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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

US Wraps Up Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google

Government wraps up its evidentiary phase of landmark antitrust case against Alphabet's Google, but closing arguments may come in 2024

1 year ago

Alphabet Pays Apple 36 Percent Of Safari Search Revenue

CEO Sundar Pichai confirms Google pays Apple 36 percent of Safari search revenue, as part of its default search agreement

1 year ago

Google CEO Defends Paying Apple For Default Search

Sundar Pichai defends payments, after Google paid Apple $26 billion in 2021 to make its search engine default option

1 year ago

Japan Opens Probe Into Google Search Domination

More bad news for Alphabet as Japanese competition watchdog begins investigation into Google's search domination

1 year ago

California Passes Law To Delete Personal Data

Privacy move. California passes the Delete Act, so users can to remove their personal online data from a single page

1 year ago

EU Seeks Feedback On Bing, Apple iMessage DMA Classification

European Commission ask whether Microsoft's Bing, Edge, and Apple's iMessage should be subject to Digital Markets Act (DMA)

1 year ago

Russia To Try Block VPN Access In 2024, Lawmaker Claims

Access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Russia will be blocked from March 2024, Russian lawmaker claims

2 years ago

Microsoft Boss Nadella Testifies Against “Google Web”

“Everyone talks about the open web, but there is really the Google Web,” testifies Satya Nadella in landmark trial against…

2 years ago

Netflix Mails Its Final DVD As It Ends Postal Service

Netflix's DVD via post , which began back in 1998, has mailed its final DVD on Friday, as the service…

2 years ago

Amazon Prime Video To Feature Adverts Next Year

Amazon to include adverts to its Prime Video service in 2024, unless users opt for a higher cost ad-free subscription…

2 years ago

Google Adds AI Chatbot Bard To Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs

Major expansion for Chatbot Bard as Google connects it to full suite tools including Google Docs, Gmail and YouTube

2 years ago

Google Agrees $93m Location Tracking Settlement With California

Another settlement over Google's location tracking practices, with agreement to pay California $93m to settle lawsuit

2 years ago

Alphabet Cutting Hundreds Of Jobs In Recruitment Unit

More job cuts at Google, as executive confirms “significant reduction” to its global recruiting organisation

2 years ago

Google Faces UK Lawsuit Claim It Contributes To Cost Of Living Crisis

Alphabet's Google has been hit with a multibillion-pound lawsuit, accusing the company of contributing to cost-of-living price rises

2 years ago

EC Names Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Microsoft Among DMA Gatekeepers

Twenty two tech core platform services from six DMA 'gatekeepers' are officially named by the European Commission

2 years ago

Apple, Microsoft Push To Keep iMessage, Bing Off EU Gatekeeper List

Apple and Microsoft are said to be lobbying the European Union to keep iMessage and Bing off DMA Gatekeeper designation

2 years ago

Secureworks Discovers Vulnerability In Microsoft Identity Solution

Microsoft rushes fix after Secureworks researchers uncovered a vulnerability in Power Platform (now known as Entra ID)

2 years ago

Meta Releases Web Version Of Threads App

Threads, the Mark Zuckerberg alternative to Twitter, has launched a web-based version of the social media app

2 years ago

UK Watchdogs Target Cookie Pop-ups, Amid Website Design Clampdown

Sick of cookie pop-ups? UK watchdogs warns firms to avoid harmful website design practices and singles out cookie consent pop-ups

2 years ago

Amazon Hardware Boss To Step Down

Head of Amazon's hardware devices, David Limp, is to leave this year - months after assuring Amazon's commitment to Alexa

2 years ago

Co-Founder Of Yandex Condemns Ukraine Invasion

Arkady Volozh, co-founder of the Yandex search engine, has strongly condemned Russia's “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine

2 years ago

Judge Declines FTC Injunction In Microsoft Activision Blizzard Purchase

Federal judge in San Francisco denies FTC preliminary injunction to halt Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard by 18 July

2 years ago

CMA Begins Phase Two Probe Of Adobe’s Figma Acquisition

UK regulator deepens investigation into Adobe’s ‘transformative’ deal to buy collaborative design start-up Figma

2 years ago

Google To Withdraw News In Canada After New Law

Search engine giant Google becomes second tech firm to block news on its platform in Canada, after new law passed

2 years ago

FTC Sues Amazon For ‘Duping’ Customers With Prime Subscriptions

American regulator sues Amazon, alleging ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process for millions of customers

2 years ago

Adobe’s $20bn Deal For Figma At Risk From EU Regulators – Report

Adobe's ‘transformative’ deal to buy collaborative design start-up Figma for $20bn is reportedly to be reviewed by EU regulators

2 years ago

Megaupload Staff Jailed For Role In Kim Dotcom Business

Two executives of banned file storage site Megaupload have been sentenced to prison, after agreeing to testify against Kim Dotcom

2 years ago