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Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding faces new charges of economic espionage by the US DOJ for allegedly stealing trade secrets to boost China's AI industry (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-5 China Google AI

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra (t.co)
2025-2-5 Google Microsoft AI

Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more (www.theverge.com)
2025-2-5 Android Netflix

Alphabet expects 2025 capex of ~$75B, vs. ~$58B est., and reports Google Cloud Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $11.96B, vs. $12.16B est.; GOOG drops 7%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-2-5 Google 4Q Alphabet

Google Removes Pledge To Not Use AI For Weapons From Website (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Sources: Meta is merging the teams behind Facebook and Messenger into one unit and shuffling its generative AI group, as it prepares for layoffs next week (www.theinformation.com)
2025-2-5 Facebook AI Layoffs

Alphabet reports YouTube Q4 ad revenue up 14% YoY to $10.47B, vs. $10.23B est., says Google Cloud and YouTube ended 2024 with a $110B annual revenue run rate (variety.com)
2025-2-5 Google YouTube 4Q Alphabet

Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue applications “likely to cause overall harm”, including weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Google Play, Apple App Store apps caught stealing crypto wallets (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-5 Google Apple

Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can't Seem To Make Its Physical Stores Work (slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Amazon Retail Online Retail

Microsoft Quietly Makes It Harder To Install Windows 11 on Old PCs Ahead of Windows 10's End of Support (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Microsoft

Microsoft Veteran Ponders World Where Toothbrushes Need Reboots (it.slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Microsoft

China Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Google (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 China Google

Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into Intel; a source says whether it was officially launched could be affected by US-China relations (t.co)
2025-2-5 China Intel

Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 675M, subscribers up 11% YoY to 263M, and €1.14B in 2024 net income, vs. a €532M loss in 2023 (www.wsj.com)
2025-2-4 4Q Spotify

China announces measures against Google, other US firms, as trade tensions escalate (indianexpress.com)
2025-2-4 China Google

China counters with tariffs on US products, it will also investigate Google (indianexpress.com)
2025-2-4 China Google

China's State Administration for Market Regulation says it will probe Google for antitrust violations, moments after Trump announced tariffs on Chinese goods (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-4 Trump China Google

Alphabet faces scrutiny on AI spending as Google cloud growth slows (indianexpress.com)
2025-2-4 Google AI Alphabet

Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier (www.streamtvinsider.com)
2025-2-4 Netflix

A US appeals court panel appeared skeptical of Google's bid to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that declared the Play Store an illegal monopoly in the Epic case (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-4 Google

Judge Denies Apple's Attempt To Intervene In Google Search Antitrust Trial (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-2-4 Google Apple

A US district court judge denies Apple's emergency motion to halt the remedy trial of the DOJ v. Google case, saying it hasn't demonstrated satisfactory reasons (www.theverge.com)
2025-2-4 Google Apple

Amazon Redshift gets new default settings to prevent data breaches (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-4 Amazon

Microsoft Paint Gets a Copilot Button For Gen AI Features (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-4 Microsoft AI

Microsoft kills off Defender 'Privacy Protection' VPN feature (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-4 Microsoft VPN

Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-4 Android Google

The US' largest companies, including Visa, United, Oracle, and Amazon, are cutting deals with Elon Musk's businesses as he solidifies his power in government (t.co)
2025-2-3 Amazon Oracle Elon Musk

Mental health and extremism experts say Australia exempting YouTube from its under-16 social media ban exposes children to addictive and harmful content (www.reuters.com)
2025-2-3 Australia YouTube Ban

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