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AFP via Getty Images On October 20, the United States government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. One question is: was that really for abuses of antitrust law, or was it just about politics and scoring points in the U.S. national election? And, is Apple actually be the biggest potential casualty in an antitrust battle between the U.S. government and Google? “I think there’s been a consensus now for a while on both the left and the right, that companies… Source link

The New York Times ‘Volatile’ Voters Could Still Decide the Election. They Tend to Dislike Trump. John Holland, 74, is proud to call himself a political independent, and he has always made a point of voting for the candidate he prefers, not a party to which he had sworn allegiance. In mid-October he told a New York Times/Siena College poll he was unconvinced by either President Donald Trump or Joe Biden.Ultimately, Holland, a retired education-technology professional in Minnesota, did choose,… Source link

After months of political grandstanding in Washington, the opening shot has finally been fired in the battle to restrain Big Tech. In a complaint against Google last week, backed by the Republican attorneys-general of 11 U.S. states, the Justice Department ended years of inaction on the part of antitrust authorities. The complaint received resounding support from the company’s opponents. It has landed at a time when there is rare bipartisan political support for action. And it reflects a… Source link

With the coronavirus surging and the economy in tatters, President Trump seems to have decided that his surest path to reelection lies in portraying Joe Biden, his Democratic rival, as a “puppet of the militant left” who will allow “thugs” and “angry mobs” to “tear down” monuments to “our heritage” — including Confederate symbols and statues of early slaveholding presidents. Trump’s latest campaign ad hits all these notes, claiming that “you won’t be safe in Joe… Source link

Today, Microsoft publicly unveiled its soon-to-launch search engine Bing. It will become available over the next few days, and be fully launched by June 3. On the surface, Bing has a distinct gloss. The home page features a rotation of stunning photography, for instance, which can be clicked on to produce related image search results. But the most significant changes are under the covers. “We have taken the algorithmic programming up an order of magnitude,” says… Source link