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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules

The highly anticipated decision comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country’s biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.

FILE – Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fresh waves of job cuts have washed through a Bay Area job market that's already wobbly.

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Store closure, biotech layoffs jolt Bay Area job market with fresh cutbacks

While the first lawsuit was filed in California state court, the new one was filed in federal court in Northern California and is nearly double in length. In contrast to the original suit, it includes claims that OpenAI is engaging in racketeering activity.

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Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman

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Pirate Cat Radio returns to Los Gatos — this time with FCC approval
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Inside the legal drama embroiling a California startup that grossed billions selling COVID-19 tests

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Don’t let screens raise our children: Letter to the editor

"Have the demands of parenthood become so enormous that we’re choosing to ignore our feeling that all this screen time is harmful?"

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Believers in the promise of generative AI see innovation overcoming most challenges, and they point to important early uses and powerful potential applications.

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Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence frenzy: a bubble full of problems, bound to burst?

Believers in the promise of generative AI see innovation overcoming most challenges, and they point to important early uses and powerful potential applications.

Top tech leaders are showing their excitement for the Bay Area native, in the form of endorsements and donations for Harris, which have come from prominent names, such as longtime Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings and philanthropist...