Google and the United States Justice Department are back in court to fight over the remedies that will be implemented to address Google’s search monopoly, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai today took the stand to defend Google.

The DoJ wants Google to divest its Chrome browser, refrain from making search engine agreements like the one Google has with Apple, and share “critical portions” of its search data with competitors at a “marginal cost,” including how it ranks search results and query understanding information. According to Pichai, these remedies would essentially mean the end of Google search.

As outlined by The New York Times, Pichai said that if Google had to share data, the company wouldn’t likely continue to invest in search. “The combination of all the remedies, I think, makes it unviable to invest in R&D the way we have for the past three decades, to continue to innovate and build Google search,” he said. He suggested that Google would not be able to fund “all the innovation” that the company puts into search.

Pichai said that the data sharing requirement would be a “de facto divestiture” of Google’s intellectual property. With that information, Pichai claimed that any company could “completely reverse engineer, end to end, every aspect of [Google’s] technology stack.” He said that the DoJ’s proposal that Google share its data is “extraordinary” and “far reaching.”

Google wants to be able to continue to make search engine deals like the one it has with Apple, according to Pichai, though he suggested those deals could be renegotiated on an annual basis and that those deals would not be exclusive. Google’s upcoming deal to add Gemini to the iPhone along with OpenAI was cited as an example of Google’s new deal making policy.

Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the case, will consider testimony from both Google and the DoJ before he provides remedies. A decision is expected by August, and Google will undoubtedly appeal, so the case is likely to take many more years to play out.

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It seems that Qualcomm plans to dual source the 2nd generation of Snapdragon 8 Elite – Korean publication Sedaily reports that Qualcomm and Samsung have reached a deal to fab the chip on the advanced 2nm node, but also that TSMC will produce a version of the chip on a 3nm node. Samsung will be making the chips at its Hwaseong S3 factory, producing a thousand 12-inch wafers a month. These chips will be used in Galaxy devices in the second half of next year – if that is true, they will be too late for the Galaxy S26 series, so maybe the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Flip8 (possibly the Tab S11…

Si Apple équipe une bonne partie de ses montres avec un modem cellulaire (depuis l’Apple Watch Series 3), ce n’est pas le cas de ses concurrents. Mais Garmin semble préparer une nouvelle version de sa Fenix 8 — lancée à l’été 2024 — équipée d’une connectivité 4G. Une image récupérée dans l’app Garmin par The5KRunner. Cette […]

Si Apple équipe une bonne partie de ses montres avec un modem cellulaire (depuis l’Apple Watch Series 3), ce n’est pas le cas de ses concurrents. Mais Garmin semble préparer une nouvelle version de sa Fenix 8 — lancée à l’été 2024 — équipée d’une connectivité 4G. Une image récupérée dans l’app Garmin par The5KRunner. Cette […]

Si Apple équipe une bonne partie de ses montres avec un modem cellulaire (depuis l’Apple Watch Series 3), ce n’est pas le cas de ses concurrents. Mais Garmin semble préparer une nouvelle version de sa Fenix 8 — lancée à l’été 2024 — équipée d’une connectivité 4G. Une image récupérée dans l’app Garmin par The5KRunner. Cette […]

The Lava Storm launched in December and now it’s apparently almost ready to be joined by the Storm Lite, according to a new leak. It will be similar to the non-Lite version but will have “strategic cuts” allowing it to reach a lower price point that’s speculated to be under INR 10,000. It will use […]

Apple has reaffirmed its commitment to making chips in the United States as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) begins construction on its third fabrication facility in Arizona.

The facility in Phoenix represents part of a $100 billion investment TSMC pledged in March to make over four years in the American semiconductor industry. The new plant follows the company’s initial $65 billion commitment in Arizona and is being positioned as a key node in the effort to manufacture chips for Apple and other U.S.-based technology companies within domestic borders.

A new press release from the U.S. Department of Commerce quotes Apple CEO Tim Cook:

We’re proud to support the high-skilled American jobs of tomorrow. As TSMC Arizona’s first and largest customer, we’re excited for the future of American innovation and the incredible opportunities it will create.

TSMC currently manufactures the majority of Apple’s chips in Taiwan. Under current company policy and Taiwanese export restrictions, the most advanced fabrication technologies, including the 3-nanometer processes used to make the A18 and M4 chips, remain exclusive to facilities in Taiwan. The Arizona plants, by contrast, are limited to producing slightly older nodes. These fabs are expected to manufacture 4-nanometer chips such as the A16 Bionic and S9, used in the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Ultra 2.

In an earnings call earlier this month, TSMC CEO Dr. C.C. Wei said that production yields at the company’s first Arizona plant are now matching those in Taiwan. The second plant, announced in 2022, is currently ramping up operations and is expected to become fully operational by 2028. The third facility does not yet have a confirmed completion date.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said that he hopes to reach a deal with Apple regarding built-in Gemini integration on iPhones by the middle of this year, according to Bloomberg. The report said that Pichai shared this remark in court today, during the U.S. Department of Justice’s ongoing antitrust trial against Google.

Pichai confirmed that he held a series of discussions with Apple CEO Tim Cook about Google Gemini integration on iPhones last year.

Apple is expected to announce iOS 19 during its annual developers conference WWDC, which kicks off Monday, June 9. That would align with the mid-2025 timeframe provided by Pichai, so it seems likely that iOS 19 will offer Google Gemini integration, should a deal be reached. iOS 19 should be released to the general public in September.

iPhone models with Apple Intelligence have already offered ChatGPT integration since iOS 18.2. With user permission, Siri can show ChatGPT answers directly in response to questions and other prompts. ChatGPT is also an option for Apple’s system-wide Writing Tools feature, allowing users to generate text and images.

Google Gemini would have similar integration across Siri and Writing Tools on iPhone models that are compatible with Apple Intelligence, which includes the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPhone 16 models.

Google Gemini is already available as an iPhone app.

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After launching the Galaxy A26 in India last month, Samsung has launched a new variant of the smartphone with a lower price tag. This new variant comes with lower memory than the other two variants that were launched in the country earlier. Galaxy A26’s newer variant in India has 6GB RAM Samsung has launched a […]

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