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Just one word in the Google antitrust ruling was worth $20B a year to Apple

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-20 10:44:04

For more than a year now, there have been debates about whether Google’s payment to Apple to be the default search engine in Safari would be outlawed. While it had seemed likely this would be the case, what we got was a compromise ruling. It turned out that the difference between Apple earning $20 billion a year and $0 hinged on a single word … It had seemed likely both companies would lose The ruling just over a year ago was very clear: Google’s deal with Apple to be the default search engin

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Why this Bosch screwdriver is my new all-time favorite tool (and it charges with USB-C)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-20 10:39:00

Bosch GO 3 cordless screwdriver ZDNET's key takeaways This pro-quality screwdriver has held up to heavy use for over six months Fast charging and a large battery keep it running all day It's now selling at its lowest price yet. $79.9 at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When it comes to some things, a review when something is a few weeks old really doesn't do it justice. You need time to put it through its paces to make sure that it really is as good as it seems.

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No place in children's hands: <16s in UK to be banned from buying energy drinks

news.ycombinator.com Denis Campbell 2025-10-20 10:29:42

Under-16s in England will be banned from buying energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster because they fuel obesity, cause sleep problems and leave them unable to concentrate. Health experts, teaching unions and dentists welcomed the ban and said it would boost children and young people’s health. It fulfils a pledge Labour included in its manifesto for last year’s general election. “How can we expect children to do well at school if they have the equivalent of a double espresso in their syste

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Beyond technology? How Bentley is reacting to the 21st century.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-20 10:36:40

Bentley provided flights from New York to San Francisco and accommodation so Ars could attend Monterey Car Week. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. If the Tesla Model S prodded the legacy car companies to get on top of battery production and introduce iPad-like screens in cars, Chinese car companies are bringing the heat for what's left of the 2020s in all segments. Much of the media coverage has rightly been on how this trend will affect mass-market vehicles. But what does it mean at

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A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-20 09:28:22

A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means 6 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco Share Save Shutterstock A Google business logo on an office building in midtown Atlanta, Georgia In the modern internet era, few monopoly cases have been as closely scrutinised in Silicon Valley - and beyond - as the US government's landmark case challenging Google's dominance in online search. Not since US v Microsoft, filed in 199

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ANBERNIC just put its best screen on a more budget-friendly device

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 14:40:52

TL;DR The ANBERNIC RG 476H is a new glass-front handheld. The name implies it will have a 4.7-inch screen and Unisoc T820 SoC. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date. The string of new Android gaming handheld announcements continues, this time with ANBERNIC getting in on the action. Its latest handheld is called the RG 476H, and it might be the best possible combination of the company’s past few handhelds. With an all-glass front, the RG 476H is one of the most modern-loo

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Someone ordered 18,000 cups of water at an AI drive-thru - now fast food chains are reconsidering

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-20 14:34:00

Matt Cardy/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Fast-food chains are experimenting with AI in drive-thrus. Previous gen AI order-takers failed. AI voice tech is playing a larger role in customer service. Fast-food restaurants like Taco Bell and McDonald's tried to integrate AI into their daily operations, but rethought their decisions when customers complained. According to the Wall Street Journal, custom

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I looked into the most popular AI apps, and the runner-up caught me by surprise

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-20 14:39:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways ChatGPT and Gemini are the top two gen AI platforms. Grok's users have increased, while DeepSeek's are down. Vibe coding continues to be a steadily growing use of gen AI. Consumer generative AI products like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini continue to transform our daily digital lives. These are the web products and mobile apps making the biggest impact. Also: My top 5 free AI too

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A $159 Chromebook was my only computer for a week - how it changed my mind about cheap laptops

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-10-20 14:51:00

Asus CX15 Chromebook ZDNET's key takeaways Asus' CX15 Chromebook is available now for $159. It's one of the most affordable 15-inch laptops released this year, with a handful of features that make it especially good for students. The modest hardware puts a limit on its performance. $159 at Walmart Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' CX15 Chromebook is an affordable, durable laptop that handles the basics for $159. With a standard hardware loadout and solid 15-inch for

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The UK’s largest energy supplier has created its own EV charger

