Google’s annual developer conference, Google AI, was unsurprisingly focused on AI. The search giant, whose algorithms ruled the past two decades, is facing a future in which the web is a resource, not the answer. They’ve got a lot to lose. Google’s ad revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023…

TikTok is giving some users the option to upload 60-minute videos to the platform. That could spell trouble for YouTube and streaming giants.The pilot was first publicly spotted by tech newsletter writer Matt Navarra. TikTok confirmed the feature to TechCrunch on Thursday.It is unclear what regions the update is available…

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Lewis KrauskopfNEW YORK (Reuters) – The , a laggard among the major U.S. stock indexes this year, got its moment in the spotlight on Thursday as it briefly broke above 40,000 points for the first time in its history.The record on the Dow – as…

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Proceedings quickly devolved Thursday night during a House Oversight Committee markup on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez getting briefly locked in a heated back and forth. As the panel met to consider the issue of contempt for Garland over his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, Greene sparked outrage when she commented on Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s appearance. The Georgia Republican started by asking Democrats on the committee if any of them employ the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan,…

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