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Google faces pressure in India to help curb illegal lending apps: Report

While RBI requires that any lending apps listed on app stores be backed by regulated entities, it is up to Google to enforce this and monitor compliance

Google pays billions annually to remain top search engine: US Justice Dept

DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers"

Saudi sovereign wealth fund buys $7-bn US stocks amid recession fears

The $620 billion Public Investment Fund also added to positions it held in Facebook Inc. owner Meta Platforms Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. in the second quarter

Google now delays blocking 3rd-party cookies in Chrome to late 2024

Google has announced to delay its ambitious plan to block third-party tracking cookies in Chrome browser to the second half of 2024

Google's parent company Alphabet reports weaker earnings, revenue

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the April-June period (Q2). The company reported solid growth in its Search business

Google, Oracle data centres knocked offline as record-high heatwave hits UK

London data centers used by Google and Oracle Corp. buckled on Tuesday after a record-setting heat wave hit Britain, knocking some websites offline

Alphabet split ends era of jumbo prices for megacaps: Report

The companies billed the moves as a way to make their stocks more accessible for retail investors and that has been achieved

Italian anti-competition watchdog probes Google over data portability abuse

The Italian Competition Authority on Thursday launched an investigation against Google for a possible abuse of dominant position in violation of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU

Google offers to split ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report

According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was part of multiple concessions the tech giant offered the US Department of Justice to avoid lawsuits alleging anti-competitive practices.

Google announces innovation challenge for news publishers in Asia Pacific

The company said that the projects will be evaluated against several criteria, including impact on the news community, innovation, feasibility and a willingness to share knowledge

Google to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit with app developers

The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco

Google rolls out new update for its password manager for ease of use

The new update allows users to add a shortcut to Google Password Manager to their Android home screen

Google clarifies it uses only first 15 MB of webpage for Search rankings

After the first 15 MB of the file, Googlebot stops crawling and only considers the first 15 MB of the file for indexing: Google

EU antitrust probe: Google offers to let ad rivals place YouTube ads

The EU competition watchdog singled out Google's requirement that advertisers use its Ad Manager to display ads on YouTube and potential restrictions on the way in which rivals serve ads on YouTube

Google releases bug-fixing Android 13 Beta 3.1 for Pixel smartphones

There are no new fixes in Android 13 Beta 3.1, and Google claims that the known issues from Beta 3 still apply to Beta 3.1

Britain's regulator launches second probe into Google's ad practices

The Competition and Ma­rkets Authority's (CMA) latest probe follows its investigation into Google and Faceb­ook owner-Meta's "Jedi Blue" agreement earlier this year

Tinder-owner Match says Google to allow alternate payment systems for now

Match Inc mentioned that Google needs to allow alternative payment systems for Tinder giving users multiple payment choices to choose from

Google introduces 'multisearch' tool to help users search with photos

Google has introduced multi-search on its platform that allows people to use text and images at the same time to find the most relevant results.

Google found to unfairly block rival payments on India store: CCI

'Google is imposing unfair and discriminatory conditions in violation of regulations,' says CCI in its preliminary report dated March 14

Google machine learning can help discover new antibodies, enzymes, foods

Alphabet (Google's parent company) subsidiary DeepMind has shown that Machine Learning can predict shape of protein machinery with unusual accuracy, can help discover new antibodies, enzymes and foods