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Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers

Epic Games says Samsung's Auto Blocker flags third-party app stores as malware, requires 21 steps to turn off

3 months ago

Google Expert Argues US Ad Case Is Too Narrow

Google expert economist argues Department of Justice ad tech case does not include market's shift to mobile, social media

3 months ago

CMA States “Concerns Remain” After Google’s Cookie U-Turn

Privacy sandbox u-turn by Google prompts UK regulator to conclude “concerns remains” over cookie change for Chrome

3 months ago

YouTube Confirms Ads When Screen Is Paused

Chasing the almighty dollar. Alphabet's YouTube reportedly confirms it is delivering adverts on a user's pause screen

3 months ago

Google Urges London Tribunal To Dismiss Mass Lawsuit

Alphabet urges Competition Appeal Tribunal to dismiss mass lawsuit seeking up to £7bn ($9.3bn) for allegedly abusing search dominance

3 months ago

EU Court Rules Google’s €1.49bn Fine Should Be Annulled

Google wins court challenge. Europe's second highest court rules EC's €1.49bn antitrust fine should be dismissed

3 months ago

Irish Watchdog Launches Inquiry Into Google AI Model

Google's protection of EU users' personal data when training its AI model, is under investigation by Ireland's watchdog

4 months ago

Google Must Pay €2.4bn Fine, EU Court Rules

Appeal thrown out. Google must pay European Commission's €2.4bn fine for abuse of shopping comparison service, top EU court rules

4 months ago

Google Goes On Trial In US Over Ad Tech Dominance

US trial of Google over ad tech market power begins, with forced divestiture of ad businesses a possibility

4 months ago

US DOJ To Propose Google Penalties By End Of Year

US judge gives Justice Department until end of year to formulate plan for Google punishment in landmark search monopoly case

4 months ago

CMA Finds Google Abuses Ad Tech Dominance

UK competition regulator finds Google abuses market dominance in online advertising, joining similar cases in US, EU

4 months ago

EU Seeks Industry Views On Google DMA Compliance

EU regulators to seek views from industry players on Google's DMA compliance plans ahead of decision on formal competition charges

4 months ago

Google Mulling ‘Hyperscale’ Vietnam Data Centre – Report

Alphabet's Google is reportedly considering building a 'hyperscale' data centre in Southern Vietnam, and opening an office

4 months ago

Google Restarts Gemini AI’s Image Generation Of People

After earlier inaccuracies, Google updates Gemini's AI image-creation model and soon allow users to create images of people

4 months ago

IDC Raises Smartphone Shipment Forecast Amid GenAI Optimism

Global smartphone shipments in 2024 are expected to grow nearly 6 percent according to IDC, as premium handsets embrace AI

4 months ago

California Reaches Deal With Google Over Journalism Legislation

Showdown with California avoided. Google reaches $250m agreement to avoid California Journalism Preservation Act

4 months ago

Waymo Doubles Weekly Paid Robotaxi Trips Since May

Waymo is providing 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week, as it expanded its Waymo One service in two US cities

4 months ago

CMA Drops Apple, Google App Store Investigations

British competition regulator shuts down investigations into Apple and Google app stores, ahead of new law governing digital markets

4 months ago

Epic Games’s Fortnite Returns To Smartphones After Four Years

Epic Games' Fortnite returns to Android devices and EU iPhones via company's third-party app store after years of legal wrangling

4 months ago

Google Confirms Iranian Hackers Behind US Presidential Hacks

Hackers linked to Iran's government conducted phishing campaigns against Israel and targetted U.S. presidential election accounts

4 months ago

Google Shows Off Pixel 9 Lineup, Plus AI Upgrades

Alphabet's Google has this week unveiled its latest Pixel smartphones that offer improved performance coupled with advanced cameras, as well…

4 months ago

DoJ Considers Google Breakup After Landmark Monopoly Ruling

US Department of Justice is reportedly considering the breakup of Google as one of the possible options, after monopoly ruling

4 months ago

Former YouTube Chief Susan Wojcicki Dies At 56

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube chief executive and one of Google's earliest employees, dies at 56 after battle with lung cancer

5 months ago

Google Discontinues Chromecast Portfolio

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

5 months ago

YouTube Hit By Thousands Of Outages In Russia

YouTube suffers thousands of outages in Russia as Ukrainian forces conduct raid inside Russia's Kursk region

5 months ago

US Judge Finds Google ‘Is Monopolist’ In Landmark Ruling

US federal judge rules Google illegally maintained monopoly in search and advertising, opening way to remedy phase of trial

5 months ago

Google Hires Character.AI Staff, Licenses Tech

Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas to return to Google along with other researchers in latest AI 'acqui-hire'

5 months ago

UK Investigates Alphabet Partnership With AI Firm Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, to investigate Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic

5 months ago

Russia Throttles YouTube Over ‘Anti-Russian Policy’

Russia reduces speed of YouTube by 70 percent this week following multiple fines over failure to remove banned content

5 months ago

Alphabet To Invest $5 Billion In Waymo Self-Driving Unit

Senior management at Alphabet confirm substantial additional investment in the Waymo self-driving division

5 months ago