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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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 months ago

California Reaches Deal With Google Over Journalism Legislation

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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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…

3 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

3 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

3 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

4 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

4 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

4 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'

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 months ago

Alphabet Q2 Beats Expectations, But Shares Dip

Despite share buyback and positive Q2 results, Alphabet's share price falls over YouTube slowdown and margin declines

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

Wiz Rejects $23 Billion Acquisition Bid From Google – Report

Memo to staff from co-founder explains reason for walking away from Google's takeover bid, and confirms IPO intentions

4 months ago

Double-Digit Growth For Google Expected Amidst AI Push

Google expected to see double-digit revenue and profit growth for second quarter amidst AI cloud enthusiasm, stronger ad sales

4 months ago

Alphabet Walks Away From HubSpot Deal

Not interested. Alphabet reportedly opts not to make an offer for HubSpot to bolster CRM and cloud position

5 months ago

Google Adds AI Disclosure Requirements For Political Ads

Google adds disclosure requirements for AI-generated or digitally altered content in political ads as elections loom

5 months ago

EU Focuses On Microsoft-OpenAI Deal In New Probe

EU steps up scrutiny of artificial intelligence (AI) industry with probes into Microsoft's OpenAI investments, Google's AI deal with Samsung

5 months ago

Waymo Opens Autonomous Ride Hailing Taxi To All San Fran Residents

Alphabet's Waymo unit opens its autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents of San Francisco, after similar move in Phoenix in…

5 months ago

Google Must Face Trial In Ad Tech Monopoly Case

Google loses bid for summary judgement as judge says 'too many facts in dispute' as US adtech case heads for…

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

Tech Groups Call On US DoJ To Investigate YouTube Monopoly

Open letter urges US Department of Justice to investigate Alphabet's YouTube for alleged domination of home entertainment sector

5 months ago