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☆ Record online discounts are coming this holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

And the company predicts the strategy will work, with online holiday sales climbing almost 5% above last year. Retailers are poised to offer up to 35% off listed prices this holiday season, with the deepest discounts applied to toys, electronics and apparel, Adobe said in its annual holiday forecast. Buy Now, Pay Later is expected to drive a record $17 billion in online spending this holiday season, up 17% from 2022, Adobe said. Americans are also doing more and more holiday shopping (and shopping in general) on smartphones and tablets. That means Adobe’s 2023 holiday shopping forecast for solid sales growth would signal a genuine increase in demand from consumers.

Persons: they’re Organizations: New York CNN Business —, Adobe Analytics, Retailers, Adobe, PlayStation, Madden NFL, Amazon, PayPal, Commerce Department

A redacted transcript unsealed late on Wednesday showed DuckDuckGo had struck a deal with Apple in 2014 to be shown as an option on Apple devices. Soon after, DuckDuckGo began pressing Apple to be made the default choice for users who wanted to work in privacy mode, which limited data collected on the user. DuckDuckGo has about 2.5% of the search market, he testified. In those meetings, Weinberg said, Apple executives would bring up the concern that its distribution agreements with Google may bar the change. The Justice Department has said that Google, which has some 90% of the search market, pays some $10 billion annually to Apple, other smartphone makers and others to be the default search.

Persons: Eric Gaillard, DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg, Weinberg, Apple, Apple's John Giannandrea, Bing, Giannandrea, Diane Bartz, Richard Chang, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Apple, Google, Thomson

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) is looking to introduce ad-free subscription plans for Instagram and Facebook users in Europe, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The proposal is an attempt by Meta to comply with European Union regulations that threaten to curb its ability to personalize ads for users without their consent and hurt its major revenue source. Offering a choice between a free, ad-supported plan and a paid subscription might lead to users opting for the former, helping Meta comply with regulations without affecting its ad business. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsIn comparison, Netflix (NFLX.O) charges 7.99 euros for a basic subscription plan, while Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube Premium costs about 12 euros and Spotify's (SPOT.N) Premium service is priced at about 11 euros. Meta was fined 390 million euros earlier this year by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner, and told it cannot use the so-called "contract" as a legal basis to send users ads based on their online activity.

Persons: Apple's, Dado Ruvic, Meta, Supantha Mukherjee, Akash Sriram, Jyoti Narayan, Sonia Cheema, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Instagram, Meta, Union, Reuters, REUTERS, Netflix, YouTube, Ireland's, EU, Protection, European, Thomson Locations: Europe, Stockholm, Bengaluru

☆ Google to combine generative AI chatbot with virtual assistant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Max A. Cherney | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 4 (Reuters) - Google on Wednesday announced plans to add generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its virtual assistant, and a company executive told Reuters the AI would allow the assistant to do things like help people plan a trip or catch up on emails and then ask follow-up questions. The Alphabet (GOOGL.O) subsidiary said during its hardware event in New York that it plans to add generative AI features from its Bard chatbot into Google's version of a virtual assistant, that aims to provide personalized help with reasoning and generative capabilities on mobile devices. "(A) whole task is done through a couple of simple questions that you're asking your assistant, which is, we think, a very, very powerful concept," Sissie Hsiao vice president, Google assistant and Bard said in an interview with Reuters. Google and other tech companies have been racing to build some form of generative AI into new or existing products. It will not include revenue generating features, Hsiao said, because Google is still in the "learning phase" with generative AI.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Bard, Sissie Hsiao, Hsiao, Max A, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Google, Wednesday, Reuters, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: New York, San Francisco

☆ Veterans from Tesla, Northvolt hatch plan to mass-produce huge batteries to store solar and wind energy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The mountains of Colorado in the background inspired the name of the company, Peak Energy. We're completely the opposite," Cameron Dales, president and chief commercial officer of Peak Energy, told CNBC in a video interview Friday. 1 issue we face as it relates to expanding renewable energy sources is storage," Reichow told CNBC. "We're running a playbook which I and the rest of the executive team initially demonstrated and deployed at Northvolt," Mossburg told CNBC. "Landon and I worked together at Tesla and I know what he's capable of delivering," Reichow told CNBC.

