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Best Case Scenario for Big Tech: Google Avoids Breakup in Search Antitrust Case, Keeps $20B Deal with Apple

The judge in the Google Search antitrust case has ruled against the government’s proposals to break up the tech giant, including a forced sale of its Chrome browser. The ruling also allows Google to maintain its massive $20 billion deal with Apple, although the tech giant will be forced to end exclusive distribution contacts. Both the Big Tech Masters of the Universe and the stock market are celebrating the decision as a massive win for Google.

Sundar Pichai of Google is happy

OpenAI Plans Parental Controls for ChatGPT

Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the company behind AI powerhouse ChatGPT, says it will launch extensive parental controls aimed at making its technology safer for teenage users. The announcement comes in the wake of a lawsuit accusing ChatGPT of serving as a teen’s “suicide coach” before he took his own life.

sam altman trying to work his way around teen suicide

Elon Musk Lawsuit: ‘Chinese National’ xAI Employee Stole Trade Secrets Before Leaving for OpenAI

Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit accusing former employee Xuechen Li, which the suit describes as a “Chinese national,” of stealing confidential information and trade secrets before resigning to join rival company OpenAI. Musk has been a long-time champion of H-1B visas and bringing in engineers from China and India, claiming they have talent that Americans lack.

Elon Musk with a pensive look on his face

Democrat Anti-American Labor Day Inflation Ad Debunked

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is running misleading and counterintuitive ads blaming Republicans for inflation ahead of Labor Day, using foreign stock footage of an Asian beer brand and passing it off as an American beverage.

Liam Harrison pours a Lion Lager specially brewed the same recipe of beer that was sold 30