Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.

Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling
Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business
Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine
iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event
Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims
Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books
Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden
Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says
Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky
Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables
Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years
Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app
First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice
NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble
Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise
Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle

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