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Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology

Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government
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Lawyers and legal assistants leave the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a lunch break in the Department of Justice's antitrust trial against tech giant Google, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 20

Were warning signs ignored? Things to know about this week's testimony on the Titan sub disaster

Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean
September 20
This June 2023 United States Coast Guard still frame from video provided by Pelagic Research Services, shows remains of the Titan submersible, center, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard Video courtesy Pelagic Research Services via AP)
September 20

Trump Media skids to new low on the first day the former president can sell his shares

Shares of Trump Media have slumped to new lows on the first trading day that its biggest shareholder, former President Donald Trump, is free to sell his stake in the company behind the Truth Social platform
September 20
September 20

2 Russians set record for longest single stay on the International Space Station

Russia’s space agency says two Russians have set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station
September 20
In this undated photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are shown aboard the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. They set the record for the longest continuous presence on the ISS, more than 370 days. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
September 20

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers

The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers
September 20
FILE - Shown are the unit 2 cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
September 20

Passenger on a previous Titan submersible dive testified his mission was aborted underwater due to apparent malfunction

Passenger on a previous Titan submersible dive testified his mission was aborted underwater due to apparent malfunction
September 20
September 20

Ukraine bans Telegram app on state-issued devices because of Russian security threat

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices
September 20
FILE - The logo for the Telegram messaging app is seen on a notebook screen in Munich, Germany, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
September 20

Scientists say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies
September 20
FILE — People walk past a dead Cape fur seal on Melkbosstrand beach near Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht/File)
September 20

Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies and the bloody aftermath are painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port
September 20
FILE - An Israeli reconnaissance drone flies over the funeral procession of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed Tuesday after their handheld devices exploded in the southern suburb of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
September 20

Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction

A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure
September 20
Attorney Jane Schvets asks a question during the Titan marine board of investigation hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. (Corey Connor via AP, Pool)
September 19

UN experts urge United Nations to lay foundations for global governance of artificial intelligence

A high-powered U.N. advisory body says global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and is urging the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology
September 19
FILE - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview at the United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)
September 19

23andMe directors resign as the CEO of the genetic-testing company seeks to take it private

All of 23andMe’s independent directors have resigned from its board in a rare move that marks the latest challenge for the genetic-testing company
September 19
FILE - 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki speaks at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on UCSF's Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, Feb. 20 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
September 19

Apple releases AI software for a smarter Siri on the iPhone 16

Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday
September 19
Attendees take a closer look at the Apple iPhone 16 during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
September 19

At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say different

The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand
September 19
Lawyers and legal assistants leave the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a lunch break in the Department of Justice's antitrust trial against tech giant Google, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
September 19

Titan submersible's scientific director testifies that the sub malfunctioned just prior to the fatal Titanic dive

Titan submersible's scientific director testifies that the sub malfunctioned just prior to the fatal Titanic dive
September 19
September 19

Oregon governor uses new land use law to propose rural land for semiconductor facility

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose rural land for a semiconductor facility
September 19
FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks during a signing ceremony in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
September 19

Genetic analysis of animals in Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people
September 19
FILE - Shopping mall workers undergo a COVID-19 swab test during the opening at the Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
September 19

Doctors and first responders are among those who still use pagers

Electronic pagers that were status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old school
September 19
An ambulance carrying wounded people whose handheld pager exploded, arrive at the American University hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 19

The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say

The remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members this week made for an eerie and shocking spectacle
September 19
Hezbollah members attend the funeral of two of their comrades who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 19

European Union moves to compel Apple to open up operating system to rival tech

The European Union says it will outline steps to compel Apple to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to competing technologies under the bloc’s tough new digital rulebook, which threatens hefty fines for breaches
September 19
FILE - People wait in front of the Apple store in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2015. The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
September 19

A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees' languages more accessible. Will AI help?

Refugees navigating resettlement often face a shared hurdle: poor machine translations and a short supply of interpreters knowledgeable in their less-serviced languages
September 19
Mobile phones display Tarjimly, an app that connects translators with refugees, asylum seekers, and humanitarians at the Google Impact Summit on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Sunnyvale, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)
September 19

Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes

The leader of Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for this week’s deadly attacks on the group’s communications devices
September 19
Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
September 19

Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah is promising to retaliate for deadly attacks on its communication devices
September 19
Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
September 19

Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?

Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard
September 19
A worker carries a shovel at the hospital in Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Sept. 4, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
September 19

Titan submersible's scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive
September 19
This June 2023 image provided by Pelagic Research Services shows remains of the Titan submersible on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (Pelagic Research Services via AP)
September 19

A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization has called a global health emergency
September 19
A worker carries a shovel at the hospital in Kamituga, in South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Sept. 4, 2024. South Kivu is considered the epicenter of the world's latest outbreak of mpox. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
September 18

California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges

California now has some of the strictest laws on election deepfakes
September 18
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the opening ceremony for Panda Ridge, the new exhibit at the San Diego Zoo, Aug. 8, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan, File)
September 18

Hackers demand $6 million for files stolen from Seattle airport operator in cyberattack

Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole during a cyberattack last month
September 18
September 18

Endangered sea corals moved to Texas Gulf Coast for research, restoration

Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration
September 18
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researcher Keisha Bahr prepares live corals for transport at the Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Campus in Dania Beach, Fla., Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/David Fischer)
September 18

Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

Some Brazilian users have regained access to X despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s Supreme Court
September 18
FILE - A view of a laptop shows the Twitter sign-in page with their logo, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
September 18

'Hidden Figures' of the space race receive Congress' highest honor at medal ceremony

The hidden figures of the space race have been recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony
September 18
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reacts after dropping a Congressional Gold Medal while posing for a photograph with NASA's Johnson Space Center Senior Apollo Sample Processor and Lab Manager Andrea Mosie, left, at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor the Black women mathematicians of NASA who contributed to the space race and who were the subject of the book and movie "Hidden Figures," at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., watches at right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 18

Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them

Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting the projects with lawsuits, seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation
September 18
An anti-offshore wind sign is draped across a fence in the driveway of a homeowner in Brigantine, N.J., on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
September 18

Justice Department disrupts vast Chinese hacking operation that infected consumer devices

FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations
September 18
FBI Director Christopher Wray listens during a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 18

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy
September 18
This undated image provided by Caltech, taken by Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope, shows the longest known pair of black hole jets, as reported Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in the journal Nature. (LOFAR Collaboration/Martijn Oei/Caltech via AP)
September 18

Instagram launches new protection changes for teenagers

Deb Schmill, founder and president of the Becca Schmill Foundation, weighs in on Instagram’s new features and how it's “not enough” to protect children.
September 18
VIDEO: Instagram launches new protection changes for teenagers
September 18

European Union court largely upholds Qualcomm antitrust penalty in 2019 case but trims fine

Qualcomm lost its bid to get a European Union antitrust penalty thrown out after a top court largely rebuffed the technology company’s arguments in the case involving cellphone chipsets
September 18
FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 file photo shows the logo for Qualcomm on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
September 18

Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election

Government scientists and artificial intelligence experts from at least nine countries and the European Union will meet in San Francisco after the U.S. elections to coordinate on safely developing AI technology and averting its dangers
September 18
FILE - Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attend the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting at the State Department, Jan. 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
September 18

Israel-Hamas war latest: 20 killed, 450 wounded in second day of explosions in Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country
September 18
A poster of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed next to bouquets of flowers and Lebanese flag in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 18

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices
September 18
Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.(AP Photo)
September 18

Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria were made by a company in Budapest

Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria were made by a company in Budapest
September 18
September 17

Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens

Australian police say they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests
September 17
In this undated photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, illicit drugs are displayed after police have revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, that they have penetrated an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals called Ghost, leading to dozens of arrests. (Australian Federal Police via AP)
September 17

California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed three landmark bills Tuesday to crack down on political deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election
September 17
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and members of the California delegation at Oracle Park in San Francisco, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, Pool, File)
September 17

Israel has a long history of pulling off complex attacks like the exploding pagers

Thousands of pagers used members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and wounding several thousand, officials said
September 17
An ambulance carrying wounded people whose handheld pager exploded arrives outside at the American University hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 17

Fired whistleblower says Titan submersible tragedy may have been prevented had safety agency investigated his complaint

Fired whistleblower says Titan submersible tragedy may have been prevented had safety agency investigated his complaint
September 17
September 17

PHOTO COLLECTION: Supermoon

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
September 17
A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
September 17

What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria

Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary ...
September 17
People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on a tv screen as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 17

California governor signs laws to protect actors against unauthorized use of AI

California's governor has signed legislation to protect Hollywood actors and performers against unauthorized use of artificial intelligence, such as creating their digital clones without their consent
September 17
FILE - Director of Photography Jac Cheairs and his son, actor Wyatt Cheairs, 11, take part in a rally by striking writers and actors outside Netflix studio in Los Angeles on Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
September 17

Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries

Google says it will halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns
September 17
FILE - Clouds hover over the Andes Mountains in Santiago, Chile, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
September 17

FAA wants to fine SpaceX $633,000 for alleged safety violations during 2 Florida launches

SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year
September 17
FILE - The SpaceX logo is displayed on a building, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
September 17

Cyprus approves electricity cable to link its power grid with Greece's

Cyprus has approved a massive undersea electricity cable project to link its grid with Greece's
September 17
FILE - Cyprus' Energy Minister George Pananastasiou talks during an interview in his office at the Energy Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)