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Google's content removal policy applies universally in world: Executive

On top of that, Google's own platform policies apply globally, banning hate speech, sexually explicit content, threats and others

HC gives Matrimony.com breather in legal fight with Google over billing

Tech giant asked not to remove matchmaking firm's app from Play Store till June 1

Alphabet posts $69.7 billion in revenues, beats analysts' estimates

Microsoft sees AI reshaping search; rosy earnings spark rally in tech stocks

Top 25 tech firms' valuation grows $2.4 trillion in 2023, shows report

Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google (FAAMG) stocks contribute more than 60 per cent of the tech stocks with $7.7 trillion

Delhi HC issues notice in Google's appeal against single judge order

The bench considered the submissions made by the senior counsels that the members who presently comprise the CCI are disqualified for any reason

HC seeks stand of start ups' body on Google's challenge to CCI probe

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Competition Commission of India and Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) on Google's challenge to an order asking the regulator to look into the tech giant's policy of allowing use of third-party payment processors for paid app downloads and in-app purchases on a commission basis. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice on Google's appeal against the single judge's order, which asked the Commission to consider the plea of ADIF, an alliance of individuals and an industry representative body of innovative start-ups in the country, against the new billing system on or before April 26. Senior advocate Sajan Poovayya, appearing for the appellant entity, said he was "not asking for an interim order" at this stage. "Issue notice," said the bench. On Tuesday, the court had refused to grant urgent hearing to Google on the appeal on the same day. Google had mentioned the appe

Google's persisting ad slump weighs on Alphabet's first quarter results

Google's advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threatens to undercut its dominant search engine. An unprecedented downturn in Google's digital ad revenue the company's main moneymaker for more than 20 years came into sharper focus Tuesday with the release of the January-Marcy results for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc. Although Alphabet's total revenue for the period rose from the same last year, Google's first-quarter ad sales of $54.5 billion marked a slight decrease from a year ago. That dip followed a nearly 4% decline during the final three months of last year, making this the first time in Google has sustained back-to-back drops in year-over-year ad revenue since becoming a publicly traded company in 2004. Google's YouTube video site, a marketing magnet in recent years, saw its ad sales decrease 2.5% from last year, marking its second consecutive quarte

Delhi HC quashes Google's plea over urgent hearing against CCI order

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant an urgent hearing to Google on its challenge to a single-judge bench order asking the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to consider a plea of the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) against the tech giant's policy of allowing the use of third-party payment processors for paid app downloads and in-app purchases on a commission basis. The matter was mentioned for an urgent listing by senior advocate Sandeep Sethi, who appeared for Google before a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The single-judge bench had, on Monday, asked the anti-trust regulator to consider the plea of the ADIF, an alliance of individuals and an industry representative body of innovative start-ups in the country, on or before April 26. Sethi sought an urgent hearing against the direction and informed the court that the CCI would take up the matter in the afternoon pursuant to the order of the single-judg

Billing policy: Google files appeal against single-judge order of Delhi HC

Group representing digital start-ups says tech giant's system charges high service fee, is contrary to CCI's orders

Google, Meta, other Big Tech cos face UK crackdown as govt unveils new law

A new Digital Markets Unit in the nation's antitrust regulator will have powers imposing additional obligations on some of Silicon Valley's biggest companies

Google's new payment policy: Delhi HC asks CCI to take up plea by April 26

The case pertains to a Google Play Store policy that requires all app developers to only use Google Play's billing system (GPBS) to charge customers

Indian gaming CEOs slam Google's 'jagirdari' 30% tax on in-app purchases

Leading gaming platform CEOs on Monday expressed their grave concerns over the 'extortionist' 30 per cent tax imposed by Google on gaming apps in the country.

YouTube mobile gets animated loading screen inspired by Android TV

The procedure includes a new loading bar icon that includes the familiar YouTube play-head and a red progress bar

Delhi HC asks CCI to take up ADIF's complaints against Google by April 26

The new billing system will go into effect on April 26

Google halts 80-acre San Jose campus due to economic slowdown: Report

Google has no plans to revive the project in the near future

Google AI chatbot Bard now helps people generate, debug programming code

"You can easily export Python code to Google Colab -- no copy and paste required. Bard can also assist with writing functions for Google Sheets," said the tech giant

Google merges DeepMind, brain research units as AI race hots up

The change folds the Brain team from Google Research and Alphabet's DeepMind into one team, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in a blog post

Google planning to introduce generative AI that can create unique ads

Google is reportedly planning to incorporate generative artificial intelligence into its advertising business in the coming months as big tech companies rush to adopt the technology

Google's move to make app makers use its new billing system faces backlash

Google now requires all in-app payments to go via its payment gateway under the new billing policy

Google to deploy generative artificial intelligence to create novel adverts

Generative AI is a type of technology that relies on past data to create rather than identify content