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-20 14:54:01

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. The UK’s larger energy supplier, Octopus Energy, is launching its own EV charger. The Octopus Charge is designed to pair with the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff, which offers up cheaper electricity rates overnight for EV charging. Octopus Energy has designed and built its own EV charger and is backing it with a three-year warranty. There’s a £999 (about $1,300) tethered option

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Alphabet stock pops 6% in premarket trading after Google avoids break-up in antitrust case

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-20 21:36:24

The Google logo is seen outside a building housing Google offices in Beijing on February 4, 2025. China on February 4 said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on Chinese goods. Alphabet shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google's antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had proposed a sort of break-up of Google, whic

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The U.S. makes it harder for TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung to produce chips in China

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-20 20:35:07

A 300mm wafer on display at the booth of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company during the 2023 World Semiconductor Conference at Nanjing International Expo Center on July 19, 2023, in Nanjing, China. The U.S. has revoked a waiver that allowed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to export key chipmaking equipment and technology to its manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China, as Washington continues to ramp up efforts to limit Beijing's semiconductor advancement. The change will remove a f

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Is ChatGPT not working for you? Here’s how you can try to fix it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 20:24:45

Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority Update: September 3, 2025 (4:19 AM ET): ChatGPT seems to be facing some issues. Reports are starting to spike on DownDetector, and OpenAI’s status page also shows that ChatGPT is currently experiencing problems. It seems the chatbot is not displaying responses for users across the globe. We’ll update this article when we know more or when the issue is resolved. OpenAI is currently investigating the problem. Original article: ChatGPT has quickly turned into one

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Latest Galaxy tri-fold rumor says the wait might be longer than we thought

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 20:33:29

TL;DR A new report from Korean media highlights a slightly different launch timeline for the Galaxy TriFold than previously rumored. It is reported that Samsung will unveil the dual-folding phone in October, with sales set to begin in November. Samsung reportedly plans to initially sell 50,000 units of the phone. The launch of the Samsung two-times folding phone, which is expected to be officially called “TriFold,” has been on the horizon for quite some time. Back in July, Android Authority e

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Acer just revealed a stupidly powerful Chromebook convertible

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 21:00:35

Supplied by Acer TL;DR Acer has announced the Chromebook Plus Spin 514, which is one of the most powerful Chromebooks on the market. The company has also revealed two new Chromeboxes and the Swift Air 16 lightweight Windows laptop. The Chromebook Plus Spin 514 starts at $699.99. IFA 2025 kicks off this week, and Acer isn’t wasting any time. The PC maker has just announced a variety of new Chrome OS devices and PCs ahead of the annual tech expo. Perhaps the most notable Chrome OS device is t

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Exclusive: Nomad now 20% off sitewide for 9to5 readers – New Apple Watch bands, Find My card, MagSafe stands, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-20 23:54:04

Labor Day weekend might have already come and gone, but the big-time deals at Nomad are just starting now. We have now secured 9to5 readers a special code that will knock 20% off everything on the site, from its super-popular Find My Tracking Card and brand new Tempo Apple Watch bands through to iPhone/iPad cases, its premium MagSafe charging stations, and everything in between. Just use code 9to520 at checkout to slash 20% off your order. Nomad 20% off sitewide for 9to5 readers We have featur

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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 21:00:14

In the last few years, I’ve felt like Chromebooks have hit a plateau. ChromeOS is a quirky but mature platform at this point, and Google has continued to add smart and useful features on a regular basis. But the hardware has felt pretty stagnant, with a few exceptions. Most Chromebooks at this point are utilitarian devices that get the job done but inspire little excitement, and I’ve found most Intel-based Chromebooks don’t get me through a day of work before the battery dies. But earlier this

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Google gets off easy in the most significant monopoly case since Microsoft trial

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-10-20 23:53:50

400tmax/Editorial RF/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google got off easily. The search giant won't have to divest itself of Chrome, Android, or its ad data. Nevertheless, Google is expected to appeal the decision. In a landmark decision, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court ruled Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by stifling competition. As Mehta wrote in his decision, "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to

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Microsoft VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-20 22:44:01

VibeVoice: A Frontier Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and natural turn-taking. A core innovation of VibeVoice is its use of continuous speech tokenizers (Acoustic and Semantic) operating at an ultra-low frame rate of 7.5 Hz.

