Google has threatened to discontinue its search engine services in Australia over the government’s plans to force the search giant to pay news outlets for their content. Last year, Australia announced the plans as a way to halt the decline of news firms amid falling revenues during the coronavirus pandemic. But Google hit back, saying it was “deeply … Read more
Google is pressing ahead with plans to ditch third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser in favour of its own “privacy sandbox”, despite the launch of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over whether the practice is anti-competitive. Third-party cookies are created by entities other than the website that the user is … Read more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a formal investigation into proposed changes to Google’s Chrome browser over concerns that the company could abuse its dominance in online advertising. The investigation will look into proposed ‘Privacy Sandbox’ changes to Chrome, specifically how the proposed phase-out of support for third-party cookies and other functionalities … Read more
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The US Justice Department has initiated legal proceedings against Google, alleging that the company has abused its market dominance in online search and advertising. The case has been filed in federal court in Washington DC. It alleges that the trillion-dollar search giant uses billions of dollars raised from advertisers to pay Apple, Samsung, and other … Read more
During a US Senate Commerce Committee hearing, CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter defended a law that shields them from liability for questionable content on their platforms. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act 1996, which protects companies from liability over content posted by users on their platforms (declaring that the company is not a … Read more
Google has announced that it aims to power all its data centres and offices with carbon-free energy by 2030, matching pledges by rival Apple earlier in the year. In a blog post, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote that the firm has always valued sustainability and said the world “must act now” to avoid the worst consequences of … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced during the annual ‘Google for India’ event that the company will invest approximately $10bn (£8bn) in India over the next five to seven years. The announcement was preceded by a meeting between Pichai and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss “leveraging the power of technology to transform the … Read more
Global giants like Google and Walmart are investing in the Indian tech landscape. Alphabet Inc’s Google has strategically positioned itself in India through a phased-out investment. As per media announcements, the company intends to invest $10bn in India over the next five to seven years. The latest development is that the company will probably spend … Read more
Samsung has reportedly landed orders from Google to make at least two types of bespoke chips, including a new body motion tracker. Google has ordered multiple chips from Samsung, although they may not be for existing device categories. The industry sources said that one of the devices would be a body motion sensor while another … Read more