Google's antitrust violation ruling significant win for regulators
Court decides Google spent billions to become an illegal monopoly
A US. judge ruled that Google violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to establish an illegal monopoly and become the world's default search engine.
Indonesia tells DuckDuckGo to go
Search engine too good at gambling and porn
Indonesia has banned the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns over its potential use for accessing pornography and online gambling sites.
Windows 11 has 30 per cent market share
Took a while
In July 2024, Windows 11 reached a significant milestone: for the first time since its launch in October 2021, the operating system crossed the 30 per cent market share mark.
Chipzilla hunted by more lawyers
Another law firm is seeking to capitalise on Intel's chip crash bug.
Atlanta-based Kaplan Gore is investigating a case against Intel for allegedly selling potentially defective 13th and 14th-gen ('Raptor Lake') processors.
Musk’s Neuralink brain-implant claims debunked
It just does not work that way
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-implant venture could revolutionise artificial vision for the visually impaired, but it’s unlikely to deliver on Musk’s bold claim of “better than normal vision,” according to University of Washington researchers.
AI works better if you ask it to be a Star Trek character
Boffins baffled
Boffins are baffled after they managed to get their AI to perform more accurate maths if they were asked to do it in the style of a Star Trek character.
Apple's 'Find My' service" dubbed super creepy surveillance tech"
Apple fanboys furious at the slight
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has launched a scathing attack on Apple's 'Find My' service, branding it as "super creepy surveillance tech" that "shouldn't exist."
Facebook rival founder arrested
In Real Life customers were mostly bots
IRL, once seen as a potential rival to Facebook, aimed to encourage its online users to meet in real life. However, the platform shut down in 2023 after it was revealed that most of its users were bots.
Trump makes odd threat to Google
Seems he wants to shut it down
Former US President Donald Trump appears to have a beef with Google and if he is elected may try to close it down.
Jobs' Mob pays out on its defective keyboards
Being defective as a feature argument did not wash
The fruity cargo cult Apple is finally coughing up $50 million to settle claims over its notoriously defective MacBook butterfly keyboards.