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The Latest: A 22-year-old Utah man is charged with murder in Charlie Kirk shooting

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Trump hosts tech titans — but not Musk — at White House

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President Donald Trump has hosted tech executives at the White House, showcasing AI research and investments.

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Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

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Google on Monday began confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.

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April Fools' Day is celebrated with pranks and hoaxes worldwide

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From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day is celebrated with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes.

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Trump calls it the 'center of the universe.' Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence

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President-elect Donald Trump calls his Mar-a-Lago resort the "center of the universe.”.

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Trump says he's a 'believer' in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways

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President-elect Donald Trump has held a wide-ranging news conference in which he took questions from reporters for the first time since winning the election.

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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

Read full article: Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

Susan Wojcicki, the former YouTube chief executive officer and longtime Google executive, has died.

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A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

Read full article: A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors.

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Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of America’s biggest donors in 2023

Read full article: Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of America’s biggest donors in 2023

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.

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What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

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If government regulators prevail in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermining the dominance of the Google search engine that defines the internet for billions of people.

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Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades

Read full article: Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades

The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine.

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Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it wades into the world of virtual reality

Read full article: Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it wades into the world of virtual reality

Apple has unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.

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YouTube CEO steps down, severing longtime ties to Google

Read full article: YouTube CEO steps down, severing longtime ties to Google

A longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation is stepping down as YouTube’s CEO.

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Teslas of the sea? CES showcases electric hydrofoil boats

Read full article: Teslas of the sea? CES showcases electric hydrofoil boats

Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year the boats are making bigger waves.

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Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app

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Apple’s and Google’s cooperation with the Russian government’s efforts to suppress an app opposed to the ruling regime is escalating concerns about whether Big Tech’s pursuit of ever-higher profits has trampled their commitment to protecting civil rights.

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Google hires new personnel head amid rising worker tensions

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This photo provided by Google shows Fiona Cicconi, right, who is leaving the biotech firm AstraZeneca to become the head of Google's people operations, effective Jan. 5, 2021. (Courtesy of Google via AP)Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company's policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work from home for at least eight more months. The rift incensed hundreds of Google employees who have signed a public letter of protest. Pichahi last week told employees that Google is beginning a thorough review into Gebru's exit, a process that now seems likely to involve Cicconi.

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How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust target

Read full article: How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust target

That pledge is now a distant memory as Google confronts an existential threat similar to what Microsoft once faced. They focused on creating a database of everything on the internet through a search engine that almost instantaneously listed a pecking order of websites most likely to have what anyone wanted. Google's promotion of Chrome on its search engine helped the browser supplant Explorer as the market leader. Google began reining in its spending and even created a new holding company, Alphabet, to oversee some of its unprofitable projects, such as internet=beaming balloons and self-driving cars. —-Liedtke first interviewed Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 2000 when he began covering Google for the AP.

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