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Google removes EU-based news content as part of 'time-limited test'

The test aims to provide regulators and publishers with further data on how Google is used to access news content.

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Consumer report finds Big Tech don't comply with digital market rules

European consumer association BEUC considered that Meta, Apple and Google still have to improve the interoperability of their platform to third party businesses to comply with the Digital Market Act.

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French and German companies partner to build European search engine

“If the United States decided to pull US technology from Europe… then we would have to go back to phone books,” said Ecosia’s CEO.

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Russia fines Google more than the world’s total GDP over YouTube bans

Russia fined Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - that’s 2.5 trillion trillion trillion dollars after the US tech giant took action against Putin's propaganda.

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Alphabet shares soar as Google Cloud and AI accelerate growth

Alphabet shares surged following a strong quarterly earnings report, driven by momentum in Google Cloud, largely attributed to advancements in artificial intelligence.

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Google makes its AI watermarking tool available to all

Developed by Google Deepmind, the algorithm subtly changes the AI generation to make it detectable.

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Google's partnership with AI company Anthropic faces UK watchdog probe

The UK competition authority has scrutinised multiple tech companies' partnerships with AI companies.

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What is Perplexity AI and why is it stirring controversy?

The Jeff Bezos- supported AI start-up is hoping to use LLMs to challenge Google in the search engine market but it’s ruffling feathers.

Business

Amazon joins Google in taking the nuclear option to power data centres

Amazon is joining Google and Microsoft in the pivot towards nuclear energy, aiming to meet rising demand while hitting climate targets.

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Google set to power its AI data centres with mini nuclear reactors

Tech giant Google has announced a deal to purchase small nuclear reactors from a company in the US to power its data centres.

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Is AI physics or chemistry? Nobel Prize wins spark debate

The Nobel Prize announcements this week heavily featured the use of AI, which has ignited discussion over traditional sciences.

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Google complains to EU over Microsoft cloud licensing practices

Google files an antitrust complaint to the European Commission against its competitor on the cloud market.

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Google wins legal bid to overturn antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

The ruling can be appealed to the EU Court of Justice, the bloc's top court, but only on points of law.

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Google’s AI model subject to Irish privacy inquiry

The Irish privacy watchdog will check whether Google's development of its AI model is compliant with the EU data protection regulation.

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Google loses €2.4bn EU antitrust case over its own shopping service

It's one of a pair of court victories today in Brussels' battle against big tech.

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EU against Google and Apple: Big Tech's crunch day in court

The European Court of Justice is set to resolve two disputes worth billions of euros with big tech firms Apple and Google in the closing period of Margrethe Vestager's reign as EU competition chief.

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Google faces antitrust lawsuit in the US over digital advertising tech

Google faces yet another antitrust lawsuit in the US after a major defeat over its search engine dominance in August.

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Plans for Google data centre in Dublin rejected over energy concerns

The South Dublin County Council rejected Google’s new data centre because it’s not clear how much energy it will take away from the national grid.

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UK no longer investigating Apple and Google app stores

The UK is waiting for new competition legislation to possibly relaunch their investigations into Apple and Google’s app stores for restricting consumer choice.

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US judge plans to order major changes for Google's Android app store

Google should expect a shake-up of its Android app store, a judge made clear on Wednesday.