EU’s Vestager to hold news conference, focus expected on Alphabet’s Google
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager will hold a news conference on an antitrust case at 1045 GMT, the European Commission said on …
Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills – Platformer
(Reuters) – Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract comes up for renewal this month, which could result in the …
China Tensions Cause Shakeup At VC Firm That Once Funded Apple, Google: REPORT
China Tensions Cause Shakeup At VC Firm That Once Funded Apple, Google: REPORT Nick Pope on June 6, 2023 Sequoia Capital, a major American venture …
Former Google CEO Calls AI An ‘Existential Risk,’ Could Get ‘Many People Harmed Or Killed’
Former Google CEO Calls AI An ‘Existential Risk,’ Could Get ‘Many People Harmed Or Killed’ Jason Cohen on May 24, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) could …
Biden administration backs Google in song lyrics case at Supreme Court
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -The Biden administration’s U.S. solicitor general said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should not review a ruling won by Alphabet’s …
Google to delete inactive accounts starting December
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday said it would delete accounts that had remained unused for two years starting December, in a bid to …
New York Times to get around $100 million from Google over three years – WSJ
(Reuters) – The New York Times is getting around $100 million from Google over three years as part of a broad deal that allows the …
VP Harris tells Microsoft, Google they have legal responsibility to ensure safety of AI products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday told the chief executives of tech companies including Microsoft and Google they have a “legal …
Google wins US patent trial over data-retrieval technology
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google LLC won a jury trial on Tuesday in a long-running patent lawsuit in Delaware federal court over features …
Google to use generative AI in its ad business – FT
(Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to introduce generative artificial intelligence into its advertising business over the coming months to create “novel” advertisements, the Financial Times …
Google says services back up for US users
(Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google said services were back up for users in the U.S. after a brief outage late on Tuesday, according to a company …
Google wins appeal of $20 million US patent verdict over Chrome technology
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google LLC on Tuesday convinced a U.S. appeals court to cancel three anti-malware patents at the heart of a …
Amazon cranks up AI competition against Microsoft, Google with new cloud tools
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing division on Thursday released a suite of technologies aimed at helping other companies develop their own …
Snap hires Google ad executive to help improve ad performance
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Snap Inc, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, said on Wednesday it has hired a former Google executive to help …
US court sanctions Google in privacy case, company’s second legal setback in days
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. court has sanctioned Google LLC for a second time in recent days, after a judge in a decision …
White House touts Amazon EVs, Google EV tax credit tool
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday highlighted new U.S. company moves to support electric vehicles (EVs), as final rules on tax …
US Justice Dept’s Google advertising case gets fast-paced schedule
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday set a fast-paced schedule in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit challenging Google LLC’s digital …
ALEXANDER FLEISS: Google Searching For The Truth? Good Luck With That
ALEXANDER FLEISS: Google Searching For The Truth? Good Luck With That Alexander Fleiss on March 14, 2023 As the internet has become an increasingly central …
Google unveils ‘magic wand’ to draft documents as AI race tightens
By Jeffrey Dastin PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday unveiled a flurry of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for its email, collaboration …
Canada parliament questions Google execs over news-blocking test
By Ismail Shakil and Molly Cone OTTAWA (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users’ search results on March …
U.S. Justice Dept opposes Google bid to move advertising antitrust case to New York
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is fighting to keep its digital advertising lawsuit against Google in Virginia federal district court, warning …
Google To Launch Campaign To Target ‘Disinformation’ Ahead of Munich Security Conference: REPORT
Google To Launch Campaign To Target ‘Disinformation’ Ahead of Munich Security Conference: REPORT Mary Lou Masters on February 13, 2023 Google will formally announce their new …
Google tees up venue clash over U.S. advertising antitrust lawsuit
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC on Wednesday said they will ask a federal judge in Virginia to move the …
Biden Administration Sues Google Over Allegedly Anticompetitive Ad Practices
Biden Administration Sues Google Over Allegedly Anticompetitive Ad Practices John Hugh DeMastri on January 24, 2023 The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a …
