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Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.
13Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat.

Updated Dec. 12, 2023 6:34 pm ETMonday’s court ruling that Google has operated an illegal app-store monopoly is the latest in a mounting series of threats to the $500 billion-a-year app-store economy, which has evolved into a profit machine for Apple and Google that helped define the smartphone era.A jury unanimously sided with Epic Games, saying that Google had harmed the videogame maker by maintaining an illegal monopoly. Google said it plans to appeal the verdict and stands by its business model. In a separate case that concluded in 2021, a federal judge largely ruled against Epic even as she ruled that Apple must allow third-party software makers to steer customers to payment options within their own apps. The outcome might ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.Copyright ©2023 Do...
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games
12Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 11:35 pm ETGoogle lost an antitrust case over the market power of its app store on Monday, a blow to the search giant as it faces other legal challenges to its search dominance and ad tech business.Videogame maker Epic Games sued the search giant in 2020, alleging it used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The San Francisco jury reached a unanimous verdict after deliberating for less than four hours. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games
12Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 11:35 pm ETGoogle lost an antitrust case over the market power of its app store on Monday, a blow to the search giant as it faces other legal challenges to its search dominance and ad tech business.Videogame maker Epic Games sued the search giant in 2020, alleging it used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers. The San Francisco jury reached a unanimous verdict after deliberating for less than four hours. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Regulation of AI Advances in European Union Deal
9Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Regulation of AI Advances in European Union Deal

BRUSSELS—European lawmakers reached a political deal for regulating artificial intelligence, marking a step toward establishing a comprehensive AI law in a Western country. The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act is the latest in a series of regulations the bloc has pushed forward that is expected to reverberate through the global tech industry and affect some of its biggest players. Earlier legislation from the EU set out new competition and online content rules that affect large U.S. tech companies including Meta Platforms, Apple and Google’s parent, Alphabet.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tech Shares Power Stock Market Higher
8Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Tech Shares Power Stock Market Higher

Stocks resumed their climb Thursday, led by the shares of big technology companies that have powered the market for much of the year. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%, closing near its high for the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2%.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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McKinsey Shrinks New Partner Class by Roughly 35%
7Dec By adminNo Comments
World

McKinsey Shrinks New Partner Class by Roughly 35%

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 6:51 pm ETIt got a lot harder to make it to the top of McKinsey & Co.The closely held firm named its new class of partners, and the group is roughly a third smaller than last year, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign that economic conditions have dented demand for high-price consultants.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Google Announces AI System Gemini After Turmoil at Rival OpenAI
6Dec By adminNo Comments
Technology

Google Announces AI System Gemini After Turmoil at Rival OpenAI

Google said it developed a new artificial-intelligence system more powerful than any currently on the market, including technology developed by ChatGPT creator OpenAI.The Alphabet unit said the algorithm wouldn’t be widely available until early next year, citing a need for more extensive safety testing despite spending most of this year on the project. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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How Long Can the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Stocks Hold the Line?
5Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

How Long Can the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Stocks Hold the Line?

As in the eponymous 1960s Western, the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks keep on winning. This also means investors are betting the farm on just a handful of bullets hitting their targets.The S&P 500 is in a bull market, fueled by soft inflation data in the U.S. and Europe and the widespread belief that interest rates will start coming down early next year. Yet the stock market has become so top-heavy that speaking of a “bull market” carries less meaning than before. Without Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon.com, Nvidia, Tesla and Meta Platforms—the high-growth, technology-related companies that analysts have dubbed the “Magnificent Seven”—the S&P 500 would only be up 9% this year, rather than 19%. Some 44% of stocks in the index are down this year.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones &a...
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