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Reddit CEO Hints At Subreddit PaywallsReddit CEO Hints At Subreddit Paywalls

Reddit CEO Hints At Subreddit Paywalls

Reddit co-founder and CEO has hinted that paywalls for certain subreddits could be on the way, in latest monetisation move

8 months ago
Google Discontinues Chromecast PortfolioGoogle Discontinues Chromecast Portfolio

Google Discontinues Chromecast Portfolio

The Chromecast portfolio is being discontinued by Google, after the streaming dongle had first gone on sale back in 2013

8 months ago
OpenAI Tests Search Engine Prototype Called ‘SearchGPT’OpenAI Tests Search Engine Prototype Called ‘SearchGPT’

OpenAI Tests Search Engine Prototype Called ‘SearchGPT’

Google's dominance of online search is being challenged, after OpenAI unveiled a search prototype tool called SearchGPT

8 months ago
Google Cancels Plan To Axe Third Party Cookies For Chrome BrowserGoogle Cancels Plan To Axe Third Party Cookies For Chrome Browser

Google Cancels Plan To Axe Third Party Cookies For Chrome Browser

Better switch to Firefox? After years of delays, Google performs u-turn and will no longer cancel third-party tracking cookies

8 months ago
OpenAI Signs Content Agreement With TimeOpenAI Signs Content Agreement With Time

OpenAI Signs Content Agreement With Time

OpenAI signs “strategic content partnership” with Time to access current and archive content from last 101 years

9 months ago
Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With OfficeMicrosoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With Office

Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With Office

Unfair advantage says EU regulator, as Microsoft faces antitrust charge for bundling its Teams video app with Office suite

9 months ago
Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, PaymentsJapan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems

10 months ago
Alphabet Names Anat Ashkenazi As CFOAlphabet Names Anat Ashkenazi As CFO

Alphabet Names Anat Ashkenazi As CFO

Anat Ashkenazi swaps CFO role in pharmaceutical industry to join Alphabet, replacing outgoing CFO Ruth Porat

10 months ago
Google Staff Question Layoffs After Record EarningsGoogle Staff Question Layoffs After Record Earnings

Google Staff Question Layoffs After Record Earnings

Staff at Google question CEO Sundar Pichai over 'significant decline' in workforce morale amid ongoing job cuts, despite strong financials

11 months ago
OpenAI To Announce Google Search Competitor Next Week – ReportOpenAI To Announce Google Search Competitor Next Week – Report

OpenAI To Announce Google Search Competitor Next Week – Report

Google's search domination to be challenged next week, with OpenAI reportedly set to announce its own AI search product

11 months ago
Google Delays Removal Of Third-Party Cookies, AgainGoogle Delays Removal Of Third-Party Cookies, Again

Google Delays Removal Of Third-Party Cookies, Again

For third time Google delays phase-out of third-party Chrome cookies after pushback from industry and British regulator

11 months ago
Google Begins Removal Of California News Ahead Of Proposed LawGoogle Begins Removal Of California News Ahead Of Proposed Law

Google Begins Removal Of California News Ahead Of Proposed Law

Consequences of Assembly Bill 886. Google begins removing California news websites from some search results

11 months ago
Google To Destroy Billions Of Private Browsing RecordsGoogle To Destroy Billions Of Private Browsing Records

Google To Destroy Billions Of Private Browsing Records

Lawsuit settlement. Google agrees to destroy billions of private or “incognito” mode records as part of lawsuit settlement

12 months ago
Alphabet’s Ad Revenue Miss Punished By InvestorsAlphabet’s Ad Revenue Miss Punished By Investors

Alphabet’s Ad Revenue Miss Punished By Investors

Another tech industry bellweather, Alphabet, delivers strong Q4 and FY23 financials, yet investors not happy at ad revenue miss

1 year ago
Microsoft Profit Rises 33 Percent Thanks To AI, CloudMicrosoft Profit Rises 33 Percent Thanks To AI, Cloud

Microsoft Profit Rises 33 Percent Thanks To AI, Cloud

Strong AI adoption and cloud helps Microsoft deliver another strong quarterly performance, amid $3 trillion valuation

1 year ago

Netflix Subscribers Surge Amid Password Crackdown

Saturated streaming market? Netflix pleases investors by recording notable rise in paid subscribers, on top of strong Q4 financials

1 year ago

Google To Invest $1 Billion To Build UK Data Centre

New data centre for Alphabet's Google to be constructed in Hertfordshire to meet demand for AI and cloud services

1 year ago

Google CEO Warns Staff To Expect More Job Cuts – Report

Internal memo from CEO Sundar Pichai warns Google staff to brace for more job cuts, as the firm has to…

1 year ago

Google Axes Hundreds Of Staff In Ad Sales Team

More job loss misery at Google, after it confirmed hundreds of job losses in ad sales team, after 1,000 layoffs…

1 year ago

Amazon Cuts Staff In Audible, Prime Video and MGM Studio Divisions

Bad week this week for staff at Amazon divisions, with job losses at Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studies, and Audible…

1 year ago

Twitch To Lay Off 35 Percent Of Staff – Report

Amazon-owned Twitch is handing a sizeable portion of its workforce the worst news in early 2024 by axing their jobs

1 year ago

Microsoft To Add Copilot Key To Windows PC Keyboards

Microsoft is to add a Copilot key on future keyboards for Windows PCs, in first major keyboard change in 30…

1 year ago

Google, Meta, TikTok Russian Debts Removed From Bailiff Database – Report

Debts allegedly 'owed' by Google, Meta and TikTok to the Russian government have been removed from state bailiff database

1 year ago

Google Settles $5bn Web Tracking Lawsuit

Settlement not disclosed after Google ends web tracking lawsuit with Chrome browser in “private” or “incognito” mode

1 year ago

Amazon Prime Video To Carry Ads In UK From 5 February

Adverts will start appearing for UK users of Amazon Video Prime on 5 February 2024, unless extra fee is paid

1 year ago

Toshiba Delisted From Toyko Stock Exchange After 74 Years

End of an era for Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, as it undergoes transition into private ownership after years of upheaval

1 year ago

Apple, Paramount Discuss Bundling Streaming Service Offer – Report

Streaming tie-up? Discussions reportedly between Apple and Paramount discuss bundling respective streaming services

1 year ago

UK’s CMA Wins Appeal To Investigate Apple

Apple's mobile browser and cloud gaming services will be investigated after the CMA won an appeal on Thursday

1 year ago

Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Publishers

Agreement with Canadian government will see Google pay local news publishers $73 million a year. Meta dispute however, continues

1 year ago

YouTube Denies Slowing Down Mozilla Firefox

Alphabet's YouTube insists it is not slowing down Firefox, after complaints videos are taking extra long to load on the…

1 year ago