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☆ BlackBerry to separate IoT and cybersecurity businesses, plans IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 4 (Reuters) - Canadian technology company BlackBerry (BB.TO), said on Wednesday it would separate its Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity business units and target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. BlackBerry joins a number of companies that have split their units in recent years, favoring a leaner corporate structure to help investors better evaluate their separate businesses. BlackBerry said in May it would consider strategic options for its portfolio of businesses that could include the possible separation of one or more of its businesses. Last year, it pulled the plug on its smartphones business and has since been trying to sell its legacy patents related to its mobile devices. IoT revenue was $49 million, while cybersecurity revenue came in at $79 million.

Persons: Mike Blake, Johnson, John Chen, BlackBerry, Savyata Mishra, Samrhitha, Shilpi Majumdar, Shinjini Organizations: REUTERS, BlackBerry, Kellogg, Healthcare, Johnson, General Electric, Reuters, Veritas Capital, Thomson Locations: Irvine , California, U.S, Canadian, Waterloo , Ontario, Bengaluru

☆ Google supercharges its Assistant voice app with AI, hinting at how the company sees the future of chatbots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google is supercharging its Assistant app with Bard's capabilities. The new "Assistant with Bard" is designed to merge the voice assistant with the chatbot. The company announced Wednesday that it was planning to bring its Bard AI chatbot into the Assistant app and experience, starting on mobile devices. The result, a new experience Google has named "Assistant with Bard," sees Google making its existing voice assistant more personalized by effectively placing Bard inside it. If users opt in, Assistant with Bard is expected to become the new experience when interacting with Assistant on Android or when using the Google app on iPhone.

Persons: Bard, Sissie Hsiao, —, chatbot, Hsiao, Alexa, Apple's Siri, Satya Nadella, It's Organizations: Google, Service, Android, Apple, LLMs

☆ Premarket stocks trading: ESG has lost its meaning. One advocate says let's throw it in the trash
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Dedicated ESG funds have also lost popularity with investors. Total assets under management in ESG funds fell by about $163.2 billion globally during the first quarter of 2023 from the year before, according to data provider Lipper. According to the latest Fed projections, officials forecast just one more interest rate hike this year — and rate cuts next year. When members of his board ask him whether interest rates could really go that high, his answer is always “yes,” he told Bloomberg. There are a lot of “potential bad outcomes,” Dimon said, but the worst-case economic scenario would be stagflation, with low growth and high interest rates.

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☆ Meta wants to charge European users $14 to access ad-free Instagram, Facebook: Report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The proposal, which would cost users around $14 a month on mobile devices and as much as $17 on a desktop, is Meta's attempt to navigate strict privacy rules in the European Union. Meta has spoken with digital-competition regulators in Brussels, privacy regulators in Ireland and other EU privacy regulators about its proposal, according to the report. It is not clear whether regulators believe Meta's proposal is a sufficient workaround, according to the report, and they may ask the company to propose a cheaper offering. Since the privacy rules do not apply to the U.S., it is unlikely that Meta would introduce SNA there. But in February, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a paid verification subscription service called Meta Verified.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg Organizations: Wall Street, European Union, Meta, CNBC Locations: Brussels, Ireland, U.S

☆ Meta floats charging $14 a month for ad-free Instagram or Facebook in Europe - WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 2 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) is considering charging $14 per month for ad-free subscriptions to Instagram or Facebook for European users, according to a proposal submitted to regulators, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Under the plan, Meta has told regulators it would charge users roughly 10 euros ($10.46) a month on a desktop for a Facebook or Instagram account, and roughly 6 euros for each additional linked account, the report said. On mobile devices, the price would jump to roughly 13 euros a month because Meta would factor in commissions charged by Apple's and Google's app stores on in-app payments, WSJ reported. ($1 = 0.9557 euros)Reporting by Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia CheemaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Meta, Apple's, Jyoti Narayan, Sonia Cheema Organizations: REUTERS, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: Europe, Bengaluru

☆ Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta could offer subscription versions of Instagram and Facebook in Europe. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeta has a new plan to navigate the European Union's tough new ad privacy rules – charge users $14 a month. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe new subscription tiers, which could roll out in the next few months are an attempt to comply with the EU's crackdown on personalized advertising, according to The Journal. The bloc's regulators ruled last year that Meta must give users the option to opt out of personalized ads based on their activity on their platforms. "Meta believes in the value of free services which are supported by personalized ads," said a Meta company spokesperson.

