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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.

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Are underwater data centres the future of the Internet?

A US company is developing data centre pods that can be submerged under water to stay cool and reduce carbon emissions.

Climate

Google accused of ‘airbrushing’ parts of your flight's climate impact

Aviation accounts for 3.5 per cent of human-caused global warming. Campaigners worry the non-CO2 impacts are now being ignored.

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Google outage: Where can users go when the search engine is down?

After a brief outage on Tuesday night, users questioned what alternatives they have to Google. Here are just some other options.

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Big Tech should shoulder cost of EU Internet network - leaked document

France, Italy and Spain are urging the EU to back plans that would see tech giants Google, Meta and Netflix share the cost of infrastructure upgrades.

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Global economy tests Big Tech as Apple, Amazon, Meta release earnings

Results were mixed, with Apple faring better than expected while Facebook owner Meta and Google's Alphabet reported falling ad sales amid an economic downturn.

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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.

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How OVHcloud is taking on US giants in Europe’s cloud space

OVHcloud’s CEO Michel Paulin speaks to Euronews Next about challenges for the European tech sector and fighting Microsoft’s “dominant position”.

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Russia fines Google €360m for failing to remove Ukraine war content

Russia's state media watchdog said that YouTube had repeatedly failed to take down "prohibited" videos.

USA

US lawmakers demand action from Google over 'fake abortion clinics'

A report has found that fake anti-abortion websites appear for Google users in key US states.

Culture news

Euroviews. How to survive a robot apocalypse according to films

Film and TV offer a wealth of examples of the robots taking over, can we learn some tips?

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Is Google’s AI bot sentient? Here’s why one engineer believes it is

Blake Lemoine shared transcripts of an "interview" he had with Google’s LaMDA language model, in which they discuss personhood, death - and Les Misérables.

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The UK launches a second probe into Google’s ad practices

Is Google breaking the law, or is it simply better than all its other competitors? The UK is about to find out

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Geoguessr: Can you name the country quicker than this TikTok star?

TikTok star can recognise any country in the world in less than a second using just a photograph.

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Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test its AI for bias

Google has been in hot water in the past over racial biases found in its AI skincare tools. It's hoped its new 10-shade palette will help.

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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.

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UK announces plans for new digital watchdog to get tough on Big Tech

Companies like Google and Facebook could face big fines from a new UK regulator if they fail to follow the rules.

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Big Tech plans to kill off passwords altogether. What next?

Forgetting your password will become a thing of the past, the tech giants say. Just don't lose your phone.

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EU mulls making US tech giants pay for telecoms network upgrades

Telecoms firms argue that the cost of upgrading Europe's network should be shared more fairly with the internet giants that use them so heavily.

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EU lawmakers, member states endorse the Digital Services Act

The European Union 27 member states and EU lawmakers reached a landmark deal early Saturday morning aimed at tackling hate speech, disinformation and harmful online content