Steve Lohr
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How Microsoft’s Legal Legacy Shapes the Antitrust Case Against Google
Lawyers for the Justice Department and Google as well as the judge in a monthslong trial have invoked the landmark case against Microsoft from the...
An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech’s A.I.
The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying to democratize cutting-edge research.
In Antitrust Trial, Google Argues That Smart Employees Explain Its Success
While the Justice Department says Google has squeezed partners and made expensive deals to maintain its search dominance, the company has a more genteel story...
IBM Tries to Ease Customers’ Qualms About Using Generative A.I.
The company will assume the legal risk of businesses that use its A.I. systems and will publish the technology’s underlying data.
Biden Administration Plans to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said the government needed to protect open access to the “essential infrastructure of modern life.”
Biden Administration Plans to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said the government needed to protect open access to the “essential infrastructure of modern life.”
A Key Question in Google’s Trial: How Formidable Is Its Data Advantage?
The government states that data is “oxygen for a search engine” and that Google’s anticompetitive behavior has given it a data fortress. Google says innovation...
Microsoft, Google and Antitrust: Similar Legal Theories in a Different Era
The government’s antitrust case against Google borrows heavily from the landmark lawsuit against Microsoft 25 years ago. But it lacks the same cultural impact.
Occupational Segregation Drives Persistent Inequality, Study Says
New research points to the limits of education as a path to upward mobility for Black workers.
Occupational Segregation Drives Persistent Inequality, Study Says
New research points to the limits of education as a path to upward mobility for Black workers.