tools offered by TikTok rival Instagram and tech giant Google. Users can access the new tool from their profile […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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