Apple Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue defended the company’s $20 billion a year deal with search monopoly Google during the remedy phase of the internet giant’s antitrust trial in Washington, DC. Cue also testified that rapid advancements in AI could disrupt Google’s search monopoly more effectively than court intervention.
Google’s search chief, Elizabeth Reid, testified that the DOJ’s proposed changes to the company’s search practices could “deeply undermine user trust” and slow down innovation in the search industry. This claim comes after the company censored conservatives on its search engine throughout the Trump era — which clearly undermined user trust in the company.
As the September trial date approaches for the next phase of the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google’s ad tech practices, both sides have outlined their proposed remedies to address the tech giant’s monopoly over digital advertising.
The DOJ sent a demand letter to the University of Virginia (UVA) requiring the school to confirm no later than Friday that it has eliminated every aspect of DEI across its campuses.
The CEO of AI company Perplexity has revealed that the company’s upcoming browser, Comet, will track users’ online activities to sell highly targeted advertisements.
Justin Fisher, the former federal government bureaucrat accused of vandalizing multiple Tesla vehicles in Washington DC with his wife, faces only misdemeanor charges for his crime spree. He was released on his own recognizance after pleading not guilty to the minor charges.
Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the DOJ, which accused the pharmacy giant of knowingly filling millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, and submitting false claims to the federal government.
The remedies trial to address Google’s search monopoly verdict began Monday in Washington, D.C., with the company arguing that a breakup proposed by the DOJ would put the United States at a disadvantage in the global race for technological supremacy, particularly against China.
Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a “universal” checkout experience, has been charged with defrauding investors. Far from AI assisting shoppers, human contractors in the Philippines were manually completing customers’ transactions.
The DOJ and ATF have repealed the zero tolerance policy that was weaponized during the Biden administration to shut down gun dealers.
On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi approved the restoration of gun rights to ten people, one of whom is actor Mel Gibson.
A report from Reuters on Tuesday indicates the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is weighing a merger of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Apple’s attempt to intervene in Google’s antitrust trial has been denied by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, potentially jeopardizing the company’s $20 billion search placement deal with Google. The decision was driven in part by Apple dragging its feet in replying to the court, which the judge said “seems difficult to justify.”
Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) bizarrely referred to the FBI task force on Tesla terrorism as “lawfare” and the “political weaponization” of the DOJ. Goldman’s statement is especially curious given Democrat’s campaign of lawfare and weaponization against Donald Trump.
In a major development in the ongoing antitrust case against Google, the DOJ has proposed remedies that could force the tech giant to sell its popular Chrome browser and face new restrictions on its Android operating system.
The FBI identified Bryan Kohberger as a potential suspect in the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students after tapping into consumer DNA databases that were supposed to be off-limits to law enforcement, according to newly released records.
Google has put forward its own set of remedies to address the Department of Justice’s antitrust concerns, offering to unbundle Android apps instead of selling off Chrome or other major divisions.
Attorney General Merrick Garland finds himself in the congressional crosshairs as Republicans on Capitol Hill intensify investigations into his Department of Justice’s alleged coverup of a solar energy scandal centered around a plant based in Nevada called Crescent Dunes.
The Biden Department of Justice introduced two new gun control “rules” in December, framing the rules as an outworking of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which Biden signed in 2022.
President Joe Biden’s pardon of his criminal son, Hunter, was a “disgraceful” act the American public was “shamefully” gaslit over, according to Mark Penn, a former advisor to President Bill Clinton.
More than any other personnel decision former President Donald Trump, the president-elect now, has made for his incoming administration, his decision to pick attorney Kash Patel to lead the FBI as the bureau’s next director has electrified Trump’s most ardent supporters.
Roy and Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill in September of 2023 to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
The DOJ has filed court documents proposing the tech giant sell off its Chrome browser and be prohibited from making payments to remain the default search engine on third-party platforms as remedies for its monopolistic practices.
America needs to be rebuilt “piece by piece” after four years of chaos, according to Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who vowed to act as a “sledgehammer” for President-elect Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda, shaping confirmations and holding Republicans accountable in the next Congress.
The DOJ has decided it will ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser as a result of the government’s successful antitrust case against the internet giant’s monopolistic actions in its search business according to a new report by Bloomberg.
Democrat-aligned groups have been boosting voter turnout efforts through “downright dystopian” means such as free rent checks, gift cards, birth control, and “pole dancer” parties, sparking concerns over their efforts to attract young voters while raising questions about fairness as the DOJ focuses on Elon Musk’s America PAC over its recent sweepstakes.
Former President Donald Trump recently accused Google of being “rigged” against him, claiming that the search engine fails to display positive stories about him. However, he also indicated that he might not advocate for the break up the company if he wins the upcoming election, citing concerns over China’s technological ambitions.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will face consequences if the Department of Justice (DOJ) is found to have interfered with the release of its Investigator General’s report on DOJ’s activities on January 6, a letter led Wednesday by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said.
The DOJ and Google have wrapped up their arguments in the high-stakes antitrust trial against the internet giant, with closing arguments scheduled for November.
An expert witness called by Google in its ongoing antitrust trial has asserted that the tech giant does not hold monopoly power over the advertising market, contradicting claims made by the DOJ.
Former President Donald Trump criticized the FBI for how it is handling the investigation into the assassination attempts against him.
In an ongoing antitrust trial, Google is pushing back against the U.S. Justice Department’s accusations that it operates its ad business as a monopoly. In the face of emails and other internal documents laying out Google’s plan to crush rivals by increasing its stranglehold on the advertising market, one executive testified Monday that “We keep looking for ways to make products better.”
Google employees and executives attempted to hide potentially damaging communications from investigators by using auto-deleting chats and marking emails “privileged and confidential” as a regular course of business — sneaky moves that may backfire on the internet giant as the second antitrust trial against the company rages on.
As the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google continues, it is becoming increasingly clear that the judge must decide whether to believe what Google executives wrote in emails and chats or what they have said on the witness stand — like one witness who claimed his emails on crushing competition were “jet-lagged ramblings.”
Internal Google documents released during the ongoing antitrust trial against the tech giant have shed light on the company’s efforts to maintain its dominance in the digital advertising industry through exclusivity deals and tying its ad-tech businesses together.
Google is currently on trial for allegedly abusing its dominance in the digital advertising industry, which is valued at approximately $200 billion. Here are a the key points that emerged from the first week in the courtroom.
A top attorney for Google, currently defending the tech giant in a landmark antitrust trial, has been revealed to be a key advisor to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest and political bias.
A former advertising technology executive at News Corp testified that the company considered moving away from Google’s advertising products in 2017 but ultimately decided against it due to potential revenue losses of at least $9 million. The testimony came during the second day of the latest antitrust trial exploring Google’s absolute dominance of the internet.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google kicked off on Monday, with the opening day focusing heavily on the tech giant’s impact on publishers through its dominant position in the digital advertising market.
Federal prosecutors filed charges in New York on Monday against Yuanjun Tang, a Chinese dissident and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, for working as an illegal operative of the People’s Republic of China.
