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Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a year ago, Judge Mehta found that the search giant had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act; his ruling now determines what Google must do in response.Mehta declined to grant some of the more ambitious proposals from the Justice Department to remedy Google’s behavior and restore competition to the market. Besides letting Google keep Chrome, he’ll also let the company continue to pay distribution partners for preloading or placement of its search…
While Judge Amit Mehta’s decision blocks some of Google’s predatory practices, it fails to meet this historic moment and shows that his decision was made based on speculative arguments about generative AI, in which Google, because of its interlocking monopolies and distribution advantage, is already a dominant player. Search is one of the largest avenues for future AI queries, and it’s crystal clear that rather than doing the hard thing, Judge Mehta was far more willing to let Google continue bending the internet and our economy to its will than enforcing the law, which is designed to create a level…
Amazon will now let you shop for products by pointing your camera at them. On Thursday, the company announced Lens Live, a new feature that uses your camera to scan things in the environment around you, while surfacing matching product listings.This feature, which is only rolling out to the Amazon Shopping app on iOS for now, lets you pan your camera around a room or focus on a specific product. Amazon says Lens Live will use an object detection model to identify the products shown on your camera in real-time, and then compare them against the billions of products on…
Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in the US v. Google antitrust case on Tuesday. Executives from both Apple and Firefox-made Mozilla have defended their search deals with Google, with Mozilla’s CFO testifying that Firefox might be doomed without the deal in place.“Google will not be barred from making payments or offering other consideration to distribution partners for preloading or placement of Google Search, Chrome, or its GenAI products,” Judge Amit Mehta wrote. “Cutting off payments from…
Tissot has marked the 100th anniversary of Art Deco with a watch that feels both timely and timeless. The new SRV collection takes its cues from a 1975 Tissot design, itself rooted in the bold geometry of the 1920s, and brings it into the modern day with crisp lines, faceted sapphire glass, and a strong sense of character. The name says it all: Sapphire Rectangle V. Its angular case and gem-like crystal reflect a design language that’s unapologetically sharp, while the “V” nods to its 5-bar water resistance. The case measures 28 mm x 31.5 mm, with a 7.9mm thickness.…
The future of the internet will be determined in one building in Washington, DC — and for six weeks, I watched it unfold.For much of this spring, the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in downtown Washington, DC, was buzzing with lawyers, reporters, and interested onlookers jostling between dimly lit courtrooms that hosted everyone from the richest men in Silicon Valley to fired federal workers and the DOGE-aligned officials who terminated them. The sprawling courthouse, with an airy atrium in the middle and long, dark halls that spring from it, is where cases involving government agencies often land, and that meant it…
Hello and welcome to Regulator. Today, I will attempt to regulate my own apoplexy.Recently, Wired published an article revealing the existence of a secret Democrat influencer incubator that trained liberal and progressive content creators to push coordinated messaging across their shared social media platforms and paid them handsomely to do so. The fallout has been chaotic, at least in the left-wing influencer world: creators are shanking their rivals for participating in the program, and the paid influencers are trying to defend themselves for taking the money. But the controversy around the Chorus Creator Incubator Program stems from the fact that…
As President Donald Trump’s August 29th deadline for new tariffs rolled around, the first thing that I thought of was 2026 planners. In July, Trump signed an executive order essentially killing a little-known but highly consequential trade rule, which meant that purchases coming from abroad — like $100 in planners and accessories — could enter the US duty-free. My preferred planner, the Hobonichi Techo, is printed and shipped from Japan. With the de minimis exemption removed, my tax bill could be between $15 and $100 — or more, depending on how the increased costs are factored. Was I willing to…
Critics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are on high alert as Google and President Donald Trump’s legal teams are engaged in what look like potential settlement discussions.Google is still untangling itself from a mess of legal battles, including two separate anti-monopoly lawsuits the Justice Department won against it. It’s awaiting decisions on how those judges see fit to remedy its harms to competition in the online search and ad tech markets, which could include forcing it to sell its Chrome browser. Meanwhile, recent chaos at the DOJ Antitrust Division has left former enforcers fearing that the agency appears…
Marshall has become well-known for its hefty Bluetooth speakers and now there’ a new top-ender – the Bromley 750 which will be available from 23 September for $1299/£900. More so than perhaps any other Marshall product, it leans into the company’s six decades of loudspeaker design, even down to the chunky red power switch. Like the Heston 120 soundbar earlier this year, the Bluetooth 5.3-capable Bromley strikes into a new area for Marshall since it’s unashamedly a party speaker. And, by popular definition it has lights. Yep, there’s “integrated stage lighting” as Marshall calls it. But in reality this appears…
Tesla’s latest “Master Plan” makes a few things clear right out of the gate: the company that was once known for accelerating the push toward a brighter future by popularizing electric vehicles and renewable energy is no longer interested in that quotidian stuff. Now, it’s all about artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, self-driving cars, and the new buzzy catchphrase that is currently lighting up the tech world: “sustainable abundance.”At a breezy 983 words, Master Plan 4 is the shortest entry in the company’s ongoing series of mission statements. It’s the first one to be posted on X, Elon Musk’s social media…
While Marshall’s first Heston 120 soundbar went up against the Sonos Arc Ultra, the company was quite clear that there would be a more compact version coming. And, ahead of IFA 2025, that soundbar has now appeared in the form of the $700.£500 Heston 60 which comes in both black and cream options. Once again it’s a Dolby Atmos and DTS-X-capable unit but while the awesome Heston 120 has 11 drivers, the smaller Heston 60 has two woofers and five full-range drivers and is clearly aimed at the Sonos Beam area of the market. They’re powered by 7 Class D…