Business EU Probes Amazon The EU has launched a formal investigation into how Amazon uses data from other merchants selling goods on its websites. 17/07/2019
World Is your Huawei smartphone useless without Google? Huawei had planned for the possibility of a US ban: the company has been developing its own operating system, it has said. 21/05/2019
Ideas Google’s interactive game WILL make you live more sustainably at home A new, info-packed game to learn how to reduce waste, save energy and food at home 30/04/2019
France New Zealand, France join efforts to stop extremism on social media Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement that she will co-chair a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next month that will seek to have world leaders and tech companies agree to a pledge, called the Christchurch Call, to eliminate extremist content on social media, 24/04/2019
Austria Austria is latest EU country to unveil tax targeting digital giants Austria is taking aim at tech giants the likes of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon with the introduction of a 5% tax rate on digital companies' advertising revenues. 03/04/2019
World April Fools' Day: a selection of the best pranks from around Europe French police are calling for rabbits to join their ranks, Google discovered a way to talk to tulips: Here's a roundup of some of the best pranks. 01/04/2019
brussels bureau MEPs back divisive EU copyright overhaul Supporters say changes will protect content creators, while Google claims they will EU's creative and digital economies 26/03/2019
brussels bureau Reaction as MEPs back controversial online copyright reforms MEPs voted on Tuesday in favour of the new copyright directive, including two controversial articles that were feared will harm Europe's creative and 26/03/2019
Inspire Middle East Steve Harvey at Dubai Lynx: “Google has fooled young people” The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity hosted Steve Harvey this week in the UAE. 15/03/2019
France France unveils plans for new taxes on digital giants It's "the tax of the 21st Century": French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire unveils France's draft bill for a revenue tax digital giants 06/03/2019
View Germany’s NetzDG needs help to stem online hate speech | View Online hate must be combatted, and will is not enough – we must ensure the tools we are using are as optimal as they can be. Failure on either front will mean those who spread hate online win. 23/11/2018
USA Google CEO aims to revamp company harassment policies Thousands of Google employees marched out of 40 offices around the world last week, as part of a global protest following a bombshell report from the New York Times. 08/11/2018
world news Google staff stage global walkouts over harassment complaints handling Google staff are staging a global walkout over complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace. 01/11/2018
Saudi Arabia Saudi investment forum: Who's attending and who isn't Jamal Khashoggi's death has caused some world leaders and top bosses in business to pull out of Saudi Arabia's investment conference. 23/10/2018
Denmark Google starts measuring pollution levels in Copenhagen In a new partnership between Google and the city of Copenhagen, the giant tech company started measuring pollution levels in the city to help find improvements to air quality levels. 10/10/2018
The Cube This is what Britons are really googling about Brexit 'What is Brexit?' is second-most Googled Brexit question in the UK. Our team in #TheCube show you what people across Europe are really asking the search engine as the Brexit deadline looms. 20/09/2018
Belgium EU considering one hour deadline for social networks to remove terrori The European Commission is considering imposing an hour-long deadline for social networks to remove terrorist and extremist content after voluntary measures appear to have failed. 21/08/2018
world news Google tracks your every move Google’s smartphone services store users’ locations even when privacy settings are adjusted to shut these features off, according to a report by the Associated Press. 14/08/2018
China New censored google search engine for China The mobile search app will block some websites and search terms according to two sources. It's after it abandoned the market 8 years ago on censorship concerns 02/08/2018
Business Alphabet shrugs off EU fine as earnings beat expectations Alphabet's total revenue for the three months to the end of June is €27 billion ($32.66 billion). Eighty-six percent of which came from Google's advertising business 24/07/2018
brussels bureau EU slaps record €4.3bn fine on Google Consumer groups say it will help create variety in the search engine market. 18/07/2018
brussels bureau EU hits Google with record €4.34 billion fine The decision expected later today comes over the company's Android system. 18/07/2018
brussels bureau Google faces huge EU fine over Android for ‘abuse’ of market dominance The European Commission is expected to slap a huge penalty on Google over alleged anti-competitive practices relating to its mobile operating system. 18/07/2018
World As it happened: Wednesday, July 18 This is how we covered the news on Wednesday, July 18. 17/07/2018
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
