Lauren Feiner

The competition agenda will be put to the test this fall, as the first of the government’s tech anti-monopoly cases plays out in court

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified about competing with Google in digital search during the federal antitrust trial against Google in Washington, D.C.

Apple’s contract with Google to be the default search engine on its Safari browser “was often the elephant in the room,” said DuckDuck Go CEO Gabriel Weinberg.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox invoked research about social media’s effect on teens, including a recent U.S. Surgeon General report, in announcing the lawsuit.

Meta created a special operations center with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic.

The European Union enacted the Digital Services Act, which requires very large online platforms to mitigate the risk of disinformation.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday agreed to open a band of spectrum for some forms of wearable devices.

Over 100 mayors descended on Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to learn how generative AI tools like ChatGPT could help them run their cities better.

Academics and civil society leaders will also join the discussion about innovation and balancing a leading position in AI while ensuring its safety.

Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya hopes it “can send a strong signal to other law enforcement agencies in the U.S.,” he told The Record.

The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.

Prabhakar Raghavan testified that threats to Google’s position are very much real, and innovation at the search engine has allowed it to maintain market share.

The number is a more granular look into how much Google pays partners, including Apple, to be the default search engine on their products.

It was the first opportunity for the government’s attorneys to press Google’s top executive in open court on actions to secure its search dominance.

The executive order builds on voluntary commitments the White House previously secured from leading AI companies.

In addition to a financial settlement, Uber and Lyft agreed to ongoing changes in how they pay drivers and offer benefits in New York state

After the Biden administration unveiled its new AI executive order on Monday, a frenzy of industry leaders dug in to the implications of the landmark action.

Amazon’s ads strategy helped pump its profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the agency alleges.

Google’s trial against Epic follows the game publisher’s lawsuit against Apple, which went to court in 2021 and was appealed earlier this year

Arturo Bejar described his fruitless efforts to flag the extent of harmful effects its platforms could have on teens to top leadership at the company.