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Business

Alphabet bats away Musk accusations of election interference

Alphabet insists it did not manually filter Google search results after Elon Musk suggested the engine was favouring the Democratic campaign.

30/07/2024

Tech News

French watchdog fines Google €250 million in dispute over news content

France’s competition regulator hit Google with a €250 million fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news content.

20/03/2024

Markets

A look at how the Magnificent Seven rival Europe’s top four economies

Euronews Business takes a closer look at how Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla now account for nearly one-third of the S&P 500 Index, a concentration that sparks intense debate over the future of market equilibrium.

06/02/2024

Markets

Alphabet shares on a high as Gemini AI model makes its debut

Google’s parent company Alphabet’s shares rose sharply on Thursday, after it unveiled its new Gemini AI model.

08/12/2023

Business

Google: US rounds off antitrust case against tech giant

The US government wrapped up its main arguments against Alphabet on Thursday, as part of a trial in which the Justice Department is seeking to prove Google’s monopoly and abuse of power. Similar cases have taken place in Europe, where the tech giant’s practices are under scrutiny.

17/11/2023

Health news

Google DeepMind releases AI tool to analyse genetic mutations

AlphaMissense promises to predict how dangerous a genetic mutation is.

21/09/2023

Tech News

EU court backs antitrust fine against Google

Last year, Google argued the EU’s decision was unfounded and that the bloc did not fine Apple, which gives preference to its own services such as Safari on iPhones.

14/09/2022

Health news

AI uncovers 3D structure of almost every protein known to science

Grasping the complex shapes of proteins is key to understanding life and developing new medicines.

29/07/2022

Tech News

Google Maps finally launches Street View in India after 11-year wait

The Google Maps feature allows users to explore an area through 360-degree panoramic street-level images.

27/07/2022

Tech News

Google said it will start paying more than 300 EU publishers for news

The deal was announced by the tech giant in a blog post, but it didn’t specify how much publishers were to be paid.

11/05/2022

Lithuania

Lithuania's parliament allows letters 'x', 'w' and 'q' in ID documents

The bill, passed in a vote of 82 to 37 with three abstentions on Tuesday, will come into force if it is signed into law by President Gitanas Nausėda.

20/01/2022

Tech News

Navalny blasts 'cowardly' Google and Apple for removing election app

"The giants Apple and Google have complied with the Kremlin's demands and removed our app," he said, according to comments on his social media.

24/09/2021

USA

Google eyes move into smartwatch sector with bid for Fitbit

Fitbit makes wearable devices that can track and store intimate health data such as heart rate, quality and length of sleep, daily steps, and distance covered during exercise.

29/10/2019

Cult

New collection of Frida Kahlo's work

The collection intends to portray a more private side of the artist with works rarely found on public display,

24/05/2018

USA

Google's new human-voiced assistant raises ethics issues

Alphabet's developers have given Google a powerful new feature to offer users, but critics warn about the blurring of lines between humans and artificial intelligence. Do we need to know when we are talking to a robot, or not?

10/05/2018