DOJ poised to sue Google over digital ad market dominance – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc’s Google as soon as Tuesday regarding its dominance over the digital advertising market, Bloomberg …
Google Cloud to support Kuwait’s digitisation drive
DUBAI (Reuters) – Google Cloud has formed a strategic alliance with the Kuwaiti government to support digitisation efforts across the country’s public sector, the company …
Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of …
Google, YouTube content providers must face U.S. children’s privacy lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the …
Former Google CEO Is Quietly Bankrolling Dozens Of White House Jobs
Former Google CEO Is Quietly Bankrolling Dozens Of White House Jobs Alexa Schwerha on December 22, 2022 Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt helped fund over two …
Google asks court to toss out federal antitrust lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a federal court late on Monday to toss out the U.S. Justice Department’s 2020 lawsuit against it, which …
Google Ad Manager outage costs big websites ad sales
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – A Google service relied upon by many large websites to sell and display ads was down for about …
Brazil central bank grants Google Pay payment institution status
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google Pay has received approval to operate as a payment institution in Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, the country’s official …
Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams
By Juby Babu (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. …
New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as …
Massachusetts, Google Installed ‘Spyware’ Onto Phones To Track COVID Cases Without Users Knowing, Lawsuit Alleges
Massachusetts, Google Installed ‘Spyware’ Onto Phones To Track COVID Cases Without Users Knowing, Lawsuit Alleges Trevor Schakohl on November 16, 2022 The Massachusetts Public Health …
AMD launches data center CPU ‘Genoa’, taps Google, Microsoft as customers (Nov. 10)
(This Nov. 10 story has been refiled to correct Oracle’s inactive stock symbol in the first paragraph) By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) …
Google veteran launches ‘digital family office’ backed by Betsy Cohen, Eric Schmidt
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -Arta Finance, a fintech that aims to replicate the family office experience for a wider audience through artificial intelligence, debuted on …
Restaurant Revolution Technologies Expands Its Online Ordering Capabilities with Google
Revolution’s multi-unit restaurant merchants are now able to accept orders directly from Google Search and Google Maps.Restaurant Revolution Technologies Expands Its Online Ordering Capabilities with …
Chexology Launches ChexPass, the Digital Claim Ticket for Apple Wallet and Google Pay
The First “Tap and Go” Technology that Eliminates the Paper Claim Ticket in Checkrooms New York, NY (-) Chexology, builders of Shark Tank featured CoatChex …
Leveraging Order with Google, Waitbusters Helps Independents Thrive with 1st Party Delivery
Atlanta, GA (-) Waitbusters, LLC announced today that they have become a partner with Order with Google. Through Order with Google, restaurants using the Waitbusters …
Google approves Trump’s Truth Social for Play Store
By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google has approved former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play …
Intel and Google Cloud launch new chip to improve data center performance
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Intel Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud on Tuesday said they have launched a co-designed chip that can make data centers …
Google to invest $690 million in Japan, CEO Pichai tells Nikkei
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to invest a total of 100 billion yen ($690.13 million) in Japan through 2024, its Chief Executive Officer Sundar …
In Apple’s shadow, Google takes new route to face recognition on Pixel phones
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones on Thursday after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost …
‘Hold Big Tech Accountable’: RNC Chair Threatens To Sue Google For Alleged Email Censorship
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel accused Google of censoring GOP emails during a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business Network. “We are very seriously …
‘Shady Deals’: UN Enlisted Google To Push Down Opposing Viewpoints On Climate Science
‘Shady Deals’: UN Enlisted Google To Push Down Opposing Viewpoints On Climate Science Jack McEvoy on October 4, 2022 United Nations Secretary for Global …
We own the science: Google manipulates Climate Change search results for United Nations
The World Economic Forum has declared, “We own the science.” This revelation comes after the organization revealed they worked with Google in order to manipulate …
Google to wind down Stadia streaming service three years after launch
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it would wind down its consumer gaming service, Stadia, as it failed to attract enough interest from …
Google says shared network costs is 10-year-old idea, bad for consumers
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google on Monday rebuffed a push by European telecoms operators to get Big Tech to help …
Google says disappointed court did not annul EU antitrust decision in full
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday voiced disappointment with an EU court judgment backing an EU antitrust decision against the company. “We are disappointed that …