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Enlarge / Apple allegedly still holds a ‘grudge’ against Google ever since co-founder Steve Jobs called its rival Android operating system a “stolen product.” FT montage/Reuters Apple is taking steps to separate its mobile operating system from features offered by Google parent Alphabet, making advances around maps, search, and advertising that have created a collision course between the Big Tech… Source link

There have been suggestions for years now that the iPhone maker is quietly working on an Apple Search service, to compete with Google. That idea is back in the news today, in a report suggesting that it could be one element of a three-part “silent war” on Google. Recent developments do support the idea that the Cupertino company is gearing up to take on Google in a much more direct fashion than it has so far … Apple Search background Google has long paid Apple billions of… Source link

Article Hero Image AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. Former Apple engineers say that Apple still holds a grudge over how Android allegedly copied iOS, and is steadily working to remove Google from the iPhone. It is the very slimmest of reports, but… Source link

Late last week it emerged Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to evolve the adtech stack Chrome supports for targeted advertising. Topics refers to an ad-targeting component of the Sandbox proposal which is based on tracking web users interests via their… Source link

Late last week it emerged Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to evolve the adtech stack Chrome supports for targeted advertising. Topics refers to an ad-targeting component of the Sandbox proposal which is based on tracking web users interests via their… Source link

Placeholder while article actions load Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, tech workers and privacy advocates had a big question: Will Big Tech help in abortion prosecutions by sharing user data with police? Nearly a week since the Supreme Court decision made abortion illegal for millions of Americans, the companies still haven’t given an answer. And some employees are getting frustrated, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of… Source link

The inflation challenge facing America’s governors has coincided with a somewhat opposite trend: state budgets that are flush following a period of better than expected tax revenues and ample coronavirus assistance from Washington, DC. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), one of many governors in that situation, says his budget forecast shows $15 billion more than expected — and that windfall can fight inflation, he said. The governor signed a budget this week with a mix of tax cuts and… Source link

Ivanka Trump Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president of the United States and daughter of President Donald Trump MUSTAFA ABUMUNES/AFP via Getty Images This article originally appeared here on Salon.com As right-wing groups clashed with counter-protesters at pro-Trump demonstrations over the weekend, Ivanka Trump, the senior White House adviser and daughter of outgoing President Donald Trump, condemned the media on Twitter for “near total silence” over alleged assaults on… Source link