David McCabe
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david.mccabe@nytimes.com // david.caeser.mccabe@gmail.com // DM for Signal
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Joined December 2007
Breaking: Google broke antitrust law to maintain its dominance over online search, a judge rules, in a major victory for the Department of Justice. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly."
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The ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.
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Scoop: Antitrust regulators have reached a deal that clears the way for federal investigations into the conduct of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI in the AI industry. It is expected to be finalized in the coming days.
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The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.
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Our March profile of Jonathan Kanter, the Justice Department official (and hobbyist musician) whose team sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster today.
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Jonathan Kanter, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, made his boldest move on Thursday by accusing Apple of antitrust violations.
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New: DOJ plans to argue that Live Nation would use one part of its business to reinforce its power in another part. Live Nation artists ended up at venues that used Ticketmaster &c. Those tactics raised ticket prices and fees for consumers, it will argue.
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Live Nation Entertainment, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, faces a fight that could reshape the multibillion-dollar live music industry.
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Such great news!.
We’re delighted to announce that Erin Mershon is joining The Times as a deputy media editor.
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More than a decade ago tech used this playbook to beat back a pair of copyright laws. Today's effort by TikTok ended in a very different outcome.
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Many Capitol Hill offices were inundated with phone calls after TikTok urged users to tell their representatives they opposed a new bill aimed at the company.
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Thanks to the @FACoalition for recognizing our work to improve public access to the U.S. v. Google antitrust trial. It has been a true team effort.
🏆Congratulations to @alamynsumar and @dmccabe of @nytimes and @leah_nylen of Bloomberg @business for winning a 2023 FAC award for advocating for more openness in the Google antitrust trial!
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There are a lot of great reporters on this list. I've shared a beat with @ryanjtracy and @johndmckinnon for years — both stand-up colleagues who break news and write sharp stories.
NEW: Major layoffs at the Wall Street Journal’s D.C. bureau yesterday left the newsroom reeling. “This is like dropping a neutron bomb on the newsroom,” said one of the reporters affected. I got the names of most of the journalists who were laid off:
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New: The FTC has launched an inquiry into Microsoft's investment in OpenAI and Google and Amazon's investments in Anthropic. The findings of the study could influence later formal investigations into whether the companies have broken any laws.
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The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.
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News w/ @trippmickle: The Justice Department could file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in the first half of this year, as its inquiry into the company reaches the late stages and senior officials review its findings.
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Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used its other products and services to defend against threats to its core business.
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How Nations Are Losing a Global Race to Tackle A.I.’s Harms. via @satariano @ceciliakang.
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Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies.
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Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever
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ChatGPT’s release a year ago triggered a desperate scramble among tech companies and alarm from some of the people who helped invent it.
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Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit. Spend your Sunday with this deep reporting on the distrust and feuds fueling the escalating race for artificial intelligence. via powerhouses @CadeMetz @KYWeise @nicoagrant @MikeIsaac.
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The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it. Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition.
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And @nicoagrant reported yesterday that around $18 billion of that sum went to Apple.
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Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening.
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Very glad to see this. I want to echo the thanks to @nytimes senior counsel @alamynsumar, who has argued tirelessly for press access to this trial.
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"Certainly there wasn’t a valid alternative." Apple's top deal maker testifies about agreements at the heart of the DOJ case against Google. From @ceciliakang at courthouse & @trippmickle:
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Eddy Cue, a longtime executive at the company, said Apple’s multibillion-dollar deals with Google were driven by quality, not money.
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Down the street, U.S. et al v. Google has entered its third week. @nicoagrant, @ceciliakang & @trippmickle have a great look at what has become defining feature of the trial: its secrecy.
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Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust case enters its third week in court.
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