A federal judge's historic decision Monday declaring Google a monopoly is the strongest sign yet that the Google Age of the internet has run its course.
The big picture: Google isn't going anywhere, and it will remain a digital Goliath — but its ability to set and control the agenda for the tech industry's future is waning.
The security of the 2024 U.S. elections is one of the hottest topics on the floors of Black Hat and DEF CON this week.
Why it matters: With less than three months until Election Day, government officials and election security experts are eager to grow confidence in state and local governments' ability to accurately and safely tally legitimate votes.
As the Paris Olympics draw to a close, plans are afoot to use electric air taxis for shuttling visitors around the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Why it matters: Air taxis were supposed to be zipping over Paris during the past two weeks, but the electric aircraft — which take off and land vertically — still need regulatory approval.
Self-driving labs are the next AI asset countries are pursuing in hopes of gaining an economic and security edge.
Why it matters: Labs that autonomously run experiments promise to speed up the discovery of new materials, but they're still not sufficientlyreliable, reproducible orwidely available.
Iran-backed hackers targeted a high-ranking official at an unidentified U.S. presidential campaign in a June spear-phishing attack, Microsoft said in a new report released Friday.
Why it matters: Several Iranian groups have started to launch aggressive disinformation and hacking campaigns to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, Microsoft said.
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