Google

Justice Department calls for sanctions against Google in landmark antitrust case

12:38am October 09, 2024

After a federal judge ruled in August that Google is illegally monopolizing the search engine market, the Department of Justice is now saying the company must be reined in.

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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56

10:38am August 10, 2024

Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56

10:38am August 10, 2024

Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.

Google is defiant after losing antitrust lawsuit and being called a 'monopolist'

4:44am August 06, 2024

by Dara Kerr

A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.

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National

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

7:39pm August 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

The highly anticipated decision comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.

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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

11:22am July 12, 2024

by Dara Kerr

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

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Economy

Is Google search getting worse?

7:15pm June 13, 2024

There are many anecdotal complaints about Google search not being what it used to be. A German computer scientist and his colleagues put this theory to the test recently focusing on product reviews. Today on the show, we bring their findings to Google's chief search scientist.

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9:30am April 05, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

This week, the April 8 total solar eclipse inspired Barbie-level coverage mania at NPR. But it turns out other things happened too! Were you paying attention?

A former Google engineer was charged with stealing AI technology while secretly working with two China-based companies.

Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google

7:13pm March 06, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of its AI technology, he was also secretly employed by two China-based tech companies.

Tech journalist Cory Doctorow outlines how sites can change the deal with users.

National

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

5:00am January 04, 2024

If you feel like some important places on the internet have been getting worse, you're not alone. In fact, there has been a whole lot of action in the last 12 months.

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