Earth News

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

USA

Euroviews. Dr. Google is making real doctors' jobs harder. And putting patients at risk ǀ View

With misleading medical news metastasizing across the internet, the management and prevention of illnesses is becoming more treacherous.

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 News

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

Europe News

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

Europe News

Reaction as MEPs back controversial online copyright reforms

26/03/2019

Europe News

EU hits Google with €1.49bn fine for 'blocking rival search engines'

It is the third fine the EU has given to Google in two years.

20/03/2019

World

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

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.

19/02/2019

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.

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