KELVIN CHAN

AP Business Writer

FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Apple and Google face UK investigation into mobile browser dominance

A British watchdog says Apple and Google aren’t giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers. The watchdog’s report Friday recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

Looking for a new social media platform? You could try Bluesky, where the vibe is seemingly welcoming and there are noticeably fewer trolls. You can follow custom feeds set up by other users, or design your own.

EU slaps Meta with a nearly 800 million euro fine for engaging in ‘abusive’ Marketplace practices

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

FILE - A person works on a laptop computer in Hudson, Wis., Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

One Tech Tip: Replacing passwords with passkeys for an easier login experience

If you’re tired of memorizing passwords, then give passkeys a try. You might have noticed that many online services are now offering the option of using passkeys.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription.

FILE -Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Trump win ignites crypto frenzy that sends bitcoin to a record high

The price of bitcoin has hit a new high as investors bet that former President Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies.

RETRANSMITTING TO CORRECT BYLINE TO KELVIN CHAN NOT PETER MORGAN Horses graze in a field on the outskirts of Abbots Langley, England, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Plans to build a data center at the site has pitted the national government's priorities against the interests of local villagers. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers. A developer’s plan to build a data center on a field across the road was rejected by local authorities amid fierce opposition from villagers.

A page from the Temu website is shown in this photo, in New York, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Chinese online retailer Temu faces European Union investigation into rogue traders and illegal goods

Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal products.

This undated photo provided by Greater Manchester Police on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 shows Hugh Nelson, who was sentenced to prison for 18 years after he used artificial intelligence technology to create images of child abuse. (Greater Manchester Police/via AP)

British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery

A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years.

FILE - A spectator records a cell phone video as fireworks are launched over the Ohio River during the Western & Southern WEBN Fireworks show in Cincinnati on Sept. 3, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

One Tech Tip: How to prepare your online accounts for when you die

Most people have accumulated a pile of data on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to those selfies, emails, videos and other files when we die?

Rooster handlers gather at Bolivar Plaza to protest against a proposed bill that would ban cockfighting in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Countries that have cashed in on their top-level domain names

Anguilla is raking in extra unexpected revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. But it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinctive endings.

A man looks at the new iPhone 16 in the Apple store as the iPhone 16 with artificial intelligence software, and other Apple Watch products, go on sale, in Berlin, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Katharina Kausche/dpa via AP)

How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine

The artificial intelligence boom is providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in the Caribbean. ChatGPT’s debut nearly two years ago sent companies scrambling to acquire websites that end in .ai, which are controlled by Anguilla.

This combo of pictures show American biochemist David Baker, from left, American researcher John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, the AI division behind Gemini. (UW Medicine/Google DeepMind via AP/AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life’s building blocks

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life.

Facebook, YouTube and TikTok users in Europe get forum to challenge social media content decisions

Social media users across the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos for breaking their rules or leave up others that may violate them.

FILE - Open AI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman (C) speaks at the Advancing Sustainable Development through Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI event on Sept. 23, 2024, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/Pool Photo via AP)

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders.

FILE - Students use their cellphones as they leave for the day the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High School in downtown Los Angeles, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

One Tech Tip: Using Instagram’s new teen account settings to supervise young users

Worried about your teen’s Instagram use? Faced with growing pressure to do more to stop online harm, the social media platform has rolled out a major new update to protect young people and give more control to parents.

Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

Google has won a court challenge against a 1.49 billion euro European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.

FILE - A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Facebook owner Meta bans Russia state media outlets over ‘foreign interference’

Meta is banning Russia state media organization from its social media company platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda. Meta owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.

Ana Claudia, a salesperson at a cell phone case store located inside the bus station, shows the last X post she received before the social media platform was blocked nationwide in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

One Tech Tip: Ever wanted to quit Elon Musk’s X platform? Here’s how you can do it

Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X, a steady stream of celebrities, public figures, organizations and ordinary people have quit. They’re defecting to rival sites or are quitting social media altogether.

FILE - A moment of Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., on May 14, 2024. European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Google’s AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog

European Union regulators say they’re investigating one of Google’s artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc’s strict data privacy rules.

Google loses final EU court appeal against 2.4 billion euro fine in antitrust shopping case

Google lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.

FILE - People wait in front of the Apple store in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2015. The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

EU’s top court dismisses Apple’s final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes

The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute.

A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Google is blasted by UK watchdog for what it calls anti-competitive behavior through digital ads

Google is being slammed by U.K. regulators who say it’s taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain.

FILE - The iPhone 15 Pro is shown after its introduction on the Apple campus, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

One Tech Tip: How to get the most life out of your device

If you want to use your shiny new iPhone for as long as possible, better take good care of it. People want to hold on to their smartphones for longer now instead of regularly upgrading them.

FILE - British tech magnate Mike Lynch walks into federal court in San Francisco, March 26, 2024, (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke, File)

Tech tycoon, defense attorney, and Morgan Stanley banker among those missing in freak yacht sinking

A superyacht that sank off the Sicilian coast during a storm left six passengers missing, including British tech kingpin Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah.

FILE - British tech magnate Mike Lynch walks into federal court in San Francisco, March 26, 2024, (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke, File)

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.

Barbara Winston uses a computer at her home in Northbrook, Ill., on Sunday, June 30, 2024, several days after taking an introduction to artificial intelligence class at a local senior center. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

One Tech Tip: Don’t want chatbots using your conversations for AI training? Some let you opt out

Be careful what you tell a chatbot. Your conversation might be used to improve the artificial intelligence system that it’s built on.

The European Union’s world-first artificial intelligence rules are officially taking effect

The European Union’s world-first artificial intelligence law has formally taken effect, marking the latest milestone in the bloc’s efforts to regulate the technology.

Meta’s Oversight Board says deepfake policies need update and response to explicit image fell short

Meta’s Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involved.

Bitdefender's virtual private network connection page is shown on a computer screen and mobile phone screen, in New York, Monday, July 8, 2024. VPNs should be a part of most people's internet security toolbox, to be switched on in certain cases to hide your location or prevent prying electronic eyes from snooping on what you're doing online. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

One Tech Tip: To hide your internet activity or your IP address, use a virtual private network

On the move and looking for an internet connection? It’s tempting to jump onto the free Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or shopping mall. But don’t do it unless you’ve got protection. Using unsecured Wi-Fi internet can be risky.