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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

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New AI-driven search can be disruptive

Google adds PDF annotation with stylus, finger in Drive on Android

Google has added the ability to annotate PDFs using a stylus or finger in its cloud service Drive on Android

Google launches new Cloud tool to help make mixed reality experiences

American tech giant Google wants to make it easier for others to make powerful mixed reality experiences with the official release of a new Google Cloud tool, Immersive Stream for XR

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CCI order after-effect: Device makers may now pay Google for Android OS

Sources party to the negotiations say that it is pretty much a given that most mobile device players will pre-install Google's apps for free owing to their popularity

Bard, Bing and Baidu: How big tech's AI race will transform searches

Bard, Bing and Baidu: how big tech's AI race will transform search and all of computing

Android case: Supreme Court refuses to modify January 19 order on Google

Says firm can raise its grievances during hearing of its appeal before NCLAT

ChatGPT, other AI models to disrupt Indian IT firms: JP Morgan analyst

(Reuters) - Generative AI models such as ChatGPT will slow down market share gains and deflate pricing for Indian IT companies in the short term, analysts at J.P.Morgan said on Friday.