Persons: —, Meta Organizations: Facebook, Wall Street, Service, Street, Apple, Meta Locations: Europe

☆ Antitrust Trial: Microsoft CEO warns of impact of Google's search monopoly on AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Nadella testified on Monday as part of the US government’s sweeping antitrust trial against Google, now into its 14th day. His testimony reflected the frustrations of a long-running rivalry between Microsoft and Google whose tensions have permeated the weeks-long trial. Central to Google’s strategy has been its agreements with companies such as Apple that have made Google the default search engine for millions of internet users. “You get up in the morning, you brush your teeth, you search on Google,” Nadella said. Google’s dominance in search is reinforced when websites and publishers optimize for Google’s search algorithm and not Bing’s, when advertisers flock to Google and when users stick to what’s familiar, Nadella argued.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Nadella, ” Nadella, Eddy Cue, else’s, Microsoft’s Bing, Bing, “, ”, … Organizations: CNN, Google, Microsoft, Apple

☆ It's 'really the Google web': Microsoft CEO testifies about how hard it is to break into search
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesWhen it comes to online search, it's Google's web and everyone else is playing in it, according to rival Microsoft. "Everybody talks about the open web, but there is really the Google web," Nadella said from the stand in Washington, D.C., District Court. Perhaps the most famous of those deals is the multibillion-dollar agreement between Google and Apple to make Google search the default on Apple products like the iPhone. He said the integration issues with Google's Search Ads 360 "keeps coming up in escalations" to him. Microsoft has begun integrating ChatGPT into its Bing search results through its partnership with OpenAI and is a leading player in the space, alongside Google.

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☆ Inside Project Nile: Amazon's secret AI-powered plan to change the way you shop online.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Project Nile is a confidential initiative wherein we're building a conversational shopping agent for Retail customers," one internal document explained. Wearing that "I love AI" t-shirt, Sirosh, VP of Amazon Search and Alexa Shopping, introduced Project Nile as a "super confidential" project. Project Nile isn't the only move Amazon has made in the popular generative AI space. For Amazon's retail side, Project Nile is one of the most important projects. Sirosh has told his team he's "staffing up very rapidly" as Project Nile is the "absolute top priority."

Persons: Joseph Sirosh, Sirosh, Stephen Lam, It's, they're, Andy Jassy, Doug Herrington, Jassy, Rohit Prasad, ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing, Google's Bard Organizations: Amazon, Microsoft, Retail, Amazon Search, Alexa, Nile, ChatGPT, Google Locations: Anthropic, OpenAI

Keep tabs on your fantasy team by tuning in with these free Lions vs. Packers live streams. You can also watch Lions vs. Packers for free online via Twitch. How to watch Lions vs. Packers live streams from anywhereIf you're in the US, you can watch the Packers vs. Lions game exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Watch Packers vs. Lions on Thursday Night Football. Here's a list of all upcoming Thursday Night Football games for the 2023 NFL season.

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A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. KEY QUOTE:Weinberg testified that he had pressed particular companies - he did not name them - to use DuckDuckGo as the default and found some interest but ultimately no success because of Google's contracts with the companies. "We ultimately decided, this was after three years of trying this, that this was a quixotic exercise because of the contracts." *The clout in search then makes Google a heavy hitter in the lucrative advertising market, boosting its profits. *DuckDuckGo has around 2.5% of the online search engine market because it has not been able to win a default position on devices made by big companies.

Persons: Paresh Dave, DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg, Weinberg, Diane Bartz, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Google, Apple, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, Washington

☆ TikTok is testing a partnership with Google as it looks to beef up its search features
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikTok is testing a search partnership with Google, a move that underscores the rapid pace at which the way people search online is evolving. Clicking on the link takes the user to an in-app browser, which displays Google's search results for the query. TikTok is also running a disclaimer that it "does not endorse or take responsibility for search results from Google," per Oncescu's screenshots. A TikTok spokesperson confirmed the company is experimenting with third-party integrations within the TikTok app, including a test with Google. "This partnership is a great way for both companies to learn about new behaviors of search in a different journey than traditional Google search," Cicero said.

