Google plays all its cards to prove its uprightness in anti-competitive behavior, debunking any allegations circulating its market sovereignty as it gets bombarded by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) allegations, report finds. The ACCC’s results revealed that Google’s anti-competitive behavior in providing ad tech services reached its highest level yet as the search […]
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If you’re not keen on placing your personal picture on your Google profile, or even if you find it difficult to find a picture that represents who you are, the search giant just found the perfect solution for you. Google has recently published a number of images under the name Google Illustrations, providing a wide variety of pictures representing animals, […]
Google is planning to buy New York City’s St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus. The announcement Tuesday arrives with the city buffeted by the pandemic and most offices still largely unpopulated. While CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post late last month that Google is […]
The Korean Fair-Trade Commission (KFTC) imposed on Tuesday a $177 million fine on Google after discovering that the search engine titan took advantage of its market status to prevent rival operating systems from competing in the market, putting the company at its second setback in less than a month. According to the KFTC, Alphabet Inc’s […]
The time has come. Google is officially rolling out a dark theme for Search on desktop. The search engine giant announced back in December, that a dark mode will be available for users who enjoy saving energy consumption as well as putting less burden on their eyes. Now, the feature will be available “over the […]
Google is receiving major backlash for violating U.S. labor laws, as the tech giant has illegally underpaid thousands of temporary workers since 2019. In 2019, the New York Times published a report describing Google’s then-121,000 temporary workers as “a shadow work force that now outnumbers the company’s full-time employees.” Now, a new investigation from The […]
The battle between YouTube and Discord music bots continues, and this time, Rythm, the most popular music bot on Discord is taking the hit. Weeks after Google-owned YouTube shut down Groovy Bot, marking its first cease and desist, the popular video streaming platform is officially forcing Rythm to shut down. Citing copyright violations, the search […]
Over the past week or so, Apple has eased some longstanding restrictions that helped make its App Store into a big moneymaker for the company. The company has long required app developers to pay high commissions to Apple on the sales of paid apps as well as purchases of subscriptions or digital items inside their […]
Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright. The dispute is part of a larger battle by authorities in Europe and elsewhere to force Google and other tech companies to compensate publishers for content. “We disagree with […]
South Korea’s National Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday that bans app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems. South Korea is reportedly the first country in the world to pass such a bill, which becomes law when it is signed by the president, whose party has […]