Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ads as it censored Americans
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The U.S. Department of Justice scored a major legal victory Thursday as a federal court ruled that Google illegally monopolized digital advertising markets, marking the second successful monopolization case…
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 LLC against song-lyric website Genius over…
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 prevent security threats including hacks. The company…
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 Alphabet Inc unit to feature Times content…
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 responsibility” to ensure the safety of their…
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 in Google’s smartphones and apps. The jury…
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 reported on Thursday, citing an internal presentation.…
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 spokesperson. “There was a very brief issue…
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 Texas jury’s $20 million infringement verdict against…
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 chatbots and image-generation services backed by artificial…
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 the tech company improve the performance of…
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 unsealed on Wednesday said the Alphabet Inc…
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 credits aimed at boosting the industry are…
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 advertising technology practices, moving the case along…
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 part of modern life, Big Tech giants…
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 and cloud software, taking aim at Microsoft…
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 16, a company executive told a Canadian…
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 of potential prolonged litigation if the Alphabet…
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 social media campaign to combat disinformation Monday…
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 U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit to Manhattan…
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 lawsuit Tuesday against Google, alleging that the…
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 News reported on Monday, citing people familiar…
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 said on Friday. Most Gulf states are…
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 a European ruling against the U.S. firm…
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 privacy of children under age 13 by…
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 dozen Biden administration jobs through a fellowship…
Breaking News
