Alphabet Inc’s Google is investing in its first ever Africa product development centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, it said, as it positions itself to serve a growing base of internet users on the continent. By the end of this decade, the continent will host 800 million internet users, the California-based firm said, and a […]
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A group of U.S. states filed Friday in a New York federal court an amended lawsuit against Google advertising monopoly with allegations of breaking antitrust laws by adopting strongarm strategies to empower its ads business. Alphabet’s unit has been under fire for its affiliated methodologies to heighten its supremacy in the advertising market, with regulatory […]
Google publicized on Tuesday its next step to prevent any future data security threats into Google Accounts by auto-enrolling two-step verification (2SV) for 150 million users by the end of 2021, while enforcing two million YouTube creators to mirror its efforts. With the overtake of cyber breaches spreading across various platforms, companies, and governmental […]
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world’s most […]
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 […]
U.K. operator group Vodafone and Finnish kit vendor Nokia have partnered up to jointly develop an AI solution on Google Cloud to detect and remediate network anomalies before they impact customers. The new machine learning (ML) system was co-developed based on Nokia’s Bell Labs algorithm and the anomaly detection service product that runs on Google Cloud and is already being rolled out across Vodafone’s pan-European network. In a joint statement, the partners explained that […]
Google faced French authority ruling on its copyright dispute with media groups to negotiate whether it was negotiating “in good faith” over content and search result payments. In the wake of the major feud arising between France and the popular search engine concerning its position in online advertisement, France’s competition regulator revealed potential plan on […]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a “new era of biology” aimed at battling diseases with a mix of data and life science studies. The Massachusetts-based Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard will use the funds to build a new center that […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising — the government’s most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. And it could just be an opening salvo. Other major tech companies including Apple, Amazon and […]
On July 27, 2020, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it has launched legal action against the tech giant Google for collecting potentially sensitive and private browsing history of its users, according to the Guardian. The lawsuit filed by the Australian Regulator states that Google has misled users by failing to inform […]