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Google loses EU court appeal against 2.4 bn euro fine in antitrust case

Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union's Court of Justice upheld a lower court's decision, dismissing the company's appeal against the 2.4 billion euro (USD 2.7 billion) penalty from the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's top antitrust enforcer. The commission's original decision in 2017 accused the Silicon Valley giant of unfairly directing visitors to its own Google Shopping service to the detriment of competitors. It was one of three multibillion-euro fines that the commission imposed on Google in the previous decade as Brussels started ramping up its crackdown on the tech industry. Google made changes to comply with the commission's decision requiring it to treat competitors equally. The company started holding auctions for shopping search listings

Google's Privacy Sandbox adoption burdening smaller ad-tech firms

Privacy Sandbox is a set of technologies that aims to enhance user privacy by anonymizing data, implementing stricter access controls, and targeting groups of users rather than individuals

Google faces new antitrust trial after 'search engine monopoly' verdict

One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers. Dominance over the software on both the buy side and the sell side of the transaction enables Google to keep as much as 36 cents on the dollar when it brokers sales between publishers and advertisers, the government contends in court papers. Google says the government's case is based on an internet of yesteryear, when desktop computers ruled and internet users carefully typed precise World Wide Web addresses into URL fields. Advertisers now are more likely to turn to social media companies like TikTok or streaming TV services like Peacock to reach audiences. In recent years, Google Networks, the division of the ...

UK watchdog accuses Google of anti-competitive behaviour in digital ads biz

Google was slammed on Friday by UK regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its ad tech business practices. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said that the US company gives preference to its own services to the detriment of online publishers and advertisers in Britain's 1.8 billion pound (USD 2.4 billion) digital ad market. Google is a major player throughout the digital ad ecosystem, providing servers for publishers to manage ad space on their websites and apps, tools for advertisers and media agencies to buy display ads, and an exchange where both sides come together to buy and sell ads in real time at auctions. We've provisionally found that Google is using its market power to hinder competition when it comes to the ads people see on websites, the watchdog's interim executive director of enforcement, Juliette .

Google Photos rolling out limited early access to Ask Photos AI assistant

Ask Photos will let users simply ask questions from Google Photos and utilising Google's Gemini AI models, the app will show results on the basis of the content in the photos

YouTube announces tools to safeguard creators against AI generated copies

YouTube is developing technology designed to help creators and artists protect their likenesses such as voice and face from being replicated by generative artificial intelligence

Google limits on Android Auto access may breach EU rules: Court adviser

Google's refusal to provide third-party access to Android Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules, Court Advocate General Laila Medina said

Tech layoffs 2024: Tech companies lay off over 27,000 employees in August

Tech layoffs: Major IT firms such as Intel, IBM, and Cisco have laid off over 27,000 employees across the globe in August 2024

Google Drive adding ARM support, NordVPN & ExpressVPN now on Snapdragon PCs

Google Drive and VPN apps have been missing on recently launched Copilot Plus PCs as it was required that they were updated for Windows on Arm

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold goes on sale in India with introductory offers

Priced at Rs 1,72,999, the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is available on Flipkart with a discount of Rs 10,000 on ICICI Bank cards

Google reveals Android features including Music Search in Circle to Search

The Music Search feature allows users to search any song from speakers near the user or the one they are hearing on other apps without leaving those apps

Google releases Android 15, update for Pixel devices 'in coming weeks'

Other than supported Pixel devices, Google said Android 15 will be available on devices from Samsung, OnePlus, Nothing, Motorola, Xiaomi and more in the coming months

From Google to Amazon, TN turns top AI destination for global majors

The global giant Google is betting big on the state for a long-term play in AI, as the Tamil Nadu AI Labs by the company is set to be on track soon

Google Play Store now allows simultaneous Android app downloads and updates

The feature is available widely across multiple devices and allows up to three apps to be downloaded, installed and updated at the same time

Circle to Search gets support for automatic barcode and QR codes scanning

Once the feature is enabled on suitable device, Google's Circle to Search will detect and scan barcodes and QR codes by default when you activate it on a page that has a valid code

Chenn.AI connected: Tamil Nadu now plugs into Google's AI mainframe

Collaboration to power AI startups, supercharge workforce skills, and drive MSME tech adoption

Google partners with Tamil Nadu to boost AI ecosystem, tech upskilling

Collaboration to boost AI startups, workforce skills, and MSME tech adoption

Google-backed fund selects 4 Indian firms for AI-driven climate solutions

Four India-based organisations have been selected among 14 recipients across the Asia Pacific region for grants under the APAC Sustainability Seed Fund 2.0, supported by a USD 5-million grant from Google.org, the tech giant's philanthropic arm. The fund, managed by Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), aims to foster technology- and AI-driven solutions addressing critical environmental and social challenges. The Indian recipients include INREM Foundation, CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Institute for Financial Management and Research (WELL Labs), and Gujarat Mahila Housing Sewa Trust (MHT), Google.org said in a statement. INREM Foundation will develop AI-enabled open digital solutions for community access to water contamination data. CRDF plans to use machine learning and satellite imagery to protect lakes and their carbon sink function. WELL Labs will develop advanced models for village-level water security insights, while MHT will create an AI-powered model t

TN CM visits Apple, Microsoft offices in US, inks pact with Google on AI

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin visited the offices of Apple, Google and Microsoft and discussed opportunities for investment and partnerships with them. Day 2 of his US visit led to the signing of a pact to skill two million youngsters in the state in AI under the 'Naan Mudhalvan' scheme, in partnership with Google. The Chief Minister, currently on a visit to the USA to attract investments to Tamil Nadu, on Saturday described the visit to the offices of Apple, Google and Microsoft as awe-inspiring." Discussed various opportunities and exciting partnerships. Determined to strengthen these partnerships and make Tamil Nadu one of the foremost growth engines of Asia! @TRBRajaa @Guidance_TN @TNIndMin #InvestInTN #ThriveInTN #LeadWithTN #DravidianModel, Stalin said in a post on the social media platform X. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of the Chief Minister, with Google for setting up Tamil Nadu AI (Artificial Intelligence) labs in Tamil Nadu. The

TN govt inks MoU with Google to set up AI labs to skill 2 mn youngsters

Stalin has also visited the offices of Apple and Microsoft in San Francisco and discussed various opportunities