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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.

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

USA

Euroviews. Why Is This Happening? How to block Big Tech with Kashmir Hill ǀ View

How soon after waking up do you check your phone? Do you compulsively refresh your Twitter feed? Can you find your way around without Google Maps? There are many obvious and tactile ways in which Silicon Valley has its hooks in our everyday lives.

Germany

Euroviews. 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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

World News

Euroviews. It's not Orwell's Newspeak: Why we must take charge of shaping our language | View

We need new ways of resisting the rhetoric of power addicts in the 21st century.

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

Europe News

EU slaps record €4.3bn fine on Google

Consumer groups say it will help create variety in the search engine market.

Europe News

EU hits Google with record €4.34 billion fine

The decision expected later today comes over the company's Android system.

Europe News

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.

World News

As it happened: Wednesday, July 18

This is how we covered the news on Wednesday, July 18.

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,

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?