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…
Google Isn’t Letting Trump’s Social Media Company In Its App Store
Google Isn’t Letting Trump’s Social Media Company In Its App Store Laurel Duggan on August 30, 2022 Google is blocking Truth Social, former President Donald Trump’s social media network, from its app…
Amazon, Google slam Microsoft’s cloud computing changes
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon and Alphabet unit Google criticised Microsoft’s cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service…
Google Triggers Criminal Investigation After Dad Takes Photos Of His Toddler, Naked, For Doctor
Google Triggers Criminal Investigation After Dad Takes Photos Of His Toddler, Naked, For Doctor Laurel Duggan on August 22, 2022 Google triggered a criminal investigation and locked a man out of his…
Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube
ABUJA – Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday. Nigeria has…
Italy’s communication authority fines Google over gambling advertising
MILAN – Italy’s communication authority said on Tuesday it had fined tech giant Google, owned by parent company Alphabet, 750,000 euros ($766,350) for allegedly breaching a ban on gambling advertising on its…
Republicans urge Google to include anti-abortion centers in abortion search results
WASHINGTON – Seventeen U.S. Republican state attorneys general wrote a letter to the chief executive of Alphabet’s Google urging the company to show “crisis pregnancy centers,” which oppose the procedure, in search…
Limits on personal data gathering by Google, Facebook, others advance in U.S. House
WASHINGTON – A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved on Wednesday a bill to create the first U.S. privacy law limiting personal information collected online by companies like Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s…
Google to allow app developers to use rival payment systems, to cut fees
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Alphabet unit Google said it will from Tuesday cut fees to 12%, from 15%, for non-gaming app developers on its Google Play App Store which switch…
Goldman hires Google exec to co-head applied innovation unit – memo
NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs has hired Jared Cohen, who founded technology incubator Jigsaw at Google, to co-head its newly created applied innovation unit, an internal memo showed, as the Wall Street…
Google Offers To Break Up To Prevent Antitrust Lawsuit
Google Offers To Break Up To Prevent Antitrust Lawsuit Max Keating on July 8, 2022 Google has offered to break apart in a bid to avoid greater punishment for antitrust violations from federal…
Google Will Erase Location Data For Users Who Visit Abortion Clinics
Google Will Erase Location Data For Users Who Visit Abortion Clinics Micaela Burrow on July 5, 2022 Google said it will automatically erase location data for users who visit abortion providers in…
New York Attorney General Demands Google Scrub Crisis Pregnancy Centers From Search Results
New York Attorney General Demands Google Scrub Crisis Pregnancy Centers From Search Results Harold Hutchison on June 29, 2022 The office of Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James demanded in a…
Google Stockholders Reject Activists’ Claim Israel Cloud Deal Causes Harm
Google Stockholders Reject Activists’ Claim Israel Cloud Deal Causes Harm Micaela Burrow on June 23, 2022 Stakeholders of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to reassess a $1.3 billion…
Russian court fines Google $260,000 for breaching data rules
(Reuters) -A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google 15 million roubles ($260,000) for repeatedly failing to comply with a Russian law requiring technology companies to localise user data.…
Russian lawmaker expects Google to stay in Russia
(Reuters) – The deputy head of the State Duma parliamentary committee on information policy, Anton Gorelkin, said on Thursday he expected Google would remain in Russia. Moscow has no intention of blocking…
Google backs India’s ShareChat in $300 million funding round at $5 billion valuation
By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI – The parent company of India’s ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc’s Google, media giant Times Group and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings,…
Google urges court to scrap $1.6 billion EU antitrust fine
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe’s second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering…
Faurecia-Aptoide signs up Mercedes in infotainment win over Google
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS – Mercedes-Benz will use embedded Faurecia-Aptoide technology to power navigation and other vehicle infotainment functions in a crucial win for the app provider against Alphabet Inc’s Google and…
Your phone number on Google? Search giant now takes removal demands
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. – Alphabet Inc’s Google has begun entertaining people’s requests to remove search results containing their home addresses, phone numbers and email accounts, the latest shift in its…
Google to invest $9.5 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it plans to invest about $9.5 billion across its U.S. offices and data centers this year, up from $7 billion last year. Google said…
U.S. judge in Google case seeks more information on attorney-client privilege
WASHINGTON – The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google asked for more information on Tuesday before deciding if he will sanction the search and advertising company…
Google sues alleged puppy scammer after tip from AARP
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday sued an alleged puppy scammer who used its services to sell fake pets, the first of what the company said would…
U.S. judge in Google case not convinced company’s conduct will get sanction
WASHINGTON – The U.S. federal judge hearing the government’s antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google said on Friday he was not convinced that he had the authority to sanction the company for overzealous…
New Zealand’s NZME, Google to discuss news delivery terms amid fair payment push
– New Zealand media firm NZME said on Friday it has signed a letter of intent with Google to outline terms for news content delivery, as the country’s publishers take on digital…
Google urges judge hearing U.S. antitrust lawsuit to reject sanctions request
WASHINGTON – Alphabet’s Google urged a judge hearing a U.S. antitrust case against it to reject the Justice Department’s request that it be sanctioned, saying it had not abused attorney-client privilege. The…
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