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• Google, Apple threatened by same antitrust laws that boosted them

  The parallels to the Justice Department's landmark antitrust case in 1998 could provide a window into the potential breakthroughs that could be unleashed if regulators succeed in their attempts to crack down on Google and Apple. Federal lawyers have even gone as far as to assert Google and Apple may never have created so many popular products or become as powerful as they are now if Microsoft hadn't been reined in a quarter century ago.

  

• Microsoft-backed OpenAI may launch search, taking on Google's 'biggest product'

  Speculations swirl around OpenAI's potential search engine, challenging Google with Microsoft Bing's support. Altman aims for innovation in information discovery. The tech world anticipates a significant shift in online information access.

  

• Microsoft doubling down on cybersecurity: Satya Nadella

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella prioritizes cybersecurity amid criticism over handling attacks by China and Russia on US agencies. Company undergoes major security update, placing security above all else. Microsoft is reportedly the world’s largest seller of cybersecurity products and has been called on by the authors of a report by US Cyber Safety Review Board to institute urgent reforms in the wake of foreign government hacking attempts.

  

• EU says Apple iPad operating system to face stricter rules

  The EU on Monday said Apple's operating system for iPads must comply with tougher new rules that Brussels is imposing to rein in the world's biggest digital companies. The commission, the EU's powerful competition regulator, said it named the iPadOS system because it locked users into the iPad operating system.

  

• How Google and Microsoft may be ‘years ahead’ of Facebook parent Meta

  Alphabet and Microsoft outperform in Q1 with AI investments. Zuckerberg expects delayed Gen AI profits. Alphabet's market value surpasses $2 trillion, while Microsoft plans increased AI expenditure. Both companies prioritize research, infrastructure, and monetization paths for future growth.

  

• Microsoft and Amazon's AI partnerships draw UK watchdog scrutiny

  CMA investigates Microsoft-Mistral AI, Amazon-Anthropic partnerships, Open AI collaboration. U.S. FTC orders data from generative AI firms, cloud providers. Report by Shabong, Sandle, Coulter.

  

• Microsoft moves HC as suit clouds its Azure brand

  Microsoft claimed that AKC wrongly got the trademark registered under Class 9 for computer software.

  

• Microsoft teases lifelike avatar AI tech but gives no release date

  Researchers at Microsoft have revealed a new artificial tool that can create deeply realistic human avatars -- but offered no timetable to make it available to the public, citing concerns about facilitating deep fake content. "It paves the way for real-time engagements with lifelike avatars that emulate human conversational behaviors," researchers said in the post.

  

• Internet browser Veera says it has crossed 1 million users

  Veera said it is geared to elevate the browsing experience even further with the launch of features which will drive innovation and enhance user experience, as it continues to shape the future of mobile internet browsing in India and beyond.

  

• Dilpreeta Vasudeva joins Ziki and Sirrus.AI as the founding chief marketing officer

  Vasudeva was one of the executives from the senior leadership team who had been impacted by Meta's 2023 layoffs in India.

  

• Race for AI isn't zero-sum, says Amazon cloud boss

  A pioneer of e-commerce, Amazon also dominates the cloud. AWS had 31 percent of the cloud computing market at the end of 2023, according to Stocklytics.