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RIL sets up Reliance Intelligence, partners Google to transform AI in India

Reliance Intelligence will bring global companies to India and deliver trusted and easy-to-use AI solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprises, Mukesh Ambani said

Google fined $36 mn for anticompetitive deals with top Australian telcos

Google has agreed to pay a 55 million Australian dollar ($36 million) fine for signing anticompetitive deals with Australia's two largest telcos that banned the installation of competing search engines on some smartphones, the US tech giant and Australia's competition watchdog said. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement it had commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court on Monday against the Singapore-based Google Asia Pacific division. The court will decide whether the AU$50 million ($36 million) penalty is appropriate. Under the anticompetitive agreements, which were in place for 15 months until March 2021, Telstra and Optus only pre-installed Google Search on Android phones sold to customers. Other search engines were excluded. In return, the telcos received a share of the advertisement revenue Google generated from those customers. Google accepted that the agreements were likely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition,

$340K for code, $230k for design: What Google pays its top AI talent

Google's salary filings offer rare insight into what the tech giant pays its global workforce, with annual salaries going up to $340,000

Google co-founder Sergey Brin gives away shares worth $700 million as gift

Brin and co-founder Larry Page, who stepped down from top management roles in 2019, saw their fortunes rise by a combined $7 billion on Wednesday

Google's Material Design 3 Expressive to transform Android UI: What is new

First introduced in 2014, Material Design is Google's open-source design system that provides comprehensive guidelines for building user interfaces across Android apps

Google's AI previews erode internet, US edtech firm Chegg says in lawsuit

Chegg is now considering a sale or take-private transaction as a result, the company's CEO Nathan Schultz said on Monday

Alphabet Inc beats sales estimates in Q3 results on Google Cloud growth

As its main search business matures, Google is betting on growth from its cloud division, which supplies computing power, software and services to other companies

Judge defers order in Google antitrust case requiring to open its app store

A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury's verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist. The delay granted during a court hearing in San Francisco comes less than two weeks after US District Judge James Donato issued a decision that would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Android smartphones starting November 1. The mandated changes included a provision that would have required Google to make its library of more than 2 million Android apps available to any rivals that wanted access to the inventory and also distribute the alternative options in its own Play Store. Google requested Donato's order be stayed until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals could examine the handling of a month-long trial that led to the December 2023 verdict, which framed the Play Store as an ..

Google wants US federal judge's ruling for app store to be put on hold

The judge issued the injunction on Oct 7 in a case brought by 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games, which persuaded a federal jury last year that Google was illegally monopolizing how consumers download apps

Google's Nobel prize winners stir debate over company's AI research

Former Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton, meanwhile, won the Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday, alongside US scientist John Hopfield, for earlier discoveries in machine learning

Will stop linking to New Zealand news if proposed new law passed: Google

Caroline Rainsford, Google New Zealand Country Director said in a blog post that if the bill as it currently stands becomes law, Google would be forced to make changes to its products, investments

Malaysia investment to add $3 bn to GDP by 2030, create 26,500 jobs: Google

Digital investments have helped propel Malaysia's economy this year, with growth beating market expectations in the last two quarters and the ringgit currency becoming one of Asia's top performers

Google files complaint to EU over Microsoft's Azure cloud practices

Google pointed to 2023 study by cloud services organisation CISPE which found that European businesses and public sector bodies were paying up to $1.12 bn per year on Microsoft licensing penalties

EU antitrust order to Google's adtech business unlikely for now: Report

A break-up order could come at a later stage if Google continues its anti-competitive practices, they said, pointing to a precedent setting case involving Microsoft two decades ago

Google illegally maintains monopoly, rules US court: Here's what it means

A US court ruled that Google violated the country's antitrust laws with its search business by illegally holding a monopoly over search and text advertising

Google I/O 2024 on May 14: From GenAI to Pixel 8a, here is what to expect

I/O is Google's annual event dedicated to developers' community where the software giant announces progress in software development, hardware devices, and more

Google removes some India matrimony apps, execs calls move 'dark day'

The dispute centres on efforts by some Indian startups to stop Google from imposing a fee of 11% to 26% on in-app payments

Google to act against 10 Indian developers for not paying service fee

'10 companies, including many well-established ones, have chosen to not pay for the immense value they receive on Google Play,' Google said in a blog post

Google ends contract with Australian AI data firm that's helped train Bard

Appen notified the Australian Securities Exchange in a filing, saying that it had no prior knowledge of Google's decision to terminate the contract

Google sues five scammers over fake Bard AI chatbot that downloads malware

The company is suing the scammers for trademark infringement because they used Google's logo to promote their scheme. They're also suing for breach of contract