For the past three weeks, the Justice Department and Google have questioned more than two dozen witnesses to try to sway a federal judge’s decision over how to address the company’s illegal monopoly in internet search. On Friday, that hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is expected to conclude. To…
A federal judge issued a landmark ruling last year, saying that Google had become a monopolist in internet search. But in a hearing that began last week to figure out how to fix the problem, the emphasis has frequently landed on a different technology, artificial intelligence. In U.S. District Court in Washington last week, a…
Veteran executive Vineet Mehta, Tesla’s head of battery architecture, is leaving the company, according to The Information, citing people familiar with the matter. Mehta’s departure marks the second major exit from Tesla’s battery division. In April last year, Drew Baglino, head of battery and powertrain, also left the company. Mehta joined Tesla in 2007 and…
The Justice Department said on Monday that the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search was to break up the $1.81 trillion company, kicking off a three-week hearing that could reshape the technology giant and alter the power players in Silicon Valley. Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the…
In a sign that President Trump is following the Biden administration’s lead in reining in Google, the Justice Department on Friday reiterated its demand that a court break up the search giant. The request followed a landmark ruling last year by Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at the Raipur premises of Gaurav Mehta in connection with a bitcoin transactions case, sources said. The investigation is part of a broader money laundering probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The case has drawn attention due to allegations by BJP leaders accusing NCP MP…
MUMBAI: Reliance Brands MD Darshan Mehta will step down from the top job after having steered the business for close to two decades, moving into a mentoring role within the Reliance Group, sources told TOI. “Mehta will mentor next-generation leaders and will also help evaluate and explore untapped business opportunities,” sources said. Mehta will also…
NEW DELHI: As air quality in Delhi-NCR reached hazardous levels, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Supreme Court Bar Association president Kapil Sibal on Monday urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna to transition all courts in the region to a complete virtual mode. The request came in response to the enforcement of Stage-IV (Severe+) measures…