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Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next month

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-10-20 20:37:13

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October 1st. The company has teased some sort of launch or announcement for that day, promising that “Gemini is coming to Google Home.” The company announced Gemini for Home at last month’s Made by Goog

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My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-10-20 21:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that fanles

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A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-21 00:28:22

A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means 34 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco Share Save Shutterstock A Google business logo on an office building in midtown Atlanta, Georgia In the modern internet era, few monopoly cases have been as closely scrutinised in Silicon Valley - and beyond - as the US government's landmark case challenging Google's dominance in online search. Not since US v Microsoft, filed in

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Google doesn't have to sell Chrome, judge in monopoly case rules

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 21:28:03

Google will not have to divest its Chrome browser but will have to change some of its business practices, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling comes more than a year after the same judge ruled that Google had acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in internet search. Following the ruling last year, the Department of Justice had proposed that Google should be forced to sell Chrome. But in a 230-page decision, Judge Amit Mehta said the government had "overreached" in its request. "Google will no

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Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-21 06:26:59

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals 34 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco and Rachel Clun Business reporter, BBC News Share Save Reuters Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search. The case centred arou

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Google won’t have to sell Chrome, judge rules

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-21 06:20:00

Google has avoided the worst-case scenario in the pivotal search antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice. DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google doesn't have to give up the Chrome browser to mitigate its illegal monopoly in online search. The court will only require a handful of modest behavioral remedies, forcing Google to release some search data to competitors and limit its ability to make exclusive distribution deals. More than a year ago, the Department of

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Google keeps browser but must share data with rivals

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-21 10:53:05

Google keeps browser but must share data with rivals 8 minutes ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco Share Save Reuters Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search. The case centred around Google's position as the default search engi

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Apple shares rise after judge rules Google can continue preload deals in antitrust case

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-10-21 10:29:17

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. Apple shares rose more than 3% in extended trading Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that Alphabet may continue making payments to preload Google Search onto the iPhone. Although Apple wasn't a party in the search monopoly trial, the judge was considering remedies that would bar Google from paying billions per year to Apple to be the default search eng

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Court rules Google can keep Chrome and Android, but it’s not off the hook entirely

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-21 10:07:53

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A federal court has ruled that Google will not be required to sell Chrome or Android. The significant ruling is the latest twist in the long-running antitrust case against the company. Google is barred from requiring OEMs to preload the Play Store or other Google apps in exchange for Search. In the long-running saga, Google appears to have avoided one of the most significant possible outcomes of its US antitrust case. A federal court ruled that the compa

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Apple’s deals with Google largely unaffected in antitrust case ruling

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-21 10:47:32

Following months of testimony for the remedies phase of the Google antitrust trial, Judge Amit Mehta just issued his decision, and it is largely beneficial to Apple’s deals with Alphabet. Here are the details. Almost a year ago to the date, the Department of Justice won its case against Google, in which it was able to convince Judge Mehta that Google had a monopoly over online search. The case then entered the remedies phase, which collected testimony from multiple parties involved in Google’s

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Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survives

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-21 10:10:13

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. 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

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Just one word in the Google antitrust ruling was worth $20B a year to Apple

Why this Bosch screwdriver is my new all-time favorite tool (and it charges with USB-C)

No place in children's hands: <16s in UK to be banned from buying energy drinks

Beyond technology? How Bentley is reacting to the 21st century.

A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

ANBERNIC just put its best screen on a more budget-friendly device

Someone ordered 18,000 cups of water at an AI drive-thru - now fast food chains are reconsidering

I looked into the most popular AI apps, and the runner-up caught me by surprise

A $159 Chromebook was my only computer for a week - how it changed my mind about cheap laptops

The UK’s largest energy supplier has created its own EV charger

Alphabet stock pops 6% in premarket trading after Google avoids break-up in antitrust case

The U.S. makes it harder for TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung to produce chips in China

Is ChatGPT not working for you? Here’s how you can try to fix it

Latest Galaxy tri-fold rumor says the wait might be longer than we thought

Acer just revealed a stupidly powerful Chromebook convertible

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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review: The new ChromeOS sweet spot

Google gets off easy in the most significant monopoly case since Microsoft trial

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Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next month

My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic

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Google doesn't have to sell Chrome, judge in monopoly case rules

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

Google won’t have to sell Chrome, judge rules

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Court rules Google can keep Chrome and Android, but it’s not off the hook entirely

Apple’s deals with Google largely unaffected in antitrust case ruling

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