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Google working on new shortcut to quickly close tabs on Chrome: Report

The new shortcut is expected to be a mouse input, which will allow users to close the active tab with a double-click action

A family's tragedy leads to US Supreme Court social media showdown

Arguments in Supreme Court scheduled for today. The case puts online giant's $168 billion in ad revenue at risk

Gmail update: Admins can now disable spam filters, hide warning banners

Google announced that it is rolling out a new feature in Gmail, which will allow admins to disable spam filters and hide warning banners for all users or for "a specific allowlist of senders".

Google Contacts' new feature let users add, edit contacts from sidebar

Google announced that it is rolling out a new feature to its contact management service 'Google Contacts', which will allow users to create new contacts and edit existing contacts from the "Sidebar"

Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants like Google

Islamic State gunmen killed American college student Nohemi Gonzalez as she sat with friends in a Paris bistro in 2015, one of several attacks on a Friday night in the French capital that left 130 people dead. Her family's lawsuit claiming YouTube's recommendations helped the Islamic State group's recruitment is at the center of a closely watched Supreme Court case being argued Tuesday about how broadly a law written in 1996 shields tech companies from liability. The law, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is credited with helping create today's internet. A related case, set for arguments Wednesday, involves a terrorist attack at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2017 that killed 39 people and prompted a suit against Twitter, Facebook and Google, which owns YouTube. The tech industry is facing criticism from the left for not doing enough to remove harmful content from the internet and from the right for censoring conservative speech. Now, the high court is .

Google rolls out memory, energy saver modes for Chrome on Mac, Windows

Chrome's Memory Saver automatically "frees up memory from inactive tabs" to give other pages and apps on users' computers more resources

Google Meet users gets new 360-degree video backgrounds on mobile

Google has launched several new 360-degree video backgrounds for Meet users on Mobile for both iOS and Android.

Google to soon migrate Calendar, Assistant Reminders to 'Google Tasks'

With the change, users will be able to see and manage all of their to-dos in one place - Tasks

Google's $168 billion in ad revenue at risk in Supreme Court case

A broad ruling by the Supreme Court could effectively snuff out the business of serving personalized ads on the internet and turn online ad practices back to the early 90s, experts say

Google sacks employees in India, cuts 450 jobs across verticals

Meanwhile, some of the employees who were laid off took to LinkedIn

CCI order unfair imposition, rival apps not restricted: Google tells NCLAT

Tech giant Google on Friday submitted before the NCLAT that there was "unfair imposition" by the competition watchdog CCI over its mobile app distribution agreement with device makers as it does not restrict from installing other apps, including that of rivals. A two-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan on Friday said it will start day-to-day hearing of the matter from February 23, the next date of hearing. Google while arguing its matter before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) said that the placement of its apps on devices through pre-installation under MADA (Mobile Application Distribution Agreement) is not "unfair" as there is no restriction from installing other apps and enough space is available for them. The appellate tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Google against Rs 1,337 crore penalty imposed by the fair trade regulator CCI for abusing its dominant position in relation to Android mobile devices. Under MADA, OEMs (original ..

Here is all you need to know about YouTube's new CEO, Neal Mohan

Mohan will join an expanding club of prominent Indian-American executives who are running the show for some of the biggest tech giants in the world

Google layoffs reach Indian shores; company fires 453 employees in India

Last month, Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, announced that as a measure to cut costs, 12,000 employees, or 6 per cent of its total headcount, would be sacked

Sundar Pichai pushes Googlers to spend more time improving its Bard AI

The email indicates urgency in Google's approach in order to win the next generation of AI-based search

Google announces rolling out Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 devices

Last year in February, the company introduced the Privacy Sandbox on Android as an 'industry-wide initiative to raise the bar for user privacy and ensure continued access to free content and services'

Like Google, Apple may now be asked by CCI to change app store policy

In December 2021, CCI had initiated a probe into Apple's policies following allegations by Together We Fight Society about its high commission and lack of third party options

Epic Games alleges Google not complying with Indian antitrust order

In October the agency said Google exploited its dominant position in Android in India, where 97% of smartphones run on the operating system

YouTube rolls out 'Creator Music' for users to monetise licensed music

With this, those creators who don't want to buy a license upfront, they'll be able to use songs and share revenue with the track's artist and associated rights holders

Google starts new campaign to expand misinformation 'prebunking' in Europe

After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims. The videos will appear as advertisements on platforms like Facebook, YouTube or TikTok in Germany. A similar campaign in India is also in the works. It's an approach called pre-bunking, which involves teaching people how to spot false claims before they encounter them. The strategy is gaining support among researchers and tech companies. There's a real appetite for solutions, said Beth Goldberg, head of research and development at Jigsaw, an incubator division of Google that studies emerging social challenges. Using ads as a vehicle to counter a disinformation technique is pretty novel. And we're excited about the results. While belief in falsehoods and conspiracy theories isn't n

Android 14 may feature new settings for region-specific preferences

It is expected to allow users to set up system-wide preferences for temperature units, calendar format, the first day of the week and number system