Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani expressed confidence on Wednesday that the Liberals’ bail-reform package will make the country safer, although the exact impact cannot be measured. Virani appeared before the Senate legal committee to discuss Bill C-48, which aims to tighten access to bail for violent offenders by implementing reverse-onus provisions for individuals charged with …
Apple never had any intention of replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine in Macs and iPhones. Instead, it used the possibility as a bargaining chip to secure larger payments from Google, according to testimony from a Microsoft executive on Wednesday. Mikhail Parakhin, Microsoft’s chief of advertising and web services, revealed in …
During his highly anticipated testimony at the Big Tech firm’s antitrust trial, longtime Apple executive Eddy Cue defended the company’s deal to keep Google as the default search engine on its smartphones and browsers. Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services and a close confidant of CEO Tim Cook, made a strong case for Google’s …
In a court of law, defendants are entitled to a presumption of innocence. However, Senator Bob Menendez does not enjoy such indulgence in the court of public opinion. Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, has been indicted today, along with his wife, Nadine, and three others, on three counts of corruption. Federal prosecutors allege that …
What is Google Search in 2023? Google Search has undergone incredible transformation since its inception 25 years ago. Today, it has evolved into much more than a simple index of online information. It has become a reference guide for the physical world, encompassing comprehensive maps and cataloging vast amounts of data. It combines elements of …
The founder of DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine, expressed frustration about the difficulty users face when trying to switch their default search engine from Google during the antitrust trial. Gabriel Weinberg, whose company holds only 2.5% of the US search market compared to Google’s 90%, attributed DuckDuckGo’s struggles to Google’s dominant position as the default …
SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company founded by Elon Musk, has recently taken legal action against the US government, claiming that the government’s accusations of refusing to hire refugees and asylees violate the Constitution. In a lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court, SpaceX argues that the administrative judges appointed by the Department of Justice, …
In a groundbreaking US antitrust trial set to begin on Tuesday, federal regulators are aiming to dismantle Google’s internet empire by challenging its dominant search engine. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will seek to prove that Google manipulated the market in its favor by making its search engine the …
The battle over red-state efforts to roll back civil rights and liberties has mainly shifted to the courts. Since 2021, Republican-controlled states have enacted numerous laws that restrict voting rights, penalize public protests, impose restrictions on transgender youth, ban books, and limit discussions on race, gender, and sexual orientation by teachers, professors, and employers. Some …
With Google’s highly anticipated antitrust trial set to commence next week, the tech giant has suffered a significant setback as one of its key advisors has been embroiled in a sex harassment scandal. This not only deals a damaging blow to Google but also adds complexity to their legal defense, according to experts well-versed in …