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On Thursday, April 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) won its antitrust lawsuit against Google. The U.S. District Court found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing key segments of the online advertising technology market. The antitrust lawsuit was initially filed against Google in January 2023 by the Department of Justice, along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The lawsuit took place in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…

Meta is currently facing an antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its purchase of WhatsApp and Instagram. Facing accusations of illegally maintaining a monopoly of the social networking market through anti-competitive acquisitions, Meta stands the risk of losing WhatsApp and Instagram. Back in December 2020, the FTC, alongside a coalition of attorneys general of 46 states, filed a lawsuit against Meta (then Facebook) regarding its acquisition of Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. The FTC argued the acquisition was Meta’s means to eliminate threats to its monopoly. It further argued…

Huawei has taken the role of filling the void left by Nvidia’s H20, following the U.S. export restriction placed on chips supplied to China by introducing its next-generation Ascend 920 chip. The Ascend 920 was unveiled shortly after U.S. export restrictions on Nvidia for H20 chips to China, which led to Nvidia losing ground in the Chinese AI market and giving room for other alternatives and competition to grow. Ascend 920 was built as a logical alternative for the Nvidia chip H20 and serves as a solid entry for this tech giant to gain footing in the AI market. Huawei…

Nvidia, a well-known giant in the artificial intelligence chip industry, finds itself ensnared in the epicenter of the trade tensions between China and the U.S. Nvidia’s H20 GPU AI chip has become a focal point in the strategic rivalry in the geopolitical struggle for technology supremacy. On the 17th of April, Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, flew to China’s capital city, Beijing, to meet high-ranking government officials shortly after export control was imposed on its chips by the U.S. government. The export control imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department requires the company to obtain a license to export the H20…

Jefferies Group, an American multinational independent investment bank, revised its growth projections for the tech industry following the tariff announcements. The investment bank emphasizes uncertainties that stem from the tariff hike and the volatile effect it would have on the trade market. After the 125% tariff hike imposed by Trump’s administration on Chinese imports, China imposed a retaliatory tariff hike of 84% on U.S. imports. The resulting effects of trade tension between these two countries have brought about instability to the global market as it relies heavily on international supply chains. Concerning the current fluctuating nature of the tariff policy…

Meta unveiled a new era of its most advanced and latest LLM multimodal AI, the Llama 4, which marks a significant leap in Meta’s artificial intelligence capabilities in the global AI race. During the Launch on April 5, Meta introduced the first models in the Llama 4 line designed to excel in performance, efficiency, accessibility, and the ability to give the users a more personalized AI experience. Previous models of Llama were basically LLMs (large language models) trained to perform tasks based on natural language processing, like text generation, translation, summarization, question answering, and text completion. The new multimodal model…

The decline in Tesla’s 2025 first-quarter sales has intensified investors’ concerns about the company’s future amidst increased competition, political controversies, and shifts in consumer sentiments. Its quarterly sales plunged by at least 13%, which by far is the weakest the company has experienced in the past three years. Tesla, once considered a leading brand in the EV business, has been experiencing delays in launching new products, which allowed competitors like BYD to gain momentum in the EV market and the company to lose sales. Musk’s political involvement in the Trump administration has resulted in negative consequences for the brand. Tesla’s…

In a dramatic twist that has left Silicon Valley reeling, an investment group fronted by Elon Musk has launched a $97 billion bid to buy out the non-profit portion of OpenAI, the AI research firm behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot to prevent it from becoming a for-profit organization. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman in 2015 with the goal of building “safe and advanced AI for the benefit of humanity”. He departed the organization in 2018, withdrew his funding and has been an outspoken critic of its recent trajectory, especially its close relationship with Microsoft and movement toward a for-profit…

Meta unveiled a new era of its most advanced and latest LLM multimodal AI, the Llama 4, which marks a significant leap in Meta’s artificial intelligence capabilities in the global AI race. During the Launch on April 5, Meta introduced the first models in the Llama 4 line designed to excel in performance, efficiency, accessibility, and the ability to give the users a more personalized AI experience. Previous models of Llama were basically LLMs (large language models) trained to perform tasks based on natural language processing, like text generation, translation, summarization, question answering, and text completion. The new multimodal model…

The excitement for the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 has hit an unexpected roadblock as pre-orders for the next-generation console have been delayed in the US and later in Canada due to the impact newly imposed global tariffs have had on the electronics and gaming hardware market. Nintendo had previously confirmed the pre-order date for the console to begin from April 9th; however, due to the impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions, the date has been postponed indefinitely. The company released a statement saying, “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start on April 9,…