Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking

Federal authorities have charged the co-founders of Fresno startup Bitwise Industries with fraud months after the company laid off all of its employees and shut down without explanation. Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal surrendered to authorities Thursday after being charged in a federal complaint with conspiring to commit wire fraud and taking more than…

Orange County entrepreneur Joe Kiani has just notched a startling victory in his years-long court battle against one of the most powerful companies in the world. And as a result, one of Apple’s key products may be banned from import into the United States. I recently detailed Kiani’s David-vs.-Goliath legal fight against Apple, which Kiani…

GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…

“Google’s solution, the Chrome Privacy Sandbox, which only works on a Chrome browser, likely doesn’t benefit anyone other than Google,” said Phil Duffield, UK vice president at The Trade Desk, which operates a platform for companies to buy ads online.

The new keyboard will introduce a Copilot key which accesses AI capabilities on Windows 11.

Well, goodbye to all that. Now that 2023 is drawing to a close, and it’s time that we begin to look to the new year, why don’t we spend a minute clearing our closets and minds of all the tech we don’t need? The better to start fresh, and to steel ourselves for the AI-drenched…