Persons: Radu Oncescu, inputted, Oncescu, Matt Navarra, Navarra, Nick Cicero, Cicero Organizations: Google, Brands, US Justice Department, Apple, Samsung, DOJ

Keep tabs on your fantasy team by tuning in with these free Giants vs. 49ers live streams. You can also watch 49ers vs. Giants for free online via Twitch. How to watch Giants vs. 49ers live streams from anywhereIf you're in the US, you can watch the Giants vs. 49ers game exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Watch Giants vs. 49ers on Thursday Night Football. Here's a list of all upcoming Thursday Night Football games for the 2023 NFL season.

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A view of the main lobby of building BV200, during a tour of Google's new Bay View Campus in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 16, 2022. The California settlement requires Google to pay $93 million, and disclose more about how it tracks people's whereabouts and uses data it collects. Money from Google's $62 million settlement with private plaintiffs would, after deducting legal fees, go to court-approved nonprofit groups that track internet privacy concerns. Last November, Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to resolve similar allegations by 40 U.S. states. Lawyers for the private plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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The stock market can be many things. However, the stock market stayed open. A move of a few percentage points in the underlying stock can amount to a double- or triple-digit percentage point increase in the options market. The "premium" is what the buyer pays upfront for the option contract. Rather than buy 100 shares of Apple at $180 each, which would cost $18,000, John decides to use an options contract.

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☆ Google argued during its antitrust trial that Android users can switch default search engines with a couple of clicks. An expert testified it took him 10 steps.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Google's antitrust trial is in full swing. However, one expert testified that switching from Google to Bing on an Android 12 was a 10-step process. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he made it a priority to negotiate for Google to be the default search engine on mobile devices. He said he acquired an Android 12 phone and studied the process required to replace the Google search engine with Bing; it took 10 steps. Barton, however, testified that Google wasn't the only search engine seeking default status with phone companies.

Persons: Bing, Chris Barton, Antonio Rangel, Rangel, Barton, Microsoft's Bing, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Eddy, Hal Varian Organizations: Google, Service, U.S . Justice Department, California Institute of Technology, Bing, Yahoo, Verizon, Justice Department, Inc, Apple Locations: Wall, Silicon, WASHINGTON, Germany, Austria, , California

An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. Rangel discussed how consumers were likely to stick with browsers on computers and mobile phones that were pre-installed as the default application. John Schmidtlein, a lawyer for Google, during cross-examination of Rangel, pointed out that a significant number of user search queries went to Google even when another search engine was the default. Google's clout in search, the government alleges, has helped Google build monopolies in some aspects of online search advertising. Search is free, so Google makes money through advertising.

Persons: Arnd, Antonio Rangel, Rangel, John Schmidtlein, Judge Amit Mehta, Diane Bartz, Mark Potter, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Justice Department, California Institute of Technology, Apple, Mozilla, Google, Big Tech, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, U.S

☆ Here’s why Apple’s charger switch is such a big deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Apple retired its Lightning charger on Tuesday exactly 11 years to the day it was first announced. The EU’s decision is part of a greater effort to tackle e-waste overall, but could it generate more in the short term as people phase out their Lightning cables. But knockoffs abound, and some USB-C chargers are much safer than others. Among CNN Underscored’s top recommendations for USB-C chargers are from big brands, including Anker, Belkin, Apple, Amazon and Google. Retiring the Lightning cable could even generate, in the short term, a surge of e-waste as iPhone users toss their useless Lightning cables in a drawer.

Persons: CNN —, pare, ”, Ben Wood, Apple’s, Greg Joswiak, ” Joswiak, David McQueen, ” McQueen, Thomas Husson, Anker, Belkin, ” Wood, Apple Organizations: CNN, CNN — Apple, Apple, European Union, CCS Insight, ABI Research, Forrester Research, Google Locations: EU

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he made it a priority to negotiate for Google to be the default search engine on mobile devices. Google counters that it dominates the internet search market because its product is better than the competition. And Barton testified that Google wasn't the only search engine seeking default status with phone companies. Google has emerged as the dominant player in internet searches, accounting for about 90% of the market.

Persons: Chris Barton, Barton, Microsoft's Bing, Trump, Judge Amit Mehta, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Eddy, Hal Varian, ____ Michael Liedtke Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S . Justice Department, Google, Yahoo, Verizon, Justice Department, Inc, Apple Locations: U.S, , California

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