It’s also going to be about the next era of technology, because hanging over this case are developments like artificial intelligence and questions about whether companies like Google are poised because they have been so dominant to also dominate the next era of technology. sabrina taverniseĪnd this case isn’t just going to be about the last era of technology. Its name literally became a verb synonymous with what it does. And Google is probably more emblematic of that era of the internet than any other company. The internet created these giant companies that built big platforms for how we access information and culture and communicate. The last time was when they took Microsoft to court in 1998.Īnd then the tech industry changed. And this is the first time the Justice Department is trying to do this with a tech giant in decades. The government has become increasingly obsessed with this question of whether the tech giants, including Google, got so big by breaking laws that were designed to rein in corporations more than a century ago, and by doing that have they hurt consumers? Have they hurt other companies, smaller companies that are coming up with innovative ideas?Īnd this week, government lawyers are going to walk into a courtroom and begin to make the case that Google has broken the law. So, David, this week in a federal court in Washington, DC, the Justice Department is making its case against Google. Today, my colleague, David McCabe, on the government’s case against Google and what it might mean for the future if it wins.
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This week, the government takes on one of those companies, in the first monopoly trial of the internet era. T06:00:10-04:00 sabrina taverniseįrom “The New York Times,” I’m Sabrina Tavernise, and this is “The Daily.”įor years, the government has been trying to rein in big tech, pursuing some of the biggest and most powerful companies on the internet. Google The government has set its sights on the internet behemoth in the first monopoly trial of the modern internet era. There's also real delight to be found in how Frances and Nick seem to surprise themselves by what they're doing, even more than they surprise each other.Transcript U.S. This feels like an entirely necessary extension of their conversations, as physically, they seem able to articulate all that they struggle to when simply talking or texting. Prudish viewers who balked at the sex scenes in Normal People should be aware that while there's none of its full-frontal nudity here (at least in the first five episodes of 12), Frances and Nick's affair is depicted in explicit detail.
This contrast serves as a good reminder that attraction doesn't always manifest in two people slipping into easy, flirtatious banter, and in reality can result in a struggle as we attempt to make ourselves seen, understood and admired, all while second guessing ourselves and trying to get a read on someone new.
The show doesn't avert its gaze from the awkward hesitations and stilted, sometimes stuttering attempts at conversation between Frances and Nick, which are offset by the instant camaraderie between Melissa and Bobbi.
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