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Google’s wielded location data goes to Geofence warrants

As a prologue to the search engine’s plans to conjointly work with the government, Google announced on Thursday that it received around 20,000 geofence warrants from U.S. authorities, portraying a conceptualization on how these warrants are wielded into the system. Geofence warrants, or as alternatively referred to as reverse-location warrants, are a controversial modern concept. […]

Moscow court fines Google for controversial material

A Moscow court penalized on Tuesday Alphabet Inc’s Google with a sum of $142,877 for violating the state’s rules on prohibited content, amidst the latest clash between Big Tech companies and the Russian state. The Tagansky District Court fined search engine titan Google with five independent fines of approximately $190,000 for not deleting content banned […]

Google Maps will alert drivers when entering a low-emission zone

Google Maps introduced a new feature alerting drivers before they enter a low-emission zone with fees or fines, the company said in a blog post.   The application aims to help drivers in detecting these areas beforehand, as it is not clear where these zones begin.   During this stage, the navigation app will begin rolling out this feature to drivers across Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, and Paris.  Currently, London’s Ultra […]

Lawsuit accuses Google of giving Facebook "Ad Auctions Info”

Search giant Google was hit on Tuesday with yet another lawsuit concerning its questionable actions for conspiring with social media titan Facebook for giving “special information” for online advertising auctions. Two Massachusetts law firms accused Google of conspiring in illegal deals with Facebook to provide the social network with biased privileges in online advertising auctions. […]

Everything you need to know about Google’s Pixel 6

Google is officially producing its first flagship phone, and they’re competing with the best of the best. The tech giant put the word out on its next generation of premium smartphones on Monday, departing away from its usual mid-range phones.   The Verge sat down with Google’s Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services, admitted that the search giant did not have what it […]

The end of the Gingerbread: Google says goodbye to old android users

It’s a sad day for Android users holding on to older versions, as a new rule set by Google suggests that older Android devices running Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread or older will not be able to utilize the multinational tech company any longer.  Google sent out an email recently justifying the new changes for old Android users, noting that as part of the tech giant’s ongoing efforts to keep users safe, Google will no longer […]

Google is battling against a $1 billion legal claim

Google is charging people for their digital purchases in its Play Store through an “unfair and excessive” manner, according to a new legal lawsuit filed against the tech giant.  On behalf of 19.5 million Android phone users in the UK, the legal action is seeking up to $1 billion from Google.  The lawsuit has been filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London by former […]

Google requests privacy policy for Play store apps

Google announced on Wednesday that Android developers will be required to include a privacy policy with their apps starting April 2022. This request is not new, as the Big Tech revealed earlier in May that developers must declare their safety information within a deadline between October and April. However, Google decided this week to provide […]

Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines

Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. The more highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is driving a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Google’s Wednesday announcement […]

Google’s 2021 Q2 soars as antitrust grip tightens

Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc, recorded on Tuesday a rising profit in second quarter revenue, despite heated antitrust regulations and prosecutions, the search giant marked its highest mark so far of quarterly revenue. Amidst the latest antitrust cold war between Big Tech companies and Washington in the last quarter, Google and Alphabet Inc. tallied in […]