Silicon Valley tech boom lifts California’s dreary budget view
A gauge of the so-called Magnificent Seven mega tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Meta, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia and Tesla Inc. — is up 56% so far this year, more than twice the advance of the SP 500 Index.
US Justice Department seeks Google Chrome sale to curb monopoly
The US Justice Department and a group of states proposed major changes to Alphabet Inc.’s Google — including a forced sale of the company’s Chrome web browser — after a landmark ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolized online search.
Dirty tricks: Google lied and cheated, federal court judges in monopoly cases say
Google fighting desperate court battles against the federal government and many states to prevent its breakup over monopolistic behavior.
Pixel phones have updated hardware and integrated AI
As you may have noticed, the entire tech industry is jumping on the AI bandwagon. Practically every new product that’s coming out boasts AI features. This is certainly true with the latest phones from both Apple and Google.