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Google has an unfair advantage when it comes to AI, Department of Justice alleges

Nov 21, 2024
The complaint has a lot to do with Google's Chrome web browser and dominant position in the search market.
The DOJ's plan to break up google includes forcing the company to sell Chrome.
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In Zimbabwe, rolling blackouts hobble mining goals

Apr 5, 2023
The country has an ambitious goal to reach $12 billion in mining exports in 2023, but industry leaders say they can't get ahead without reliable electricity.
Zimbabwe has the largest African lithium deposits, a mineral crucial to electric vehicle batteries. Above, workers inspect an open-pit lithium mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.
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Chrome extension turns word 'millennials' into 'snake people'

May 26, 2015
You can now save your eyes from the dreaded term "millennials."

Google Chrome gets browser title for a week

May 22, 2012
Google's Chrome topped Microsoft's Internet Explorer for seven days straight for the first time. The numbers mean less than Google's growing share of the market.

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We can’t eat these Chromebooks!

Nov 22, 2011
“That’s why we (we being Google) are marking Cromebooks down to the low low LOW price of $299!

Highlights of the web

Nov 14, 2011
Google just bought the search help software company, Apture. Besides a new crop of millionaires in Apture's engineering department, what does this mean...