Uber is being sued for the second time in four years by the Department of Justice over complaints about its ridesharing service's treatment of customers with disabilities.According to the suit, a copy of which was posted online by the website TechCrunch, the company is alleged to "routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities, including individuals who travel with service animals or who use stowable wheelchairs."The lawsuit also accuses Uber of imposing cleaning surcharges related to service anima ...

Here's an eye-popping new price tag for generative AI's booming demand for energy and computing power for data centers: $300 billion. That's how much ChatGPT maker OpenAI has reportedly committed to spend with Oracle over a five-year span to continue its run of early success.The deal, which would be one of the largest contracts for cloud computing, was announced by both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on Wednesday. The contract with Oracle would entail delivery of as much as 4.5 gigawatts of ...

行业竞争格局 - 智能眼镜行业正成为科技新趋势 多家科技巨头进入该领域 包括Meta、Google、三星、Snap及众多小型厂商[3] - 亚马逊可能进入显示智能眼镜市场 与Meta(即将推出新品)、Google(明年推出)等公司形成竞争关系[1] - 苹果可能进入智能眼镜市场 进一步加剧行业竞争[3] 亚马逊产品规划 - 公司正在开发两款智能眼镜型号：一款用于配送司机辅助送货 另一款为消费者设计的更时尚版本配备彩色显示[2] - 新产品可能基于现有Echo Frame音频眼镜升级 增加摄像头和抬头显示功能[2] - 智能眼镜可作为生成式AI服务的载体 配备摄像头和麦克风[3] 亚马逊技术能力 - 公司已具备制造智能眼镜的技术基础 包括现有音频眼镜产品线[4] - 拥有Alexa语音助手、智能家居服务以及音乐、视频和Kindle内容生态[4] - 在可穿戴设备领域有技术积累 包括健康追踪手环等产品[4]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired $17 billion worth of EchoStar’s wireless spectrum, the two companies announced on Monday. The coveted chunk of spectrum, which is used to transmit cellular data through the air, exists in the 1.9 and lower 2GHz spectrum bands. The news comes six weeks after SpaceX launched its satellite texting partnership T-Mobile, called T-Satellite.SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now poised to dramatically increase its direct-to-cell coverage, which allows users to text, call or use ...

Remember way back a year ago when Apple was convinced we would all spend big to upgrade to the iPhone 16, just to access its Apple Intelligence? That was hilarious. Apple better not try that again this year with the iPhone 17.There'll be a new iPhone this week. At tomorrow's "awe dropping" Apple event, we expect to see the iPhone 17 lineup (which could include a new ultra-slim model called the 17 Air), new AirPods and new Apple Watches. It's sure to be noteworthy, but I'll particularly keep a close eye on h ...

Two authors, Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, are suing Apple, alleging the company violated their copyright protections and illegally acquired and used their books to train its AI, according to a complaint filed Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco.The authors claim Apple used a software program called Applebot to scrape data from "shadow libraries" such as Books3. The authors' novels were included in the pirated library and thus used to develop Apple ...

欧盟罚款事件 - 欧盟委员会对谷歌处以34.5亿美元反垄断罚款 指控其在广告技术领域存在反竞争行为 [1] - 罚款源于欧洲出版商理事会投诉 指控谷歌偏袒自家在线广告展示服务 损害竞争对手和在线出版商利益 [2] - 欧盟要求谷歌停止自我偏袒行为并解决利益冲突问题 给予公司机会展示合规方案后再考虑是否要求其剥离部分广告技术服务 [2] 公司立场与回应 - 谷歌2024年营收约3500亿美元 公司不同意罚款决定并表示将提起上诉 [2][3] - 谷歌全球监管事务主管称罚款缺乏依据 合规要求将损害数千家欧洲企业盈利能力 并强调其服务不存在反竞争性 [4] 全球监管环境 - 全球监管机构持续试图约束科技巨头权力 谷歌因拥有最大搜索引擎、在线广告市场、浏览器和移动操作系统而经常成为监管目标 [6] - 本周美国反垄断案中对谷歌处罚相对宽松 仅要求停止独家搜索协议而未强制出售Chrome浏览器 判决后公司股价上涨 [7] 历史监管处罚 - 2017年因搜索购物结果自我偏袒被欧盟罚款27亿美元 2018年因Android系统反竞争行为被罚50亿美元 2019年因AdSense平台限制竞争被罚17亿美元 [8] - 本周法国数据保护机构因Gmail不当使用cookies对谷歌处以3.81亿美元罚款 另有欧洲出版商团体就AI概述功能使用内容提起投诉 [9] 地缘政治影响 - 特朗普政府曾向欧洲监管机构施压 表示将追究处罚美国科技公司的实体 本次欧盟罚款原定周一执行但因欧盟贸易负责人反对而推迟 [5]

产品发布计划 - 公司计划下周发布iPhone 17系列产品 并预计在2026年3月通过iOS 26.4版本推出AI驱动的Siri升级 [1] - 软件升级将晚于硬件发布 体现公司将AI战略与年度设备发布分离的意图 [4] 技术升级细节 - 新功能"World Knowledge Answers"将利用网络数据、图像、视频和本地信息生成详细回答 [2] - 公司可能采用谷歌Gemini模型支持搜索工具的部分功能 自身模型仍负责处理个人数据和设备上下文 [2] - 升级将首先应用于Siri 未来扩展至Safari和Spotlight搜索工具 [4] 行业竞争态势 - 公司通过AI搜索功能进入与OpenAI和Perplexity等快速增长对手的竞争领域 [5] - 此举显示公司在生成式AI竞赛中追赶对手 并将Siri定位为现有服务的直接竞争者 [5] 商业合作安排 - 法院判决维持与谷歌价值200亿美元的默认搜索引擎协议 谷歌每年支付数十亿美元 [5] - 该协议为公司提供财务缓冲空间 使其在测试自有AI替代方案的同时探索新的网络查询处理方式 [5]

核心处罚事项 - 公司因在YouTube上错误标记儿童视频并允许在未通知父母或获得同意的情况下收集儿童个人数据 被联邦贸易委员会处以1000万美元民事罚款 [1] - 错误标记导致本应为儿童制作的视频收集了超出允许范围的信息 并使用这些信息向13岁以下儿童投放定向广告 [1] - 违规行为涉及视频默认设置为"非儿童制作"标签 而实际内容应标记为"儿童制作" 这违反了《儿童在线隐私保护规则》[1] 合规整改要求 - 公司同意建立视频标签审查程序 确保未来对"非儿童制作"视频履行父母通知和获得同意的义务 [2] - 联邦贸易委员会指出这项前瞻性条款反映了对年龄验证技术日益增长的应用需求 以加强儿童在线保护 [2] 行业监管动态 - 联邦贸易委员会同时对玩具制造商Apitor Technology采取COPPA相关执法行动 指控其通过中国第三方应用收集儿童地理位置信息 [2] - 玩具制造商因违反COPPA被处以50万美元罚款 该公司主要生产面向6至14岁儿童的机器人产品 [2]

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