Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56
Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56
Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.
Google is defiant after losing antitrust lawsuit and being called a 'monopolist'
A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.
Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
The highly anticipated decision comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century.
AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change
The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.
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Related episodes:
How Fortnite brought Google to its knees (Apple / Spotify)
Microsoft vs. Google: Whose AI Is better? (Apple / Spotify)
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google
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From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'
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A jury decided Google's Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers
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