Thomas Ricker

Hotel-related search results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia are temporarily stripping out the map, property info and other clutter as shown in the gallery below. After the test, Google will look at how the change impacted “both the user experience and traffic to websites.”

Prospects of an acquisition have cooled, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg:

Bloomberg explores Amazon’s $8 billion partnership with Anthropic that could advance Amazon’s Trainium hardware and software tools enough for the AWS provider to cut into Nvidia’s stranglehold on the $100-billion-plus market for AI chips:

Shōgun was the most watched show on Google TV devices in 2024 while Road House was the most watched movie. And starting today you’ll find a curated “best of 2024” collection under the “For You” tab on the Google TV Streamer (4K), Google TV built-in devices, and the Google TV apps.

The move will “enhance synergy” and “foster synergies” all while “creating greater synergy,” according to the announcement that mentions synergy seven times.

Alphabet’s top lawyer says the agency’s proposed remedies, which include selling off Chrome, are part of “a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership.”

The struggling budget carrier filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday, almost a year since a federal judge blocked a merger with JetBlue. In a letter to passengers, Spirit says it’ll continue to “book and fly into the future” and customers can “use all tickets, credits and loyalty points as normal.”

“Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “The onus will be on social media platforms to demonstrate they are taking reasonable steps to prevent access. The onus won’t be on parents or young people. There’ll be no penalties for users.”

Nintendo is lowering expectation for Switch hardware and software sales after posting a big drop in net profit compared to the same period last year. Ninty now expects to sell 1 million fewer Switch consoles for the year, and 5 million fewer software units than originally forecast.