In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google's business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones and preventing it from exploiting its Android mobile operating system.
The 10-trillion-yen package, which lawmakers could approve this week, is also seen as preparation for an uncertain world as fears grow of a potential Chinese invasion of chip powerhouse Taiwan.
It comes just over a month after the company first pulled off the technical tour de force that underscored its position as the world leader in reusable rocketry.
Tencent Cloud CEO Dowson Tong reveals plans to revolutionize cloud computing with WeChat's integrated super app ecosystem, challenging dominant players Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
The news came with word that Getty Images will make its stockpile of pictures and video available to TikTok's AI-powered video generation tool -- called Symphony Creative Studio.
Video game fans were left in shock after an animator revealed why people in real life are not able to pull their swords over their head like characters do.
Nintendo is sometimes compared to Disney, but its business model differs from that of the US giant, which acquires and develops existing franchises, such as Star Wars, said Kensaku Namera of Nomura Securities.
The move highlights tech companies' efforts to combat the widespread spread of misinformation, as experienced during the last presidential election. However, Meta did not disclose the specific date on which it will lift the restriction.
"Unit sales of both hardware and software were extremely high for the first half of the previous fiscal year," Nintendo said, adding that the Mario movie had "energised our dedicated video game platform business".
Google unveiled a major overhaul of its 20-year-old Google Maps on Thursday, announcing plans to integrate AI technology that has already proven successful in its search engine.
The social media behemoth, which is also the parent company of Instagram and WhatsApp, said net profit in the third quarter was $15.7 billion -- up 35 percent on the same period last year.
The release, first previewed by the company in June, marks Apple's foray into an AI race that has seen the US tech giants rush into ChatGPT-style technology.