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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Here’s a rare look at Google’s most lucrative search queries  The Verge Source link

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Google is squaring off again against familiar competitors like Microsoft and Amazon — but this time it’s for lucrative contracts with the federal government. Why it matters: Google sees an opening to chip away at Microsoft’s dominance in federal government contracting, to keep making more money off its Cloud service and to nip at the heels of its other main competitor, Amazon Web Services. Google is already battling Microsoft on a number of fronts over… Source link

Just two weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi renewed hopes that Congress might stop lawmakers from trading stocks on the grounds that they have access to non-public information. “We believe we have a product that we can bring to the floor this month,” Pelosi said on Sept. 14. But Congress is taking a breather until Nov. 14, after missing yet another deadline to ban or curb stock trading by senators and U.S. representatives. Lawmakers promise to take up the issue again when they re-convene,… Source link

The list of companies around the world cutting business ties with Russia continues to grow. British luxury brand Burberry (BURBY) became the latest to jump on the bandwagon after announcing it would be temporarily shutting down its three stores in Russia, including one located in Moscow’s famous Red Square. Burberry isn’t the first luxury brand to make this move: On Friday, Hermes (HESAY) announced it would temporarily close its stores in the country, saying it is “deeply concerned by the… Source link

PUBG-maker Krafton filed a big lawsuit Monday: it’s suing the developer of two mobile games that it accuses of copying PUBG: Battlegrounds, the hit PC battle royale shooter, and it’s suing Apple and Google for distributing those games on their app stores. Krafton even accuses Google of hosting YouTube videos with gameplay of the two games in question, as well as “numerous posts containing a feature-length Chinese film that is nothing more than a blatantly infringing live-action… Source link

The happiest person at the French Open on Sunday might not have been newly crowned men’s champion Novak Djokovic.  A young fan displayed an even more exuberant smile after receiving a one-of-a-kind souvenir.  Moments after rallying from a two-set deficit to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas and secure his 19th major title, Djokovic generously gifted his match-used racket to a boy in the first row of the stands. The boy clutched the racket with both hands and jumped up and down in a mixture of… Source link