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Google made waves at this year's I/O conference by declaring that Google Search is now, officially, AI Search. Critics are calling it one of the most consequential shifts in how people access information in decades, arguing the move trades accuracy and source diversity for the appearance of convenience. The long-term costs to the open web may be steep.
On the legal front, a class-action lawsuit is targeting hard drive suspension assembly manufacturers, alleging a thirteen-year price-fixing scheme that artificially inflated costs for major hard drive brands. If the claims hold up in court, consumers and businesses who purchased storage hardware over more than a decade may have been paying more than the market ever justified.
And a significant data exposure has hit Trump Mobile, with customers discovering their personal information — including home addresses and phone numbers — was publicly accessible online. The company confirmed the leak after users began flagging it themselves, raising fresh questions about data handling practices at newer, smaller wireless carriers operating in an already crowded and scrutinized space.
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