The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has certified a £7bn collective action against Google. The specialist UK court will require Google to defend its long-standing conduct in the search engine market after approving the landmark legal action brought by Nikki Stopford, co-founder of Consumer Voice, and legal firm Hausfeld & Co LLP. The claim accuses…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said Alphabet’s partnership with Anthropic does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. In October 2023, Alphabet invested $2bn in OpenAI rival Anthropic. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has also received $4bn funding from Amazon. The CMA is concerned that the foundational…
Sheridan Ash, founder and co-CEO of Tech She Can, has become the 13th person to be named Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech. Launched in 2012, the Computer Weekly list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech started as a list of 25, expanding to 50 in 2015, and now seeing…
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CarPlay is full of great features. BGR recently highlighted some of Apple’s new CarPlay functions available with iOS 18 and even some hidden ones that everyone should know about. That said, the infotainment display on your car can be so much more useful as long as you know about the best CarPlay apps to use…
I’ve tried dozens of CarPlay apps, and these are the best ones Read More »
I’ve told readers on more than one occasion that I ditched Google Search. It started with the iPhone, where I set DuckDuckGo as my default search engine years ago. After beta testing the Google Search alternative, I took the plunge for my desktop browsers and switched away from Google there, too. Now that I also…
After ditching Google, I found a way to get the one Search feature I’ve been missing Read More »
Wi-Fi is the backbone of modern connectivity, evolving with each iteration to support our increasing reliance on the internet. We’re still a ways off from Wi-Fi 8, or IEEE 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability, as it is known right now. However, we’re finally starting to learn some key details about what to expect from the next…
Wi-Fi 8 won’t bring a speed boost, but it will have one major upgrade Read More »
Apple has dropped a series of software updates across its various product lines as it aims to ward off the impact of two newly discovered zero-days, both of which may have already been exploited in the wild. The fixes for CVE-2024-44308 and CVE-2024-44309 – both attributed to Clément Lecigne and Benoît Sevens of the Google…
Following on from winning its antitrust case against Alphabet, the parent company of Google, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is now seeking to force the search engine giant to offload its Chrome browser. The landmark US court ruling from August 2024 declared that Alphabet had illegally sought to maintain its hold on the online…
US Department of Justice wants Alphabet to sell Chrome browser Read More »
There’s no question that one of the best iPhone 16 features is battery life. Apple Intelligence is in its early days, Visual Intelligence hasn’t launched yet, and the Camera Control button has been very divisive. But you’ll notice the battery life improvements every day, and it’s all thanks to Apple’s work on the A18 chips…
Galaxy S25 Slim may have surprisingly good battery life thanks to one key component Read More »
Apple is expected to unveil a bunch of new products in the first quarter of 2025, including an M4 MacBook Air refresh, the exciting iPhone SE 4, and a new iPad Air. But not all new Apple products set to hit stores in early 2025 will be updates to existing lineups.We learned a few days…
Apple’s first smart display is coming in 2025: Here’s how it’ll work Read More »
