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An employee works on a solar panel inside the Hanwha Qcells Solar plant, Oct. 16, 2023, in Dalton, Ga. U.S. manufacturers have added 56,000 jobs in the last three months. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Where the jobs are: Strong hiring in most industries has far outpaced high-profile layoffs

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Indiana Fever's Aliyah Boston (7) is defended by Connecticut Sun's Olivia Nelson-Ododa, left, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Aug. 4, 2023, in Indianapolis. The WNBA is using some fresh faces in its Player Marketing Agreement cohort this season. The league's past two Rookie of the Year winners, Boston and Rhyne Howard, of Atlanta, are two of the six players chosen this offseason to take part in the program. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Former WNBA rookies of the year Rhyne Howard, Boston part of league’s Player Marketing Agreements

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. A legal adviser to the European Union's top court said Thursday that Google should still pay a whopping fine in a long-running antitrust case in which regulators found the company gave its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, an EU court adviser says

The Google app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Google agreed Thursday, Dec. 28, to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private browsing” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’

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The Google sign is shown over an entrance to the company's new building in New York on Sept. 6, 2023. A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states, consumers in app store settlement

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,’ Israel-Hamas war are among the year’s top internet searches

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is seen behind a Google sign at the company's office in San Francisco on April 12, 2023. A federal court jury is expected to begin its deliberations Monday in an antitrust trial focused on whether Google's efforts to thwart competition against its app store for Android smartphones has also been illegally gouging consumers and stifling innovation.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Federal jury decides Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,’ Israel-Hamas war are among the year’s top internet searches

Associated Press

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks during a Senate Finance Committee business meeting to consider the nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social Security on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Wyden pressures Justice Department to let Apple, Google reveal foreign governments’ legal demands

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 10, 2023. Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of a project called Gemini that's trained to think more like humans and behave in ways likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils. Google DeepMind is the AI division behind Gemini. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google ups the stakes in AI race with Gemini, a technology trained to behave more like humans

By Michael Liedtke and Matt O'Brien

Members of Parliament and reporters listen as Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks about a deal with Google, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario. Pascale St-Onge said that Google will contribute $100 million Canadian (US$74 million) — indexed to inflation — in financial support annually for a wide range of news businesses across the country. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

This photo, in New York, taken Sept. 11, 2023, shows various Google logos when searched on Google. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fortnite maker challenges Google’s ability to take a cut of in-app purchases

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., arrives as House Republicans hold a closed-door meeting to vote by secret ballot on their candidate for speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Colorado Republican Ken Buck plans to challenge GOP’s direction under Trump as he leaves the House

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New High Tech Player India Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Global tech titans prioritize India over China

By Sean Woo

Visitors try out Samsung Electronics Galaxy smartphones during the 2022 World IT show at the Convention and Exhibition center in Seoul, South Korea, on April 20, 2022. Samsung Electronics is shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely power its global operations with clean electricity by 2050, a challenging goal that experts say could be hampered by South Korea’s modest climate change commitments. Apc move photos already sent. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Smart cities trade increased quality of life for use of data

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This photo, in New York, taken Sept. 11, 2023, shows various Google logos when searched on Google. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Google on Wednesday, Oct. 4, unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that can be altered by the technology, too. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) **FILE**

Google to streamline user cybersecurity with new updates

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The Google mobile phone icon, in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Google plans to eliminate passwords in favor of passkeys such as PIN numbers, facial recognition

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Google on Wednesday, Oct. 4, unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that can be altered by the technology, too. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) **FILE**

Google warning political campaigns to prepare for AI-fueled cyber threats as 2024 elections approach

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks, Feb. 7, 2023, in Redmond, Wash. Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine. Nadella's comments came in a landmark antitrust trial against Google’s parent company, Alphabet. He told a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 that Google’s actions weakened Microsoft’s search engine Bing. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, file)

Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine

By Suman Naishadham - Associated Press