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Judge rules Google does not have to break up ad tech business
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Google does not have to break up its advertising technology business after finding last year that the search giant held an illegal monopoly over the industry. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to force Google to sell off its AdX exchange business, which...
Trump admin backs OpenAI 'fair use' argument in suit from New York Times
President Trump's administration is signaling support of OpenAI as it defends itself from a lawsuit brought by The New York Times over fair use of the outlet's content. The Times sued OpenAI in 2023 over the use of its journalism to train its systems and popular chatbots, which are used by millions of people across...
OpenAI: New model needs more safety measures before launch
OpenAI's forthcoming artificial intelligence model Astra is the company's first to meet its "critical cybersecurity capability" threshold and will require stronger safeguards before release, the AI firm said Tuesday. In a blog post, OpenAI said Astra can find and exploit previously unknown security flaws across "many well-protected systems" without a human prompt to do so....
Dallas police shutting down hundreds of Flock cameras after funding pause
The Dallas Police Department said Tuesday it is shutting down more than 300 Flock cameras after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies to halt funding for the roadside camera network. The city will cancel 321 of the company’s automated license plate readers supported by state funding by Sept. 15, authorities said. More than...
Apple Maps changes Lake Ontario name after Trump request
Apple on Tuesday changed the name of Lake Ontario on the web version of its Maps app to "Lake America," after President Trump directly contacted the tech giant for an update in accordance with his recent executive order. The company said U.S. users will now find "Lake America" on their maps, following the change in...
Florida orders removal of Flock cameras from state highways
Florida is halting the use of automated license plate readers (LPRs), including Flock Safety's controversial cameras, on state highways, its transportation department announced Monday. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) said in a memo to local law enforcement agencies that they should “cease the issuance of all future requests for LPR systems within its jurisdictional...
Tim Cook hands over reins of Apple, but remains Trump whisperer
Apple’s Tim Cook handed over the reins as CEO to John Ternus on Tuesday, but the technology giant won’t be losing his political clout and connections to Washington. In his new role as executive chair of Apple’s board, Cook will focus on policy, leveraging the political muscle he’s built over the past 15 years to...
MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump's 'Lake America' change
MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would...
OpenAI: Apple's trade secret theft accusation is baseless
OpenAI argued in a court filing Monday that Apple’s accusations of trade theft against the AI company are baseless, suggesting the problem instead lies in the iPhone maker’s policies. The ChatGPT maker pointed to Apple’s practice of encouraging employees to use personal accounts for work and its same-day offboarding process for creating the issues at...
Ocasio-Cortez: 'Put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago'
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, after he said communities will be “backwards and poor” if they oppose the construction of such facilities. “How about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center up in...