MICHAEL LIEDTKE

AP Technology Writer

FILE - Lina Khan talks about health care costs at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Will the antitrust showdown launched under Biden turn into ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ under Trump?

The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred dealmaking throughout corporate America during President Joe Biden’s administration may be tamer and kept on a shorter leash by President-elect Donald Trump after he returns to the White House next year.

FILE - Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street on Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles

Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago.

FILE - People gather near a display of iPhone 16's at the Apple Store on 5th Ave. in New York on September 20, 2024.(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Apple sells $46 billion worth of iPhones over the summer as AI helps end slump

Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter. That’s an early sign its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product with an infusion of artificial intelligence are paying off.

One of the cars that Google uses to periodically to photograph the millions of destinations covered in its digital maps is shown during a pit stop at its "Street View Garage" in Palo Alto, Calif., on Wednesday Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search engine to the widely used digital maps service that the internet company launched ne

FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

Google’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats

Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire.

The Apple iPhone 16 is displayed at the Apple Fifth Avenue store on Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update

Apple has released a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 line-up as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology’s latest craze.

(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)

Slack researcher discusses the fear, loathing and excitement surrounding AI in the workplace

Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will eventually replace them.

Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store

A federal judge has delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition.

FILE - The Netflix button on a television remote control was juxtaposed with a Netflix web page, in this photo in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Netflix’s subscriber growth is slowing, but its profit and stock price are still surging

Netflix says its subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer, a sign that the huge gains from the video-streaming service’s crackdown on freeloading viewers is tapering off.

FILE - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google’s search engine’s latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos

FILE - Fans pour onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum after the Oakland A's beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 and won their third straight World Series, Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland. (AP Photo, File)

As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A’s comes to grips with their departure

The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses.

Attendees take a closer look at the Apple iPhone 16 during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)

Apple begins testing AI software designed to bring a smarter Siri to the iPhone 16

Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday.

ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV with a new Disney deal after a nearly 2-week blackout

DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S.

FILE - A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Uber to dispatch Waymo’s robotaxis in Austin and Atlanta next year

Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals.

Apple CEO Tim Cook talks on the stage during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)

Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup

Apple has charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch on a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon.

FILE - A sign at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. is shown on Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google’s illegal search monopoly

A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring.

Grant Jeide wake surfs behind an electric sports boat made by California-based Arc Boats on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Bethel Island, Calif. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Sports boats set out on a voyage to electrify the waters in the same way Tesla electrified the roads

A 23-foot (7-meter) boat hurtling along a Northern California river at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour looked like other vessels but didn’t have the familiar roar. It was a different breed of boat, one powered by electricity instead of gasoline.

FILE - A CrowdStrike office is seen in Sunnyvale, Calif., July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its sales

Cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike Holdings on Wednesday estimated it absorbed a roughly $60 million blow to its sales pipeline last month after its botched handling of a software update triggered a technology meltdown that stranded thousands of people in airports in addition to other exasperating

FILE - Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke gets out of a Cruise driverless taxi after a test ride in San Francisco, on Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber’s ride-hailing service

Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers.

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.

FILE - A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment for running a monopoly

A federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store. It’s to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers.

Media and guests try out new Google products at Made By Google at Google on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada)

Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up

Google has unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones. The launch Tuesday provides the maker of Android software a head start on the next iPhone in the race to bring more artificial intelligence-services to devices that have become people’s constant companions.

FILE - The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's building in New York on Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that’s synonymous with internet exploration?

FILE - Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in New York. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules

FILE - Apple iPhone 15 ProMax phones are shown in an Apple store in Pittsburgh, on June 3, 2024. Apple reports earnings on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Apple breaks out of recent sales slump as it gears up to make its leap into the AI craze

Apple snapped out of a prolonged sales slump during its most-recent quarter. The results Thursday came as the trendsetting company is preparing to launch into the artificial intelligence craze with an arsenal of new technology that’s expected to juice demand for its next iPhone.

Tiffany McAllister and Andres Bernal try to rebook their flight to Iowa while at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Friday, July 19, 2024, as a major internet outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Technology’s grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines

“Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation.

FILE - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., on May 14, 2024. Alphabet reports earnings on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google’s corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.

FILE - Awards, including an Emmy, are displayed at Netflix headquarters Los Gatos, Calif. on March 7, 2024. Netflix reports earnings on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Liedtke, File)

Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off

Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth accelerated in its latest quarter as the video streaming service benefits from a crackdown on freeloading viewers, an expansion into advertising and an acclaimed programming lineup.

Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is displayed during a media preview at Samsung Galaxy Experience space, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in New York. Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology's latest fashion — artificial intelligence. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Samsung brings tech’s latest fashion to wearable technology with AI twists in new watch and ring

Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology’s latest fashion — artificial intelligence.

FILE - Marc Whitten, Microsoft Corp.'s chief production officer of interactive entertainment, is pictured May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, General Motors announced Whitten will take the helm of its troubled robotaxi service, Cruise, as it tries to recover from a gruesome collision that triggered the suspension of its California license. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco

General Motors has named a veteran technology executive with roots in the video game industry to steer its troubled robotaxi service Cruise.